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neutral zone

n.
1. Football An imaginary area as wide as the length of the football extending across the field between the lines of scrimmage, in which the presence of any player other than the center at the snap of the ball constitutes a violation of the rules.
2. Sports The area of an ice hockey rink between the two bluelines that is neither an offensive nor a defensive zone.
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neutral zone

Area between the two lines of scrimmage.
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Some have mistakenly argued that the halt of oil output from the neutral zone is due to political reasons or because of disagreement over its management.
Even with the Hawks being outshot badly, they were still up 3-2 with six minutes left when Marcus Kruger seemed to have the puck bottled up in the neutral zone along the boards.
However, currently the neutral zone is not contributing to the spare capacity, and available spare capacity is likely to be shy of 1.5 million barrels per day, which is in line with the Saudi Oil Minister's comments that suggest OPEC spare capacity is around 1.3 million barrels per day, said the report.
All 17 teams, composed of 85 cyclists, will be flagged off from the Liwasang Aurora inside the Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City and then pedal through the Elliptical Road and Quezon Avenue before negotiating EDSA toward Monumento in Caloocan City for the race's neutral zone that covers 9.5 kilometers.
This week, Kim will meet the South Korean leader at a summit in the neutral zone between the countries.
Britain's sprint legend (above) was caught in a pile-up in the neutral zone on stage one, barely five minutes after take-off, suffering concussion and whiplash injuries.
There was a big setback as Dimension Data rider and race ambassador Mark Cavendish retired after a crash in 6.2km neutral zone. He rejoined the peloton at the start but abandoned the race after 5km of racing following a concussion.
Kuwait currently has a crude production capacity of around 3.1 million bpd, excluding some 250,000 bpd from the neutral zone with Saudi Arabia which has remained shut since October 2014, said the Kuwait Times report.
This loss in space will allow the tongue and buccal mucosa tissue to occupy the space which will make the neutral zone smaller.
The company is pre-qualified in markets including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, India, Mexico and the Saudi--Kuwaiti Neutral Zone. Its over 1,200 employees serve clients including major national oil companies ("NOCs") such as Saudi Aramco and Sonatrach as well as joint ventures of NOCs with global majors including BP and Eni.
KOC in April 2011 said Kuwait was spending $340bn by 2030 to boost crude oil and gas production, the downstream, and major enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects with a focus on Lower Fars (LF) ultra-heavy oil from the north to the DZ formerly named Neutral Zone (NZ).
Bridges describes the transition process as having three phases--the end of the old way of doing things, a neutral zone or no man's land between the old and new, and the beginning of a new way.