Sentences with phrase «u.s. oil interests»

Bruce Greenwood is effortlessly authoritative as U.S. ambassador Dwight Morrow, a charming and effective negotiator whose main concern in Mexico is U.S. oil interests, though he gradually becomes aware of the enormity of what is occurring.

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LONDON, May 1 (Reuters)- The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and bond yields were creeping higher again on Tuesday, as the recent rise in oil prices fuelled bets that the U.S. Federal Reserve will flag more interest rate hikes this week.

NEW YORK, May 1 - The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and U.S. bond yields inched higher again on Tuesday as the recent rise in oil prices fueled expectations the Federal Reserve could flag more interest rate hikes at its policy meeting this week.

Bonds yields have fallen as safe assets attract more interest, while U.S. crude oil futures have also fallen further below $ 39 a barrel.

However, the Canadian dollar is expected to see minimal benefit from higher oil prices: a U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate hike is likely in the first half of 2017, which would bolster the U.S. dollar, while the Bank of Canada is expected to hold steady on rates.

In the interests of accountability and transparency, I read through 300 pages of evidence and pulled out the sort of uncomfortable revelations that Ottawa doesn't want U.S. oil customers, industry investors or Canadian taxpayers to know.

Specifically, they relate spot West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil price to: the U.S. dollar exchange rate versus a basket of developed market currencies; Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) return; U.S. short - term interest rate; the S&P 500 options - implied volatility index (VIX); and, open interest in the NYMEX crude oil futures (as an indication of financialization of the oil market).

NEW YORK The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and U.S. bond yields inched higher again on Tuesday as the recent rise in oil prices fuelled expectations the Federal Reserve could flag more interest rate hikes at its policy meeting this week.

The main contributors remain the same: declining oil and commodity prices, renewed concerns over the pace of expansion in China, and the impact of rising interest rates and a strong dollar on the U.S. economy.

Brett Harris, a spokesman for Calgary - based Cenovus Energy Inc., a committed oil - sands shipper on the proposed pipeline, said the approval «is in the best interest of the industry, best interest of Canada and the best interest of the U.S. as well.

Similarly, WTI, the benchmark for U.S. crude oil, has seen steadily increasing volumes and open interest for the last several years.

That trend towards higher inflation expectations continued into U.S. inflation expectations, indicating that the ECB QE announcement, and coincident with tentative signs of stabilization of oil prices, may mark the low point of deflationary fears driving global interest rates to new lows.

1979: U.S. President Jimmy Carter designates the Persian Gulf a vital U.S. interest and declares the U.S. will go to war to ensure the flow of oil.

Yet the anti-draft movement is also growing, and although everyone acknowledges that oil would be the reason for a U.S. war in the Middle East, no one seems interested in fighting it.

Tropical Traditions also restored traditional methods of producing coconut oil by hand, and also worked to provide consumer access to other traditional products that had fallen out of favor in the U.S. market, but for which there was a demand from health - conscious consumers interested in sourcing food outside the corporate commodity food supply kept cheap by government subsidies.

Natural gas and domestic oil production got a shout - out in the address as part of the President's vision of supporting domestic energy resources, something that several Republican lawmakers were pleased, and perhaps surprised, to hear.What I thought was more interesting was the President specifically calling out how big of a consumer of energy the U.S.

Despite these factors, oil stands to remain the world's primary transportation fuel for decades, ensuring its strategic value and U.S. interest in protecting the trade.

Unfortunately, in the U.S., both during the late 1930s and again during the 1980s and 1990s, the commercial interests of the U.S. domestic fats and oils industry were successful in driving down usage of coconut oil.

Diesel vehicles are no longer taboo in the U.S., and The Detroit News reports that consumer interest in the oil - burning alternatives could continue to grow in the coming years.

The president chose the politics of a few over sound science and fundamental economics, ideology over the national interest, to cause a stunning defeat for the United States, American energy security and America's energy partnership with Canada — and a stunning victory for countries like Venezuela, which will benefit from the U.S. saying no to the oil Keystone XL would bring from Canada and the U.S. Bakken region.

The plaintiffs in the case, which include several environmental groups and four western U.S. municipalities, argue that the federally supported projects — including oil drilling, pipelines, and commercial power plants — contribute to global warming, which in turn affects U.S. economic interests and its citizens.

Interesting weekend remarks from the Energy Department's deputy secretary on U.S. oil and natural gas exports to Europe — especially so because DOE is the key federal agency in allowing domestic liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects to proceed.

Washington Free Beacon — 27 January 2015 Foreign Firm Funding U.S. Green Groups Tied to State - Owned Russian Oil Company Executives at a Bermudan firm funneling money to U.S. environmentalists run investment funds with Russian tycoons A shadowy Bermudan company that has funneled tens of millions of dollars to anti-fracking environmentalist groups in the United States is run by executives with deep ties to Russian oil interests and offshore money laundering schemes involving members of President Vladimir Putin's inner circle...... The Sierra Club, the Natural Resource Defense Council, Food and Water Watch, the League of Conservation Voters, and the Center for American Progress were among the recipients of Sea Change's $ 100 million in grants in 2010 and 2011.Oil Company Executives at a Bermudan firm funneling money to U.S. environmentalists run investment funds with Russian tycoons A shadowy Bermudan company that has funneled tens of millions of dollars to anti-fracking environmentalist groups in the United States is run by executives with deep ties to Russian oil interests and offshore money laundering schemes involving members of President Vladimir Putin's inner circle...... The Sierra Club, the Natural Resource Defense Council, Food and Water Watch, the League of Conservation Voters, and the Center for American Progress were among the recipients of Sea Change's $ 100 million in grants in 2010 and 2011.oil interests and offshore money laundering schemes involving members of President Vladimir Putin's inner circle...... The Sierra Club, the Natural Resource Defense Council, Food and Water Watch, the League of Conservation Voters, and the Center for American Progress were among the recipients of Sea Change's $ 100 million in grants in 2010 and 2011....

It now appears the U.S. may remain in the agreement, but with a new focus on bringing fossil fuel interests — like coal and oil — to the table.

The proceeding, scheduled for March 21 by U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup, will feature lawyers for Exxon, BP, Chevron and other oil companies pitted against those for San Francisco and Oakland — California cities that have accused fossil fuel interests of covering up their role in contributing to global warming.

From the article:... Two Texas A&M University scholars are calling for an end to the U.S. oil export ban because it penalizes domestic crude producers, hurts the global economy and harms American interests abroad.

The EITD Bill would promote U.S. interests by combating corruption and improving the stability of U.S. investments abroad through improved governance in oil - producing countries.

In a post for Medium, Clinton called Canadian oil sands North America's «dirtiest fuel» — despite the fact that during her leadership the U.S. State Department approved a cross-border permit for another oil sands pipeline in 2009, with the department determining that the «addition of crude oil pipeline capacity between Canada and the United States will advance a number of strategic interests of the United States.»

To many of them the American energy revolution — with oil production projected to reach 10.7 million barrels per day this year, and the U.S. becoming a net natural gas exporter for the first time in nearly 60 years — means our armed forces are less likely to be deployed to faraway places to protect energy interests.

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