Sentences with phrase «by petroleum industry»

For the regions and commercial assets that are fueled by the petroleum industry — including parts of Texas, Colorado and North Dakota — sustained low oil prices could lead to vacancies and reduced property incomes, several real estate observers cautioned.»

The mountains of money generated by the petroleum industry still persuade much more strongly than the climate change talk of green energy companies, even after environmental costs have been weighed.

Solar ranks second among energy industries in the number of people it employs, slightly exceeding the natural gas industry and surpassed only by the petroleum industry.

The consortium facilitated the acquisition of existing information and the development of new data to provide the public with information on the HPV substances generated or imported by the petroleum industry.

Oil and gas production is so massive in the United States that over 2.5 million American workers are employed by the petroleum industry.

Not exact matches

Long - running plans by Vikas Rambal's Perdaman Industries to build a multi-billion dollar urea manufacturing plant in Western Australia have received a fillip, with his group signing a gas supply agreement with Woodside Petroleum.

• Engineering for the Petroleum & Process Industries, Egypt's state - owned oil company, has picked a consortium led by CI Capital as lead managers and bookrunners for an IPO that could raise about $ 150 million, Bloomberg reports.

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).

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.

A plan outlined by the WA Government to reserve a big part of the State's gas reserves for the local market does not promote a robust and viable gas industry in Western Australia, according to the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Associatio

Environmental performance in the WA offshore petroleum exploration and production industry will be enhanced by new regulations.

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.

In fact, the U.S. petroleum industry is doing their part to try to reduce the trade gap by exporting record amounts of oil and products.

U.S. crude inventories likely rose by 1.3 million barrels last week, while gasoline and distillate stockpiles fell, a preliminary Reuters poll showed on Monday ahead of data by the Industry group the American Petroleum Institute later in the day.

The recommendations of that report were taken up by key members of the petroleum industry through the auspices of the Oil Sands Leadership Initiative (now superseded by Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance).

(This «Northern Gateway» pipeline is seen by the oil industry as an essential vehicle to develop new markets for Canadian petroleum, especially if the Keystone XL pipeline to move Alberta bitumen to the U.S. Gulf is not approved).

Even if you have no money to venture into the oil and gas business, you can still profit from the industry by offering brokerage services between buyers and sellers of petroleum products.

Nigeria's long - awaited Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) will be signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari towards the end of March, legislators hope, according to Reuters.

Market participants continued to weigh the supply - side impact of production cuts by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and other major oil producers in late 2016 and, on the other hand, the ability of the US shale oil industry to maintain output in the face of lower prices.

A joint statement of opposition was filed by a coalition including everything from the American Petroleum Institute and the Natural Gas Supply Association to Advanced Energy Economy, the American Wind Energy Association, the Energy Storage Association, and the Solar Energy Industries Association.

While the oil industry waits for the worldwide petroleum glut to decrease — something the International Energy Agency believes might occur by the end of the year — frack sand investors can take comfort in the knowledge that 70 %, 88 %, and 87 % of US Silica's, Hi - Crush Partners», and Emerge Energy's respective current and medium - term production is protected by highly profitable contracts.

Senate President Bukola Saraki, has said the National Assembly will ensure the Petroleum Industry Bill is passed by December this year.

«By doing this, we have sent a message to international investors who have been previously unsure about what laws govern our petroleum industry that the country is truly ready for more investment in this sector.»

In a presentation at the Public Hearing organized by the House of Representatives Committee on the Petroleum Industry Administrative Bill (PIAB), Petroleum Industry Fiscal Bill (PIFB) and the Petroleum Industry Host Community Bill (PIHCB), Group Managing Director of the corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru, said the proposed split would prevent a situation where operators would sit perpetually on oil acreages.

The growing restrictions drove the older industries in the chemical, petroleum and pharmaceutical fields to protect their business interests by opposing new regulations.

Because most of Singapore's petroleum products are not consumed domestically, greenhouse gas emissions generated by the oil refining industry should not be simply counted as Singapore's responsibilities, said Edwin Khew, chairman of the Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore.

The scientists plan to seek funding from the European Union and the United States, but the project will be strongly supported financially by partners from the petroleum industry.

ExxonMobil said it would be investing five billion US dollars as it prepares to explore oil production in Guyana by 2020 and President David Granger said Guyanese must be able to view the development of a petroleum industry as one that is beneficial to the nation's interest.

