Sentences with phrase «for gas imports»

Replacing nuclear with natural gas would require $ 23 billion as up - front investment in new plants and $ 10 billion per year to pay for gas imports.

Not exact matches

Where does that leave other offshore companies, notably Korea Gas Co., Mitsubishi and Petronas, that have invested lesser but still impressive sums in B.C.'s shale fields, almost certainly for the purpose of eventually importing LNG back across the Pacific?

Inflation peaked at 3.8 % last year and has declined significantly as the Czechs, like the rest of Europe, dealt with declining wages and rising prices for goods like gas, imported clothing and pharmaceuticals.

A consortium is planning to import liquefied natural gas to Australia's east coast, amid a supply gap for the world's number 2 LNG exporter.

The new import terminal will be able to receive 600 million cubic feet of natural gas per day and is expected to be commissioned for operations by mid-2017.

Pakistan is taking another step towards becoming a key buyer of liquefied natural gas (LNG), signing a deal to purchase a Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) for its second import terminal.

«Following Russia's recent acceptance of the renminbi as payments for oil, we expect more record high oil imports ahead to China,» Gordon Kwan, the Hong Kong - based head of regional oil and gas research at Nomura Holdings Inc., said in an e-mail, referring to the Chinese currency.

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.

He also accused the company of mismanaging its gas pipeline system to justify keeping Aliso operating, citing three major gas importing pipelines that the company took offline for unplanned maintenance before peak winter demand.

Johannes Teyssen, chief executive of Eon, said there were no obvious options for Europe to narrow the US advantage — whether by drilling for shale gas, importing more liquefied natural gas or importing inexpensive US supplies.

Globally, if Russia is able to negotiate a second pipeline deal with China, in addition to the Power of Siberia, and thus be able to supply a total 68 bcm / y of pipeline gas, this will likely negatively impact China's appetite for increased LNG imports.

With Asia's rapidly growing need for energy imports in the early 2000s, Canada hoped to reduce its almost 100 % reliance on the United States as an export market for oil and natural gas by expanding to Asia.

Likewise, Joel Johnson, CEO of Borusan Mannesmann Pipe USA, in Baytown, Texas, said the company requires imports from Turkey to produce tubular goods for oil and gas wells.

There are other sources of gas for Europe at the moment: Denmark, the Netherlands and of course Norway are actually net exporters, Scotland still produces some, France and others import from Algeria.

In 2007, the European Union imported from Russia 185 million tonnes of crude oil, which accounted for 32.6 % of total oil import, and 100.7 million tonnes of oil equivalent of natural gas, which accounted 38.7 % of total gas import.

The $ 152 million tax waiver was approved by Parliament on goods and equipment imported or purchased locally for the Western Corridor Gas Infrastructure Development Project.

Drilling for natural gas has been promoted because it burns more cleanly than coal and can reduce dependence on imported energy sources, and it can also bring jobs to economically battered regions of the state.

For the first part of your question only (national security threat), from an author I don't fully agree with on Uranium and Russia (he thinks the sanctions on Russia are really about natural gas and he thinks the sanctions are foolish)- he proves that Russia is a large producer of Uranium while the US is seeing a decline in production and imports quite a bit of Uranium for nuclear energy production (sourced from the EIFor the first part of your question only (national security threat), from an author I don't fully agree with on Uranium and Russia (he thinks the sanctions on Russia are really about natural gas and he thinks the sanctions are foolish)- he proves that Russia is a large producer of Uranium while the US is seeing a decline in production and imports quite a bit of Uranium for nuclear energy production (sourced from the EIfor nuclear energy production (sourced from the EIA).

One of the charges read, «That you, Adegbite Adetoye and Ponnle Abiodun whilst being directors of Origin Oil and Gas Limited on or about the 8th day of October 2010 to December, 2011 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and with intent to defraud, conspired to obtain the sum of N735, 132, 076.18 From the Federal Government of Nigeria under false pretence that the said sum represented subsidy accruing to you, whereas the sum is above the actual subsidy payment for the importation of 15,000 mt of premium motor spirit (petrol) which you claim to have purchased from Vitol SA and imported into Nigeria through MT Silverie which representation you knew to be false.»

For his part, Deutch sits on the board of Cheniere Energy, which owns liquefied natural gas import terminals on the Gulf Coast, and used to sit on the board of oil services giant Schlumberger.

The UK government is keen on a similar «dash for gas», arguing that the use of domestically fracked gas could both cut energy prices and reduce reliance on imported gas.

Finally, taking a more worldly view, they estimated replacing coal - fired power plants in Japan with liquid - natural - gas plants that burn fuel imported from the United States would also be a net - plus for the environment, with a 15 percent emissions savings.

«Consequently, the [United States] is importing decreasing amounts of these two fossil fuels, while using rising levels of its natural gas for power generation,» the report states.

In Japan, for example, which relies on imported liquefied natural gas, prices exceeded $ 16 per million British thermal units, six times higher that what U.S. consumers paid.

