Sentences with phrase «as oil and gas companies»

Seven of the organizations that signed this letter to Pruitt — and five of the actual representatives who signed — also recently penned a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration defending «electronic and heat - not - burn» tobacco products (or vaping products), indicating that this network is defending the tobacco industry as well as oil and gas companies.

For instance, as oil and gas companies adopt a more agile way of working, they could become magnets for top millennial talent; millennials will accelerate the adoption of digital technologies, which could facilitate the dismantling of large corporate centers, which in turn allows for an even more agile workplace.

Not exact matches

Instead of hedging away from gas, as TransCanada and many other companies appear to be doing, it's a bet that gas will play a much bigger role in our energy future, probably at the expense of oil.

As fracking became commercially viable, oil and gas drilling companies entered communities with shale gas resources, which can have a number of local effects.

In northwest Louisiana, as the production rush began in the Haynesville Shale in 2009, the state water agency ordered oil and gas companies to stop pulling groundwater from the local aquifer that also supplied homes and businesses, and use surface water instead.

As a vice-president of parent company China National Petroleum Corp. explained at an oil and gas industry conference in Calgary, the company felt it was being shut out of Canada's oilsands by political pressure from the U.S. and had lost confidence in Enbridge's ability to manage aboriginal opposition to the line.

All reasonable enough conditions — though methane currently is regularly released as a part of standard business for oil and gas companies.

Despite a rapid growth approach to new markets, Sim says that the company made a strategic decision to defer entry into more challenging markets, such as China, where many domestic oil - and - gas firms already use similar software programs.

Alcoa's tale is held up as a wee candle flicker of hope in an otherwise depressing report on gender inequity in tech - driven sectors, including the oil and gas industry, automotive manufacturers and telecommunications companies.

The company, which had made its name providing investors with a steady income from its oil and gas wells, cut its dividend in half as capital spending rose and energy prices fell.

«As the oil and gas industry becomes mature there, companies are going to have to have a bunch of sub-sea systems that will have to be monitored,» said Dean Richter, a retired navy submarine captain and director of development for maritime transportation systems for New Jersey - based QinetiQ North America.

By cultivating relationships with oil and gas companies now, UAS manufacturers like Insitu and Aerovironment are positioning themselves to continue supplying the industry with hardware and operational expertise as exploration activities in the Arctic expand.

MMA Offshore has reported a dramatic slide in half - year profit as the marine services company faces challenging conditions in the offshore oil and gas industry.

April 20 (Reuters)- General Electric Co's Baker Hughes posted quarterly profit that beat Wall Street estimates on Friday as improving oil prices prompted companies to ramp up oil and gas production.

Citation Resources has appointed KordaMentha as voluntary administrators, while the oil and gas company continues to pursue recovery of funds through a civil action against former director Peter Landau.

Halliburton reported a 34 percent jump in first - quarter revenue on Monday as rising oil prices prompted North American companies to boost oil and gas production.

Junior oil and gas company Pura Vida Energy has named Jeff Dowling as its new chairman and Ric Malcolm as a non-executive director, with current chairman Bevan Tarratt to resign from the board.

Prosecutors began to uncover a string of corruption scandals in 2014 and 2015, involving both private and state - controlled companies, like Petrobras, the nation's oil and gas champion, as well as current and former elected officials — namely, the former president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

The sell - off originated in the energy sector, as oil prices plummeted and oil and gas companies struggled to pay of their debts.

As of August 2011, oil and gas companies still said there had never been a documented case of drinking water contaminated by fracking.

Franco - Nevada Corp. (FNV: $ 44.16) A royalty company that buys interests in a diversified range of gold mines as well as interests in oil and gas and other assets.

COPENHAGEN, Feb 20 - Denmark's A.P. Maersk, the world's largest container shipping company, sold its North Sea - focused oil and gas business in August to France's Total in a $ 7.5 billion deal in August as it focuses on transport and logistics.

All the while, the industry thrived financially under a combination of high oil prices, low natural gas prices (a major input cost), recession - induced relief from cost inflation and a reduced cost of capital as majors and foreign national oil companies gobbled up wobbly juniors.

Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for and commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances and operations posed by the environmental, social and economic challenges associated with the oil sands»; a report of «known and potential environmental impacts» and «policy options» to address the impacts of the company's «fracturing operations»; a report of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»; and adoption of «quantitative goals... for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions.»

The 80 - year - old has founded 10 oil and gas companies in his career and has been an early supporter of at least as many ventures by other people.

Paramount now deals with both oil and gas, and has since spun off assets into separate companies, such as heavy - oil player Cavalier Energy (in 2011).

Raitt's three - year timeline to fully dispose of older DOT - 111A tankers (and immediate phase - out of 5,000 of the most vulnerable cars) is going to be a difficult one to meet given the existing capacity for suppliers to build new tankers, as well as the desire of oil and gas companies to continue the exponential increases in oil - by - rail shipments into the future.

