Sentences with phrase «for oil and gas»

The bank, which provides loans to developing countries to foster economic growth, announced on December 12 that it will no longer offer financial support for oil and gas exploration after 2019.

«The last thing that Pennsylvanians need is another way for the oil and gas industry to capitalize on shale at the expense of their health and well - being,» the report concludes.

Under Phillips» leadership, AFP has campaigned against the Environmental Protection Agency's carbon pollution standards and tax incentives for wind energy, while denying the existence of subsidies for the oil and gas industries.

Benefits include new opportunities for shipping across the Arctic Ocean, lower operational costs for the oil and gas industry, lower heating costs, and easier access for tourism.

Incentives for oil and gas companies that drill in the Gulf of Mexico will cost the federal government at least $ 20 billion over the next 25 years, according to the draft of a Congressional report.

However, a negative leakage (i.e., leakage having the effect of reducing emissions) could also occur due to a lowering in demand and price for oil and gas.

The state has started to move forward with sensible methane pollution standards for the oil and gas industry.

Then: Kneiss was federal relations manager for oil and gas company Chevron Corp..

The Center for American Progress (CAP) recommended that BLM increase the royalty rate for oil and gas drilled on public lands by at -LSB-...]

Over the past decade, ExxonMobil shareholders have offered resolution after resolution calling for the oil and gas company to take positive steps toward reducing carbon dioxide emissions and to be more open and transparent regarding the effect its products have on our global climate system.

The models should include sensitivities for oil and gas availability, which should become critical after say 2035.

As a candidate, President - Elect Trump pledged to pursue an energy approach that would include «opening federal lands for oil and gas production, opening offshore areas, and revoking policies that are imposing unnecessary restrictions on innovative and new exploration technologies.»

The letter acknowledges that Tim DeChristopher «bid for the oil and gas leases on several parcels of federal land even though he had no money to pay for them» thus sabotaging a federal auction and violating the Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Reform Act.

Water, climate, chemicals, and safety are all central areas of business risk for the oil and gas industry — suppliers and customers alike.

I think you're wrong there, several super major oil companies use climate models as a method of predicting source rock distributions for oil and gas exploration.

RE: Doug in Seattle says: July 26, 2011 at 5:58 am ``... several super major oil companies use climate models as a method of predicting source rock distributions for oil and gas exploration.

I don't know if oil companies use climate models for «predicting source rock distributions for oil and gas exploration.

But President Obama also has some other big tools at his disposal: Rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline, ending destructive oil and gas drilling in the Arctic and on public lands, stopping mountaintop - removal mining, curbing fossil fuel exports, and closing loopholes that exempt drilling and fracking for oil and gas from fundamental environmental protections.

Now, they are coming for oil and gas development and manufacturing through the just - announced 626 - page ozone regulations, which will require states to dramatically reduce ozone emissions from the current 75 parts per billion (ppb) to a range of 65 to 70 ppb — though environmental groups want a 60 ppb standard, which may be the final rule.

Momentum is in part coming from a recent NBC / Wall Street Journal poll that found Americans to be quite receptive to this kind of legislation, where 74 % of Americans support «eliminating tax credits for the oil and gas industries.»

Steep price rises for oil and gas could stymie global demand or prolong the current coal boom or it could all run out sooner than expected.

BNP Paribas recently announced that it was restricting financing for oil and gas projects from shale and / or oil from tar sands as well as exploration and production projects in the Arctic.

Exxon models a 2 °C scenario by identifying commensurate demand trajectories for oil and gas.

Another title in the bill would require the Administration to lease large Outer Continental Shelf tracts for oil and gas exploration off the Pacific, Atlantic, and eastern Gulf coasts that have the highest potential.

Surely it would have been jarring simply to describe that plan's instrumental view of nature, with its firm avowal of «American energy dominance» and suggestion that millions of acres of public lands and waters may soon be auctioned off for oil and gas development.

These price changes now appear to be affecting the global economy, and may result in a global recession as oil and gas producers reduce their exploration and development efforts for oil and gas and countries dependent on oil and gas revenue from large reservoirs are forced to retrench and rethink their lifestyles.

