Sentences with phrase «by higher gas prices»

US thermal coal prices have risen over the past few months, largely lifted by higher gas prices for power generation, and forecasts for a tighter gas market in 2017 is good news for coal producers.

Fueled by higher gas prices, sales of hybrids, plug - ins and electrics enjoyed a strong February in the American market.

Competition from the Koreans and the increasing demand for small cars spurred by high gas prices have caused Honda, Toyota and Nissan to reconsider size.

There are a couple of important stories in The Times worth highlighting today, one on determining when an old appliance should — and should not — get the heave - ho, and one on a burst of interest in mass transit driven by high gas prices.

«We feel that the availability rate is rising because consumers have turned circumspect due to the slowdown in the housing market and that their spending is being affected by high gas prices, so retail space absorption is declining,» says Abigail Marks, an economist at Torto Wheaton.

Not exact matches

Responding to Tory charges that the NDP's proposed cap - and - trade system would wind up raising gas prices by 10 cents per litre, Jack Layton blamed Stephen Harper «s subsidies to big oil companies and support for the harmonized sales tax in Ontario for higher gas prices.

«Shell's strong earnings this quarter were underpinned by higher oil and gas prices, the continued growth and very good performance of our Integrated Gas business, and improved profitability in our Upstream business,» Chief Executive Officer Ben van Beurden said in a statemegas prices, the continued growth and very good performance of our Integrated Gas business, and improved profitability in our Upstream business,» Chief Executive Officer Ben van Beurden said in a statemeGas business, and improved profitability in our Upstream business,» Chief Executive Officer Ben van Beurden said in a statement.

LONDON, May 1 - BP's profits surged in the first three months of the year to their highest since mid-2014, driven by a recovery in oil and gas prices and rapid growth in production.

With high oil prices persistently poised to derail the global economy, with large economies like Germany and Japan swearing off nuclear in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster, with coal hampered by looming emissions caps, unexpectedly abundant gas seems poised to fill the energy void.

The extraordinary cost reductions achieved by North American oil and gas companies have likely reached their limit, and any boost in profitability for much of the U.S. shale and Canadian oil sands industries will have to come from higher oil prices, according to a new report from Moody's Investors Service.

Analysts excited about the company's exposure to the rapidly growing natural gas sector were pumping up the stock, ignoring its low and declining return on invested capital (ROIC), significant write - downs indicating poor capital allocation, and the high expectations implied by its stock price.

The higher gas prices in Washington are driven by the state's gas tax, which is 49 cents per gallon.

New York's gas prices are in large part driven by its high taxes — the gas tax rose to over 43 cents per gallon in 2017.

I know it's cool to hate AT&T and all because they had the forethought to sign up for the exclusive deal when other carriers walked away from it, but blaiming Apple for playing by the carriers game is like blaming GM for high gas prices.

* The program: to be financed through a portion of the royalties earned by the government from high gas prices.

However, if the price moves above the $ 4 mark or so, then innovation will be spurred on faster by discontent with a high gas price status quo.

Inflation is likely to continue to move higher gradually, with the headline measure boosted by higher prices for tobacco, electricity and gas.

The knee - jerk reaction of many Canadians, including Industry Minister Tony Clement, is to assume that high gas prices and inflated profit margins are likely to be explained by collusion among the big oil companies to fix prices at higher than acceptable levels.

What did the revolts brought to the people in those countries any thing other than continuos unending revolts and demonstrations scarcity of essential commodities and products adding to the sky high prices... While other essential needs such as electricity power supply, water, gas, diesel, petrol are being used as a pressure tool by the opposition or the ruling party to keep people mad on the streets rather than going home seeing to their daily living making and minding their own businesses... but what business will continue with such chaos and disorder...?

The point is that most people did not feel personally threatened by large auto - death statistics and so there was little inducement to slow down; but when people paid drastically higher prices for gas, and were threatened with having no gas, they took the threats to their money and mobility seriously, and slowed down.

The US glass packaging sector is also being hit by higher natural gas prices and increased soda ash prices.

Despite efforts to reduce emissions, unusually high gas prices in 2006 meant more electricity was generated by coal, the environment secretary explained.

According to a recent report by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, gas in the Utica - Rome area was selling for an average of $ 3.24 a gallon, which was the third highest price in the state.

The chancellor's preferred option of relying more on gas up to 2030 would increase costs by # 312m, or # 478m if gas prices are higher than expected — between # 10 - 15 per household.

The campaign warns voters about the effects of a possible default if the debt ceiling isn't raised by Aug. 2 and spins a near - doomsday scenario of high gas and food prices along with dire consequences for 401 (k) accounts.

While the measure is unlikely to make it through the divided Congress to become law, Democrats hope to score politically with voters frustrated by a confluence of deep budget cuts in Washington, sky - high prices at the gas pumps, and staggering profits on the oil giants» bottom lines.

If it is replaced by other farmers boosting their yields more than they otherwise would, spurred by higher prices, you may get a benefit because higher yields absorb more carbon (but it comes at some greenhouse gas costs from fertilizer use and the like).

