Sentences with phrase «oil industry sources»

Oil industry sources agreed the activity was somewhat unusual.

Foreign firms have pushed for a greater say in procurement to combat inefficiencies and graft, oil industry sources said, but disputes over governance standards have caused operational delays, raising tensions over Venezuela's falling oil output.

Not exact matches

The six secondary sources used by OPEC are the International Energy Agency, oil - pricing agencies Platts and Argus, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), consultancy Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) and industry newsletter Petroleum Intelligence Weekly (PIW).

«Just knowing that oil and gas is a boom - and - bust industry, we are trying to not get used to it as a source of revenue because we know it won't last.»

And if the oil and gas industry wants to get this «new sheriff in town» on board, it needs to profoundly change recruitment strategies and talent sourcing.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has already issued an unusually high 25 hardship waivers to small refineries in recent months, according to an agency source, driving blending credit prices down and helping the oil industry reduce compliance costs.

LONDON, May 3 - Libya's National Oil Corp is withholding Total's share of crude from the Waha concession as a dispute drags on over the French oil major's purchase of Marathon's stake in the concession two months ago, Libyan oil and industry sources saOil Corp is withholding Total's share of crude from the Waha concession as a dispute drags on over the French oil major's purchase of Marathon's stake in the concession two months ago, Libyan oil and industry sources saoil major's purchase of Marathon's stake in the concession two months ago, Libyan oil and industry sources saoil and industry sources said.

LONDON, May 3 (Reuters)- Libya's National Oil Corp (NOC) is withholding Total's share of crude from the Waha concession as a dispute drags on over the French oil major's purchase of Marathon's stake in the concession two months ago, Libyan oil and industry sources saOil Corp (NOC) is withholding Total's share of crude from the Waha concession as a dispute drags on over the French oil major's purchase of Marathon's stake in the concession two months ago, Libyan oil and industry sources saoil major's purchase of Marathon's stake in the concession two months ago, Libyan oil and industry sources saoil and industry sources said.

Nye also made known his feelings about Alberta's oilsands as an inefficient source of energy, using the term «tar,» a label despised by the province's oil industry.

According to two Libyan oil sources and an industry source with knowledge of the matter, all speaking on condition of anonymity, Total has so far not received any of its share of crude cargoes from Waha.

These risks include, in no particular order, the following: the trends toward more high - definition, on - demand and anytime, anywhere video will not continue to develop at its current pace or will expire; the possibility that our products will not generate sales that are commensurate with our expectations or that our cost of revenue or operating expenses may exceed our expectations; the mix of products and services sold in various geographies and the effect it has on gross margins; delays or decreases in capital spending in the cable, satellite, telco, broadcast and media industries; customer concentration and consolidation; the impact of general economic conditions on our sales and operations; our ability to develop new and enhanced products in a timely manner and market acceptance of our new or existing products; losses of one or more key customers; risks associated with our international operations; exchange rate fluctuations of the currencies in which we conduct business; risks associated with our CableOS ™ and VOS ™ product solutions; dependence on market acceptance of various types of broadband services, on the adoption of new broadband technologies and on broadband industry trends; inventory management; the lack of timely availability of parts or raw materials necessary to produce our products; the impact of increases in the prices of raw materials and oil; the effect of competition, on both revenue and gross margins; difficulties associated with rapid technological changes in our markets; risks associated with unpredictable sales cycles; our dependence on contract manufacturers and sole or limited source suppliers; and the effect on our business of natural disasters.

Oil prices were already down after news that Nato air strikes over the weekend had killed one of the sons of the Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, and after industry sources said Saudi Arabia had raised output in April.

We sourced the oilsands direct jobs figure from The Decade Ahead: Labour Market Outlook to 2022 for Canada's Oil and Gas Industry, a 2013 Petroleum Human Resources Council report that was funded in part by the Government of Canada and The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.

Proven Track Record EnCap has been a significant source of capital to the upstream and midstream sectors of the oil and gas industry since 1988.