Importing gas from Russia poses security risks for the country, and the government is unwilling to take unpopular decisions to shut down German coal mines and threaten jobs.

-- For a covered entity described in section 700 (13)(C), 1 emission allowance for each ton of carbon dioxide equivalent of fossil fuel - based carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, or any other fluorinated gas that is a greenhouse gas (except for nitrogen trifluoride), or any combination thereof, produced or imported by such covered entity during the previous calendar year for sale or distribution in interstate commerFor a covered entity described in section 700 (13)(C), 1 emission allowance for each ton of carbon dioxide equivalent of fossil fuel - based carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, or any other fluorinated gas that is a greenhouse gas (except for nitrogen trifluoride), or any combination thereof, produced or imported by such covered entity during the previous calendar year for sale or distribution in interstate commerfor each ton of carbon dioxide equivalent of fossil fuel - based carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, or any other fluorinated gas that is a greenhouse gas (except for nitrogen trifluoride), or any combination thereof, produced or imported by such covered entity during the previous calendar year for sale or distribution in interstate commerfor nitrogen trifluoride), or any combination thereof, produced or imported by such covered entity during the previous calendar year for sale or distribution in interstate commerfor sale or distribution in interstate commerce.

Robert Sands, the chief executive officer of Constellation Brands, said on a recent conference call that the company could purchase more natural gas from the United States, rather than Mexico, which it uses to make glass for the Corona and Modelo beer it imports.

But for a whole host of reasons this is unlikely to be the scenario in the UK and we will be forced to rely on imported gas whose price trajectory is upwards.

Following the direction set by President Obama on May 21, 2010, NHTSA and EPA have issued joint Final Rules for Corporate Average Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas emissions regulations for model years 2017 and beyond, that will help address our country's dependence on imported oil, save consumers money at the pump, and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to global climate change.

A 1.5 - liter, four - cylinder cylinder gas motor is also along for the ride - technology imported from the popular Honda Civic Hybrid - and total horsepower is listed at 111.

It was clearly well maintained and for the price, it would be difficult to find a gas - saving, automatic, Japenese import anywhere near this clean.

While not necessarily the import factor in buying a sports car, the gas mileage is pretty good in my opinion for what the car has to offer.

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To assume America can repeat the import philosophy on natural gas that it has pursued for decades in oil is to ignore the new political, economic and geologic realities of the world.

First, we ought to be applying a tariff to imported petroleum and natural gas, but I'd settle for a tariff on petroleum imported from sources other than Canada, Mexico and the North Sea.

In my letter, I wrote, «Were it not for George's determination, we would be on course to spending $ 100 billion a year to import liquefied natural gas — and our oil imports would be going up and up.

With domestic gas production on the decline in the 1970s and policymakers eager for alternatives to imported oil, shale gas was one of several such radical resource bases that federal geologists tried to tap.

He also described the important role China sees for imports of natural gas as a path to cut its reliance on coal, its view on nuclear power and more.

And to the extent that we're using oil, it makes sense for us to develop our oil and natural gas resources here in the United States and not simply rely on imports.

Then the question is can we have the safe, reliable import of natural gas, because our own reserve is very limited for the moment and the U.S. becomes larger and larger, and maybe the largest oil and gas production country.

She refers to natural gas imports from Russia — to this point the primary and dominant source of gas for a number of European countries.

The United States is the world's leading producer of oil and natural gas, resulting in lower oil imports and an opportunity for the U.S. to compete with other producers in the global market.

Implementing border adjustments for an economywide carbon tax or cap - and - trade program would require determining the GHG emissions embodied in imports (that is, the amount of greenhouse gases emitted in producing each imported good and service), which would be extremely difficult if applied to most imports (but not if applied only to imports of fossil fuels).

2007/04/28: PhysOrg: Dutch Propose System for Biofuel Import A Dutch commission proposed a system Friday aimed at ensuring that crops used to create biofuels as replacements for oil and gas do not do more harm than good.

At the time, American natural gas production had plateaued, and overseas imports were expected to fill the gap with up to eight liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals proposed for the West Coast, bringing fuel in from as far away as Qatar.

In it, HECO (then subject to a takeover bid at the time by NextEra Energy) proposed hooking Hawaii on Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) imports for the 20 - year period between 2020 and 2040.

Cuomo's ban will be particularly devastating for poor New Yorkers, who can now be expected to struggle with high home heating bills due to expensive imported gas.

Until offshore wind and other solutions scale up significantly, though, Massachusetts faces a choice between natural gas for the bulk of its generation and wind and hydropower imported from out - of - state.

Russian gas imports are not just a geopolitical risk for Germany: They contribute to energy companies» losses.

We reminisce about the beginnings of the Plan in the summer of 2008, how we were importing $ 1 billion of foreign oil (it's about half that today), how we had no energy plan and no prospects for one from either candidate, Barack Obama or John McCain, and how we focused on converting heavy - duty trucks from diesel to natural gas right from the get - go.