Sentences with phrase «cost of oil and natural gas»

This is where the Europeans have had it on us for ages; because they are paying the real cost of oil and natural gas.

Our desire to find a homegrown alternative to Mideast oil, the rising cost of oil and natural gas, and the fossil fuel - friendly mood in Washington will soon push our coal consumption through the roof.

Not exact matches

It's one of the country's largest oil and gas producers, but, says Cheng, price differentials between Canadian and world oil prices, low natural gas prices, cost inflation and project delays caused investors to get antsy.

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.

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

The profitability of oil and natural gas development activity depends on both the prices realized by producers and the cost and productivity of newly developed wells.

SINGAPORE, Oct 30 (Reuters)-- The outlook for oil and natural gas markets remains bleak for the rest of the year and much of 2016, meaning there will be no let up in pressure to control costs, executives from two European energy majors said.

Research and development to advance coal, natural gas, oil, and other fossil energy technologies, which will help the country make greater use of our rich natural energy resources and help keep down energy costs, are funded at $ 635 million — a decrease of $ 33 million below the fiscal year 2017 enacted level and $ 355 million above the budget request.

(C) Cost - effective energy efficiency programs for end - use consumers of electricity, natural gas, home heating oil, or propane, including, where appropriate, programs or mechanisms administered by local governments and entities other than the State.

It's relatively easy to dig out of the ground and dirt - cheap: about one - sixth the cost of oil or natural gas per Btu.

The new US locations provide some of the lowest - cost oil and natural gas in the United States, adding disproportionally larger free cash flows than rival firms.

«Small increases in the price of oil and natural gas will have a very strong impact on the margin profile on energy companies, because their costs are still declining,» Marks said.

Supply, cost, environmental consequences - these are among the central features of debate over energy policy in the U.S. Those who want to open up more areas to drilling - on land and offshore - and expand the use of fracking to extract natural gas from deep underground argue that we must reduce our dependence on foreign oil.

Given our nation's need to control energy costs and improve energy security, many policymakers are calling for a comprehensive national energy policy that promotes and develops all of America's own energy resources — conventional and shale natural gas, oil, wind, nuclear, solar, etc. — to diversify energy supply.

But delivering those same services with less energy, more productively used, could shrink 2050 usage to 71 quads, eliminate the need for oil, coal, nuclear energy, and one - third of the natural gas, and save $ 5 trillion in net - present - valued cost.

A recent and extreme example of government - generated fake news is the reporting of comparative costs of various forms of energy (e.g., coal, oil, natural gas, wind, solar) in the form of so - called «levelized costs.»

The public has known for decades of the link between burning fossil fuels and global warming, yet society has continued to use oil and natural gas because there are still no alternatives that match their low - cost, their energy density, and their dispatchability.

(Sec. 133) Requires the Secretary to promulgate regulations establishing a program to distribute allowances to Indian tribes on a competitive basis for: (1) cost - effective energy efficiency programs for end - use consumers of electricity, natural gas, home heating oil, or propane; and (2) deployment of technologies to generate electricity from renewable energy resources.

But every one of these cases ignores the fact that the public has known about the link between burning fossil fuels and climate change for decades and has continued to rely on oil and natural gas because of its unmatched cost, energy density, and reliability.

o Opposing the use of fracking to lower the cost of extracting oil and natural gas.

New England states also have opportunities to reduce energy costs and emissions by investing in energy efficiency measures that reduce the use of heating fuels like natural gas, propane, and fuel oil.

Fracking and associated technology is quite safe and one of the best technologies to increase production of oil and natural gas at a lower cost.

The 2016 election - night polling shows that no matter what their political stripe, U.S. voters highly approve of the ways increased domestic oil and natural gas development is strengthening our country — job creation, economic growth, energy cost savings to consumers and greater energy security.

Operating cost for electric cars is $ 0.50 to $ 0.75 per mile versus $ 0.10 for gasoline powered cars once battery replacement costs are included By 2020, Chinese PER CAPITA emissions will be higher than America's Does not believe that the 0.6 degree temperature rise to date is the West's «fault,» but does believe that China is the future problem Whatever U.S. does about emissions reduction and what people do as individuals is totally trivial in face of the fact that China is adding huge amounts of coal fired generating capacity The most meaningful emissions reduction strategy today would be to convert China from coal to natural gas The claim that there are more frequent or more intense hurricanes and tornadoes as a result of AGW is not scientifically supported We can reduce emissions, but it is important that we do the RIGHT things (and NOT the WRONG ones) Not worried about «peak oil;» coal can be converted to liquid fuel

As indicated earlier, the fully allocated cost of electricity produced from non-hydro «renewable» sources such as wind and solar energy is almost always higher than the cost of electricity produced from «conventional» sources (coal, natural gas, oil, nuclear energy and hydropower).

We need policies and regulations that support continued safe and responsible natural gas and oil production — not hindering, duplicative regulations that could increase the cost of energy for Americans.

Howard Feldman, API's director of regulatory and scientific affairs, testified at EPA field hearings this week that the agency's proposals could result in higher energy costs, impacting the oil and natural gas industry's international competitiveness and negatively affecting the broader economy.

API conducted an election night survey of actual voters, and the findings reveal that more than 80 percent of voters agree that U.S. oil and natural gas production can help achieve each of their most important priorities: job creation, economic growth, lower energy costs, and energy security.

Natural gas prices will likely rise, making the costs of production higher and, according to the recent PWC report, shale oil may depress world crude prices over the years to come.

Current proposals by global warming advocates will likely cost billions of dollars and require a wholesale transformation of the nation's economy and society. Americans could be paying 30 percent more for natural gas in their homes and even more for electricity.  The cost of coal could quadruple and crude oil prices could rise by an additional -LSB-...]

The new tax would increase the cost of gasoline, natural gas, home heating oil and electricity coming from coal, hydropower and nuclear power.

Although coal, oil and natural gas all feature prominently in Mr. Trump's proposed energy plan, he fails to address the risks and liabilities of these traditional energy sources — namely air pollution, volatile fuel costs, increased water use, and climate change.

He will work to shut down the oil pipeline at the Straits of Mackinac, ban natural gas hydraulic fracking, fight invasive species entering the waters, and invest in renewable energy to lower electricity costs foster energy independence.

The island gets the bulk of its electricity from fossil fuel power plants that have to ship in coal, oil, and natural gas from off the island at high cost.

The energy game is rigged in favor of fossil fuels because we omit the environmental and health costs of burning coal, oil, and natural gas from their prices.

Investors are obliged to weigh any number of unknowns: will Venezuela increase production and keep heavy oil differentials high; will the price of natural gas rapidly rise; will climate change suddenly force governments to introduce carbon taxes; can the companies control their labour and construction costs; will global demand continue to rise?

It is especially unfortunate that the Obama administration is taking this step as we approach the 5th anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon tragedy this spring, particularly while oil prices have plummeted and the cost of natural gas is at historic rock bottom.

Junior Civil Engineer — YCCR Company — Colorado Springs, Colorado — April 2004 — December 2008 • Assisted in creation of civil engineering design for oil and natural gas development projects • Collaborated on initiatives to improve oil and gas pipeline designs • Completed compliance documents for construction and environmental developments, including estimates and bid specifications, environmental samplings, and site reconnaissance • Reviewed budget and calendar to ensure cost - effective, timely completion of projects • Maintained client relationships and stayed in contact with supervisors and peers