«In light of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, we must continue to take a cautious approach when it comes to deepwater drilling and remain aggressive in raising the bar for the oil and gas industry's safety and environmental practices,» said Salazar.

While doubters were ringing their hands, predicting doom and catastrophe, and advocating abandonment of using fossil fuels in favor of «renewable» sources, market prices for oil and gas increased several fold.

c) fracking for oil and gas can be «sustainable» d) all of the above

The president also calls for expanding cheap leases for oil and gas drilling on public lands, along nearly all our coastlines and on lands set aside to protect endangered wildlife.

No other technology has been proven successfully for oil and gas operations.

The gulf, Manuel explained, has long been «a sacrifice zone for the oil and gas industry.»

Instructs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) establish a competitive grant program for oil and gas producers to implement projects to inject carbon dioxide to enhance recovery of oil or natural gas while increasing carbon dioxide sequestration; and (2) assess and report to Congress on the economic implications of the dependence of Hawaii on oil as its principal source of energy.

Recently released internal documents indicate that the strategy to put multiple changes to a series of environmental protection laws into a single piece of legislation was recommended by lobbyists for the oil and gas industry.

MUSCAT, Oman --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) and GlassPoint Solar, the global leader in solar energy for the oil and gas industry, have completed construction on the first block of the Miraah solar plant safely on schedule and on budget, and has successfully delivered steam to the Amal West oilfield.

Oil and gas standards: In April 2012, U.S. EPA finalized air pollution standards for the oil and gas industry that would capture up to 95 % of volatile organic compounds from new hydraulically fractured wells each year and in the process also reduce methane emissions.

The required additional fossil fuels will involve exploitation of tar sands, tar shale, hydrofracking for oil and gas, coal mining, drilling in the Arctic, Amazon, deep ocean, and other remote regions, and possibly exploitation of methane hydrates.

We don't want LNG [liquid natural gas] facilities anywhere near us; we don't want to explore for oil and gas; we don't like coal; we won't touch nuclear.

Leasing opens the door for oil and gas drilling and fracking, and more fossil fuel burning.

Not only that but the government owns the mineral resources outright, and petroleum companies must pay the government a per unit royalty for the oil and gas they extract.

Interestingly, beyond this, despite considerable rhetoric about moving beyond debates about carbon - pricing, the report recommends that in order to avoid adding to the Federal debt, it would be necessary to impose new taxes, including increased royalties for oil and gas extraction, a tax on imported oil, a tax on electricity sales, and a «very small carbon price» (presumably from a modest carbon tax or unambitious cap - and - trade system).

Last month, Trump's administration began environmental reviews for oil and gas drilling in a section of the Arctic national Wildlife Refuge.

This article, by Jason Fekete and Darcy Henton, discusses the Alberta Government's growing anxiety with respect to the coming Federal GHG regulations for the oil and gas sector.

This morning, Congressman Mark Sanford hosted a press conference where he clearly announced firm opposition to offshore drilling and exploration for oil and gas off the Atlantic coast, thus aligning with the sentiment of local coastal communities.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar outlined a proposed plan that will allow for additional access for oil and gas development in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR - A) while also protecting wildlife and coastal resources.

As energy - hungry Asia develops economically, the Timor Sea is expected to join Queensland and the Northwest Shelf in becoming a major center for oil and gas development in Australia for export to northern Asia.

Methane regulations for the oil and gas sector are another likely target.

Clinton's campaign pegs the estimated cost of the entire plan at about $ 60 billion over 10 years, which would be offset by eliminating tax breaks for the oil and gas industry.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, from and after the enactment of the Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act of 2008, prior to January 1, 2022, no area of the outer Continental Shelf located in the Gulf of Mexico east of the military mission line may be offered for leasing for oil and gas or natural gas unless a waiver is issued by the Secretary of Defense.

Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, from and after enactment of the Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act of 2008, the Secretary shall not offer for leasing for oil and gas, or natural gas, any area within 50 miles of the coastline that was withdrawn from disposition by leasing in the Atlantic OCS Region or the Pacific OCS Region, or the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Eastern Planning Area, as depicted on the maps referred to in this subparagraph, under the Memorandum on Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Leasing Disposition, 34 Weekly Comp.