Sentences with phrase «by oil exploration»

However, the organisation cited continued concerns about environmental risks posed by oil exploration to unique habitats including the Virunga World Heritage site, and the suitability of some of the oil companies under consideration.

Numerous of such successions have been retrieved by oil exploration and production companies, but generally have not been made publically available.

But now the whales also face climate change and noise created by oil exploration and boat traffic.

Not exact matches

He launched Canadian Hunter Exploration in 1973, a year characterized by an oil crisis abroad that led to shortages at gasoline pumps in the U.S. Closer to home, confrontations intensified between the federal and provincial governments over managing Alberta's energy resources.

Perth - based data management company Tape Ark has completed a world first for the oil and gas exploration industry by demonstrating real - time seismic data acquisition using cloud storage rather than traditional tapes.

• Neptune Energy Group, which is backed by Carlyle Group and CVC Capital Partners, agreed to acquire ENGIE E&P International, a Paris - based oil and gas exploration company, for $ 3.9 billion.

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.

Miro Advisors has been selected by oil and gas explorer New Standard Energy to manage the farm - out of its Western Australian exploration acreage, continuing four years of rapid growth for the Perth advisory firm, as detailed in this week's edition of Business News.

The oil and gas exploration and production company announced earnings that missed estimates by 25 cents and revenues that beat estimates.

Agreement has been reached with Coogee Resources (Ashmore Cartier) Pty Ltd, which gives Coogee the right to earn a 20 % interest in exploration permit AC / P 32 by funding 27.5 % of the upcoming Magnolia oil exploration well.

HOUSTON ConocoPhillips, the world's largest independent oil and gas exploration and production company, posted a bigger - than - expected first - quarter profit on Thursday, helped by rising crude prices and cost cuts.

And International Energy Agency chief economist Fatih Birol recently suggested that Canada should meet the challenge by expanding production in the Alberta tar sands and opening up the B.C. coast to oil and gas exploration.

He's also chairman of a $ 26 million fund, BH Logistics, established in April with backing from a Chinese conglomerate, and a $ 40 million fund involved in shale oil exploration, according to documents filed in June and first reported on by Bloomberg News.

The recent oil shale boom was powered mostly by small firms because larger multinationals like Exxon and BP are structured for big payoff, technically - difficult projects like deep water drilling and Arctic exploration.

The 104 - page OPEC report finds that there will be greater demand for the group's oil in 2016, with customers consuming an average of 31.65 million barrels a day throughout the year because the market will be «supply - driven» as competitors, beset by low prices, continue to cut back severely on capital expenditures ranging from exploration to new drilling.

A flow - through share is a special type of common share issued only in Canada by oil and gas or mineral exploration companies.

The energy sector rose by 11 per cent, largely reflecting strong oil prices and refining margins and several exploration successes.

A budget measure approved by the Republican - controlled Senate late Thursday allows Congress to pursue legislation allowing oil and gas exploration in the remote refuge on...

Gas and petroleum exploration and the production, treatment and marketing of natural gas, crude oil, condensate, naphtha and liquid petroleum gas; transportation by pipeline of crude oil.

While oil majors are already cutting back on exploration activities in Nigeria, the decision by Shell indicated that keeping a large part of its oil and gas reserves in the ground would be risky.

File photo by A.J. Sisco / UPI RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 30 (UPI)-- Industry supporters have started an ad blitz in southern U.S. states, arguing offshore oil and gas exploration can exist side - by - side with the environment.

The economy in the Calahoo area is mostly driven by oil and gas exploration, agriculture and business conditions in the United States.

Lakes Oil, part - owned by billionaire Gina Rinehart, has been a vigorous opponent of a ban on unconventional gas exploration in Victoria, and Mr Tonkin said it was similarly bad policy in South Australia.

General News of Saturday, 12 May 2018 Source: citinewsroom.com Angry residents protest oil exploration in Keta basin The Municipal Chief Executive for Keta, Seth Yormevu, says the residents of Keta who demonstrated against an onshore oil exploration in the Keta Basin by a Swiss firm, will be probed and addressed accordingly.

The Municipal Chief Executive for Keta, Seth Yormevu, says the residents of Keta who demonstrated against an onshore oil exploration in the Keta Basin by a Swiss firm, will be probed and addressed accordingly.

Donald Trump pledged to make the United States fully energy independent as president by reducing U.S. dependence on foreign oil and rolling back environmental regulations restricting oil and natural gas exploration.