Treatment with inhaled nitric oxide (NO) has proven to be life saving in newborns, children and adults with several dangerous conditions, but the availability of the treatment has been limited by the size, weight and complexity of equipment needed to administer the gas and the therapy's high price.

Along with high gas prices and President Obamaâ $ ™ s new fuel economy standards (to reach a 54.5 mpg average for new cars by 2025), a JD Power survey has shown that fuel efficiency is a high - priority consumer concern.

But despite higher gas prices, once the lines for a daily or weekly ration at the filling station disappeared, consumers found that those little econoboxes with vinyl seats, 5 - speed manual transmissions, AM radios and doors that had to be locked individually and by key, were a pain.

Regular hybrids (a gasoline engine and a battery recharged entirely by the car itself) deliver significantly increased gas mileage (40 - 50 mpg) at a typically higher purchase price.

«The Prius Liftback is at a disadvantage since its sales are no longer driven by HOV solo - access stickers and the price of gas makes it less appealing,» said Michigan - based analyst Alan Baum referring to sticker - eligible plug - in cars which may also be seen as a new high - water mark among the most environmentally minded.

With its competitive price and high (estimated) gas mileage, it is likely to hold its own by attracting customers who want a practical SUV with a hybrid badge, but without a hybrid sticker.

The Central Florida International Auto Show shifts into high gear this year with a lineup that includes several vehicles that are making their some of their first show appearances in America.Volkswagen is scheduled to pull the covers off it's all - new EuroVan, which replaces the trusty rear - engined model.Powered by a water - cooled, front - mounted, five - cylinder engine, theEuroVan is said to offer better performance, handling and gas mileage than the old model.No prices have been announced yet, and the van won't roll into showrooms until spring, but it should be competitive with such vans as the Mazda MPV, Toyota Previa and the Chrysler and GM minivans.

The later 1.5 liter American - market CRX HF (high fuel economy) model (chassis codes EC1 and AF) could also reliably achieve very good gas mileage, more than a decade before gas - electric hybrids appeared on the market, and at no price premium over the base model; the 1.5 liter is rated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)(under the new rating system) at 42 miles per U.S. gallon (5.6 l / 100 km; 50 mpg ‑ imp) city and 51 miles per U.S. gallon (4.6 l / 100 km; 61 mpg ‑ imp) highway.

The survey, which used prices compiled by automotive.com, showed the price of a gallon of regular unleaded gas was higher in Lake County than every neighboring county but Marion and Volusia.

For our recent report on a Canadian growth stock with some competitive challenges, read High yield for Superior Plus could be undercut by low gas prices.

Higher gas prices keep people on the job The oil and gas industry is big business in the U.S.; the American Petroleum Institute predicts that the number of jobs in the sector will increase by 1.3 million through 2030.

What is means is that an investor could be right that the price of natural gas is going higher, but wrong on the timing and completely miss out on the rebound as this energy ETF's value is eaten away by rolling costs.

Gas prices hit an all time high during the summer of 2006 and the pain at the pump, while somewhat less these days, is still being felt by almost everyone, from commuters to soccer moms.

This puts pressure on the national system of natural gas pricing, and the resulting effect is that power operators in other states seek to avoid paying higher prices by shifting more to coal.

And it's made all the more so by the fact that most of the offerings currently available are either priced high, or have a limited range compared to what gas drivers are used to.

Hence Speaker of the House John Boehner's strategy to hit him for high gas prices, as reported by the New York Times:

My take is that consumer behavioral change from high gas prices exceeded expectations, even though it was motivated by necessity.

«This bill will pave the way for a House - Senate conference to discuss both reforming how taxpayer dollars are spent on federal infrastructure programs, and also meaningful solutions that would address high gas prices and create jobs by permanently removing government barriers to American energy production.»

The problem in New England, which has resulted in electricity prices that are four times higher than normal for sustained periods, is that all of the pipeline transmission capacity has been purchased by the local gas distribution companies that sell gas for home heating and retail uses.

Rising production, record end - of - winter storage inventories, and mild weather contributed to spot natural gas prices nearing their lowest levels in a decade until prices rebounded at most trading points to the high $ 2 / MMBtu range by the end of June.

Recent reports indicate that there is much more gas and oil around the UK (more than we have used already) now that higher oil prices make recovery of it more economic We are also getting better day by day at producing energy from other sources and reducing the energy we need for specific functions.

The nation is once again assessing how best to stimulate the deployment of advanced energy technologies in response to recent high energy prices — caused by the growing world demand for energy, wars in the Middle East, and last year's hurricanes — and concerns about the adverse environmental effects, particularly greenhouse gas emissions, of using conventional fossil energy.

These cities favor replacing San Onofre's nuclear power with clean, but pricey and sporadic, green power for 8 hours per day that has to be backed up by cheap gas - powered plants that have to sell power at 121 % higher prices when the sun goes down.