Rather than accepting the science and adapting to other sources of energy, the oil industry has developed an aggressive campaign to obscure the science and advance its own interests.

Viewed in one dimension, the standoff over construction of a 1,172 - mile, $ US 3.8 billion oil pipeline pits thousands of protesters massed on the prairie to safeguard a sole source of tribal drinking water from the fossil fuel industry and its allies in government and finance.

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For all their official production measurements, OPEC uses an average of estimates from six «secondary sources», namely the International Energy Agency (IEA), the oil - pricing agencies Platts and Argus, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the oil consultancy Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) and the industry newsletter Petroleum Intelligence Weekly, as an impartial adjudicator as to whether their output quotas and production cuts are being met, to resolve any potential disputes that could arise if each member reported their own figures.

Here is a source for essential oils that are second - to - none, from a company that's been a leader in the natural products / Essential Oil industry since 1981.

IOI Loders Croklaan, a leading producer of palm - based fats and oils to the global food industry, has announced that 100 percent of its directly sourced palm oil worldwide is traceable to the mill level.

As international awareness about the environmental costs of producing and eating meat increases — The United Nations» Food and Agriculture Organization estimates the meat industry generates nearly one - fifth of the man - made greenhouse gas emissions that are accelerating climate change worldwide — the work of RiceBran Technologies is supporting environmental sustainability and combating waste while globally providing a nutritious source of protein, carbohydrates, healthy oil and dietary fiber as food ingredients.

Schneiderman today joined a coalition of 14 attorneys general and the City of Chicago in filing a motion to intervene in a lawsuit against EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's actions to halt regulation of leaks of greenhouse gas emissions and other harmful air pollutants from new sources in the oil and gas industry.

Business News of Saturday, 12 May 2018 Source: citinewsroom.com Chairman of PIAC, Dr. Steve Manteaw The Co-Chair of the Extractive Industries and Transparency Initiative, Steve Manteaw has described attempts to convert the Tema Oil Refinery (ToR) into a tank farm as unfortunate.

Other pundits speculate that this may give a boost short - term to US oil and coal industries, but cost us in the long term as the globe shifts to renewable energy sources:

While Cuomo claims he's trying to make New York business - friendly, an authoritative oil - and - gas industry source involved in Pennsylvania - based energy production told The Post the governor has repeatedly rejected offers of information on fracking from leading energy companies, which are prepared to invest hundreds of millions of dollars on gas exploration in the state.

Principal stationary pollution sources include chemical plants, coal - fired power plants, oil refineries, petrochemical plants, nuclear waste disposal activity, incinerators, large livestock farms (dairy cows, pigs, poultry, etc.), PVC factories, metals production factories, plastics factories, and other heavy industry.

«Our drinking water sources must be protected and preserved for the precious resources they are, not sacrificed as a garbage dump for the oil and gas industry.»

Principal stationary pollution sources include chemical plants, coal - fired power plants, oil refineries, nuclear waste disposal activity, incinerators, large animal farms, PVC factories, metals production factories, plastics factories, and other heavy industry.

One source in the oil industry who is familiar with the project says: «It looks extremely promising as a way of converting solar energy into electricity.

The UK Oil and Gas Industry Association predicts that in the 2040s, 70 per cent of our energy will still come from these sources.

Last year, EPA finalized a set of New Source Performance Standards for the oil and gas industry limiting smog - creating volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and hazardous air pollutants.

In industry and commerce, applications range from food and fertilizer manufacture to crude oil cracking to utilization as an energy source in fuel cells.

Keeping in mind the enormous stake that panel members ExxonMobil and Shell have in the oil, natural gas and coal industries, here is a look at the panel's take on why oil and coal have been so difficult to replace by the following alternative energy sources: Natural gas ExxonMobil favors boosting the U.S.'s consumption of natural gas, in part, because it produces at least 50 percent less greenhouse gas per hour when burned compared with coal, Nazeer Bhore, ExxonMobil senior technology advisor, said during the panel.