Albertas economy is one of the strongest in Canada, supported by the burgeoning petroleum industry and to a lesser extent, agriculture and technology.

Building upon Secretary Anthony Foxx's February Agreement with the Rail and Petroleum Industries, the FRA's Emergency Order 28and Safety Advisory 2013 - 06, PHMSA's Operation Safe Delivery, Safety Alerts and a DOT Emergency Order, the three RSAC working groups reviewed existing regulations and standards to identify and mitigate the risks posed by such shipments and prevent future accidents.

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.

Still, there is considerable traffic generated by the active petroleum, agriculture, and cattle ranching industries, and plenty of people driving to schools, commuting to work, or heading out for weekend getaways.

One produced by British Petroleum (BP — then known as the Anglo - Iranian Oil Company) documents the company's operations in Iran beginning in 1908 and ending with the nationalisation of the oil industry in 1951; the other the collection of modern Western art acquired by the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art during the late 1970s and withdrawn from public display for twenty years following the Islamic revolution in 1979.

I find it a bit ironic that the nation's petroleum industry will be attacked by the end - results of it's own products.

Perhaps the most glaring evidence of this strategy was a long memo written by Joe Walker, who worked in public relations at the American Petroleum Industry, that surfaced in 1998.

-- A second industry - led initiative was launched by leading producers of petroleum who committed to address methane as well as other key climate challenges, followed by regular reporting on ongoing efforts.

Evans, Olaniyi (2013): Correlations between the Petroleum Industry and the Per Capita Income in Nigeria: Cointegration and Error Correction Model Approach by Olaniyi Evans.

On Wednesday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a brief statement denying the requests of a long list of energy industry groups, ranging from solar and wind to the American Petroleum Institute, to extend the comment period for the notice of proposed rulemaking, or NOPR, handed to it by Energy Secretary Rick Perry late last month.

According to documents obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), the American Petroleum Institute (API) and other oil industry groups have been directing state legislators to make public and legislative statements in favor of the pipeline project, and have provided legislators with draft legislation, language for op - eds and testimony to be presented as their own.

Kansas - based Koch Industries is a conglomerate dominated by petroleum and chemical interests with approximately $ 100 billion in annual sales, operations in nearly 60 countries and 70,000 employees.

That $ 165.4 billion contributed by petroleum companies is nearly half of the total of $ 336.3 billion that was invested by government, the oil and gas industry, and various other industries to tackle greenhouse gas emissions.

I didn't know what to say about the bill supported by the mainstream environmental groups as part of a deal with industry and Western States Petroleum Association, versus alternatives supported by harder - line enviros.

According to the study, compiled by T2 & Associates for the American Petroleum Institute, «the U.S. - based oil and gas industry invested $ 165.4 billion... in end - use, fuel substitution, non-hydrocarbon, and enabling technologies» that helped reduce emissions.

A new study prepared by the international consultancy ENVIRON for the American Petroleum Institute shows that the new regulations would provide little environmental benefit but will cost consumers and industry billions of dollars.

Indirect land use change is unfolding as a scandal, possibly even premeditated by CARB and the EPA to restrict biofuels and protect the petroleum industry.

State looked no further than oil industry contractors to run the draft SEIS — companies like Cardno ENTRIX, which calls TransCanada a «major client,» and ERM Resources, a dues paying member of the American Petroleum Institute which is being investigated by the State Department's Inspector General for trying to hide its prior consulting for fossil fuel giants like ExxonMobil, BP and Shell.

By far the most frequent arguments made in opposition to climate change policies are economic predictions of various kinds such as claims that proposed climate change legislation will destroy jobs, reduce GDP, damage US businesses such as the coal and petroleum industries, or increase the cost of fuel.

The article paints a picture of an aggressive campaign by industry lobbyists and heavyweight trade groups like the American Petroleum Institute that began soon after it became clear that Ms. Jackson was determined to tighten the rules governing allowable ozone levels across the country.

In reference to his involvement with the Institute for Public Affairs (IPA), Carter stated in a March 15, 2007 Sydney Morning Herald article: «I don't think it is the point whether you are paid by the coal or petroleum industry.»

Furthermore, there are 4,130 references in state regulations to more than 240 API standards — the most widely referenced petroleum industry standards used by state regulators.