As a result of these actions, the Company consolidated its historical Technical Services, Industrial and Field Services, and Oil, Gas and Lodging segments under a newly formed Environmental Services segment.

Precision shares, though, are off nearly 30 % from their all - time high, as the company's earnings have been hit by weakness in the oil and gas sector, where the majority of the company's non-aerospace sales come from.

Australian listings on TSX and TSXV have almost tripled in the last five years, and there are now 33 resource companies with a dual listing on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), such as Newcrest Mining (TSX: NM), Paladin Energy (TSX: PDN), Mirabela Nickel (TSX: MNB) and Aurora Oil & Gas (TSX: AEF).

BP beat analyst expectations on Tuesday, as higher crude prices and rising production levels helped to fast - track a recovery in one of Europe's largest oil and gas companies.

After serving as a senior pastor for 15 years, he left the ministry for corporate America, joining Anadarko, an oil and gas company, as HR manager.

MILAN (AP)-- Italian gas and oil company Eni says first - quarter profits dropped slightly as production grew by 4 percent amid rising oil prices.

Over the past 15 years, the corporate centers of most oil and gas companies grew significantly, as a way to manage risk, leverage scale, and share scarce technical talent.

Build on its record as the first government to achieve an absolute reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by working with provinces to reduce emissions from the oil and gas sectors while ensuring Canadian companies remain competitive.

The companies in the FTSE 350 with all - male boards were named as Allied Minds, Centamin, Deajan Holdings, HellermannTyton Group, Nostrum Oil and Gas, Perpetual Income and Growth Investment Trust, Telecom Plus, Wizz Air Holdings, Al Noor Hospitals Group, Clarkson, Genus, Lookers, P2P Global Investments, Scottish Investment Trust, and Tritax Big Box Reit.

Loeb recently told Third Point fund investors that shares of the oil and gas company could be 60 percent higher, and he outlined changes it could make to add value, such as spinning off its retail business or selling its Canadian natural gas assets.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, centre, and Finance Miniser Joe Ceci, right, speak to steel workers as she tours a company producing pipe, casing and tubing for the Canadian oil and gas sector in Calgary THE CANADIAN PRESS / Jeff McIntosh

As a recent report from Wood Mackenzie put it, oil and gas companies that adopt renewables early will gain a competitive advantage.

As a Senior Manager, Mr. Haier was responsible for providing audit and business advisory services primarily to integrated energy and independent oil and gas companies.

Before joining Home Oil as president and CEO in 1982, he had spent more than 20 years with Hudson's Bay Oil and Gas in various positions and was elected president of the company in 1980.

Beyond the actual gas project and LNG sales, China's state - run shipping conglomerate COSCO has also secured a 50 percent stake in the four LNG shipping carriers serving Yamal.90 Chinese engineers and workers have been deployed to the Yamal Peninsula to help construct surrounding infrastructure, which includes a Chinese - produced polar drilling rig.91 Moreover, a Chinese oil and gas rig producer now provides Russia with about 60 percent of its imported oil rig supplies, indicating that China is becoming a dominant player in this sphere.92 Chinese media recently hailed Yamal as an example of China's construction and engineering prowess and a symbol of its transformation into an Arctic player.93 In return for China stepping into support the project, senior officials from Novatek, the main shareholder of the project, announced that the first LNG shipment would symbolically go to China.94 But a British subsidiary of Malaysia's Petronas purchased the first shipment of Yamal LNG and sold it to France's Engie, which then shipped the cargo to its Boston import facility for American use.95 Western sanctions on Novatek, Russia's largest independent national gas producer and a company with close ties to the Kremlin, made Yamal's pivot to China possible, as sanctions forced Russia to find an alternative source of investment and technology.

The Energy sector consists of companies involved in the exploration, production, or management of energy resources such as oil, gas, and coal, as well as companies that service these industries.

U.S. oil and natural gas production from Pennsylvania could help power Ontario and Quebec for instance, even as Canadian shale flowed through pipelines from Alberta to the U.S. Infrastructure matters a lot in these settings, especially given the difficulties most companies are facing in building new pipelines (Exhibit A: see the Dakota Access Pipeline).

FDI in Canada has risen sharply over the past decade in oil and gas and related sectors, as well as finance and management companies.

As its name suggests, the oil and gas producer focuses entirely on prospects within the state of California, and the crude oil price declines in 2015 created massive losses for the small exploration and production company.

Mr. Swoveland also has worked as a geologist and exploratory geophysicist for both major and independent oil and gas companies.

Ms. Miracle joined PDC in February 2004 and currently serves as the Company's VP Government Relations with approximately 20 years of oil and gas experience.

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The Board has concluded that Mr. Nickerson is qualified to serve as a Director because, among other things, he has over 30 years of experience in oil and gas operations, with a focus on midstream asset development and management, a critical element of the Company's current strategy.