There is one major source of toxic hot spots worldwide that does not appear on this list: oil production and its ancillary industries.

Added Vengosh: «Our new study, which integrates data from multiple government and industry sources, provides the first comprehensive assessment of fracking's total water footprint, both nationally and for each of the 10 major U.S. shale gas or tight oil basins.»

$ 8 billion) over first ten years for deficit reductionObeys PAYGO; Starting in 2026, 25 % of auction revenues for deficit reductionFuels and TransportationIncrease biofuels to 60 million gallons by 2030, low - carbon fuel standard of 10 % by 2010, 1 million plug» in hybrid cars by 2025, raise fuel economy standards, smart growth funding, end oil subsidies, promote natural gas drilling, enhanced oil recoverySmart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, raise fuel economy standards $ 7 billion a year for smart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, natural gas vehicles, raise fuel economy standards; offshore drilling with revenue sharing and oil spill veto, natural gas fracking disclosureCost ContainmentInternational offsetsOffset pool, banking and borrowing flexibility, soft price collar using permit reserve auction at $ 28 per ton going to 60 % above three - year - average market price» Hard» price collar between $ 12 and $ 25 per ton, floor increases at 3 % + CPI, ceiling at 5 % + CPI, plus permit reserve auction, offsets like W - MClean Air Act And StatesNot discussedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade pre-empted, establishes coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts of American Power Act, 5/11/10.

Meanwhile, coal industry leaders say they are optimistic about coal's ability to deliver developing countries out of energy poverty and have noted that coal is expected to surpass oil as the world's leading energy source by 2015.

Regularly checking oil and gas facilities for leaky equipment is the most effective way to identify both big pollution sources — which our study focused on — but also smaller sources that together make up a significant share of industry emissions.

Junk Science is a front end for Steve Milloy, long time tobacco, drug and oil industry lobbyist, and who has been a reliable source for these «cuckoo science» pieces for years.

The development of this technology allowed the company to raise $ 40 million from private funding sources, receive prestigious national grants and build a commercial partnership with leading companies in the oil and chemical industries.

Roughly two - thirds of methane comes from manmade sources like the oil and gas industry (oil extraction and leakage in natural gas systems), agriculture (manure pits and cow belches) and landfills.

I personally always look for MCT oils sourced only from coconut oil or sustainable and rainforest friendly palm oil because the palm oil industry is responsible for the deforestation for large parts of the rainforest.

Other speakers discussed how soy products will help meet U.S. dietary guidelines, with its renewed emphasis on plant - based diets; noted that the soy industry is working on production of novel varieties of high oleic soybean oil low in saturated fat; stressed the marketing of soy as a complete protein, perfectly appropriate as the only protein source for infants, children and adults; promoted the use of «stealth health» as opposed to «muscling» in change to force dietary changes (that is, sneak soy into common food products); speculated on how to remove the allergens from soy; and figure out what to do about the fact that soy doesn't actually taste very good.

Individuals are exposed to heavy metals through environmental exposure including lead soldering, metal amalgams, working in industry (mining, oil and gas, welding, etc.) and from food sources including the consumption of ocean fish.

Lard can be a wonderful source of vitamin D. Traditionally, lard has been used and enjoyed for pastries and frying potatoes — until the vegetable oil industry took over.

As the largest essential oil company in the world, doTERRA is leading the industry when it comes to essential oil science and research, education, and giving back through their co-impact sourcing program.

Here is a source for essential oils that are second - to - none, from a company that's been a leader in the natural products / Essential Oil industry since 1981.

Another relatively new source of income for Belize is the oil industry.

There are only two off - shore extraction facilities left, however, and the day is not far off when oil production in the city will cease and tourism will replace it as the primary revenue source for resident industry.

The president faces equally strong pressure from industry, the Canadian government, many Republicans and some Democrats in Congress, local officials and union leaders, who say the project will create thousands of jobs and provide a secure source of oil that will replace crude from Venezuela, Saudi Arabia and other potentially hostile suppliers.