When "Petroleum" Companies Such as Canadian-Owned Nexen Have Sought to Recast

Multiple Choice

When "petroleum" companies such as Canadian-owned Nexen have sought to recast themselves as "energy" companies, increasing their research into the oil, coal, nuclear, hydroelectric, and chemical industries, these companies were employing a ________ strategy.

A) preemptive defense
B) counteroffensive defense
C) flank defense
D) contraction defense
E) mobile defense