The Governor's action to protect New York's waters from oil and gas exploration was prompted by the Trump administration's plan to vastly expand offshore drilling in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

The council said he should not only apologise but rescind the decision, «If the terrain is not conducive for Nigerians from other parts of the country, then it should also be unsafe for continued oil exploration activities by multinationals and the Nigerian government.»

The budget resolution could also pave the way for opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil exploration by ensuring that drilling legislation can pass with only Republican votes.

A combination of the new fiscal regime and GNPC's promotional activities yielded results, as a number of oil exploration companies invested in Ghana, which led to the discovery in 2007 of the Jubilee Fields, followed by a quick succession of other discoveries, including the TEN fields.»

Security agencies failed to reveal the extent of damage done during Tuesday's ambush of oil exploration workers in the Lake Chad Basin by Boko Haram.

Brad Gill, executive director of the Independent Oil & Gas Association of New York, is quoted in a June 6 article in the Hudson Valley Business Journal about hydrofracking the Marcellus Shale in New York: «The state must not continue to squander this once - in - a-generation opportunity by pandering to those who twist the facts, exaggerate the problems and scare the public into thinking that natural gas exploration is new or unsafe.»

Some people from Keta and Anloga on Thursday hit the streets to protest against the attempt by the government to begin oil exploration close to the Keta Basin.

Increased exploration spurred by high oil prices paired with that drop in demand led to two decades of low oil prices.

I was encouraged by President Obama's calls for the construction of more nuclear power plants, as well as for increased offshore exploration of oil and natural gas, and the further development of clean coal technologies.

Figuring out the origin and make - up of continental crust formed and modified by these tectonic events is a vital to understanding Earth's geology and is important for many applied fields, such as oil, gas, and gold exploration.

Image shows a cold water geyser driven by carbon dioxide erupting from an unplugged oil exploration well drilled in 1936 into a natural CO2 reservoir in Utah.

A report about U.S. oil and gas exploration in the Arctic published last month by the National Petroleum Council found most drilling opportunities under America's jurisdiction are less than 100 meters below the ocean's surface, more shallow - than - standard depths in other drill regions, like the Gulf of Mexico.

Littler, a PhD student from University College London, was lucky enough to experience life on board the JOIDES Resolution, a retired oil exploration vessel now used as a research ship by the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP), an international partnership of research institutions that focuses on exploring Earth's structure and history through ocean drilling.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- A group of 37 U.S. - based scientists whose research focuses on Arctic wildlife asked two U.S. senators in a letter on Thursday not to open the National Arctic Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas exploration, according to a copy seen by Reuters.

It will cover both environmental protection and economic development — including oil exploration and shipping made possible by retreating ice.

What to expect: — An understanding of how essential oils work to promote body love — Hands - on oil exploration & take home oil blends — A self - love inspired yoga flow class featuring essential practices for body love — A closing meditation with chanting by Brandy — Chocolate, tea, & Body Love Notes

The novel's hero, Alec Milius, is a flawed loner in his early 20s who is recruited by MI5 to sell doctored research data on oil exploration in the Caspian Sea to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Another option is to buy flow - through shares issued by certain mining and oil exploration companies.

MLP investment opportunities tend to be in the energy sector because 90 % of the income generated by an MLP must come from exploration, mining, extraction, refining of oil and gas and the transportation of alternative fuels like biodiesel.

Oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) companies that have instituted buyback programs and dividend increases have outperformed over the past several months in cases where the programs are funded by sustainable free cash flow generation.»

Paul Griffiths is another Adviser (and has since been appointed EVP of Exploration)-- he was CEO of Island Oil & Gas, which was acquired by San Leon Energy (SLE: LN)(run by the inimitable Oisin Fanning).

Aspen Exploration Corporation (OTC: ASPN) has announced that it will pay a cash dividend of $ 0.73 per share to stockholders of record on November 16, 2009 from the proceeds of the sale of its California oil and gas assets to Venoco, Inc. $ 0.73 per share represents $ 5.3 M, which is just over the mid-point of the $ 5.0 M to $ 5.5 M range estimated by the company.

Visit the Rockdale I&GN Depot Museum or the Maritime Musuem and find yourself back in time of early exploration and settlement by Spanish and French and their search for oil.

This developing nation is leading the way by placing its environment front and center and has announced bold legislation to stop oil exploration in all of its waters.