Sentences with phrase «for oil shortages»

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The now - repealed U.S. oil export ban dated back to an era of feared fuel shortages after Arab members of OPEC imposed an embargo against the United States in retaliation for U.S. support of the Israeli military.

Production has risen in the world's fifth largest oil producer, but full pipelines and a rail car shortage have made it difficult for drillers to ship out of Canada.

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 bottlenecks are frustrating for Canadian oil producers because heavy crude is in great demand from U.S. Gulf of Mexico refineries, which are designed to process it, and have faced shortages of Venezuelan and Mexican heavy crude.

Production has risen in the world's fifth largest producer but full pipelines and a rail car shortage have made it difficult for drillers to ship oil out of Canada.

Rampant food shortages that caused Venezuelans to report losing an average of 11 kilograms (24 pounds) last year are particularly tough for oil workers tasked with grueling physical work in often remote oil fields.

This isn't a matter of collusion or market power, it's simply a matter of a broad market for refined products not affected in the same way by pipeline shortages and transportation bottlenecks which affect crude oil prices in one region but not another.

The conditions for oil workers have deteriorated for years, with shortages of food, unsafe working conditions, and hyperinflation destroying the value of paychecks.

In any event, the shortages will be in the refined products market much more so than for crude oil.

What we have also done to prevent this type of thing happening again is that I have ordered the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company which is responsible for keeping Ghana's strategic stock to keep one month's supply of light crude in reserve so if there is any challenge in terms of shortage in light crude, BOST will supply.

This will go a long way in ensuring crude oil get to the refineries for refining and subsequent supply to Nigerians to ameliorate the current fuel shortage.

With oil reserves headed inexorably for depletion, shortages and more wild price swings (like last summer's $ 147 - a-barrel spike) very likely loom ahead.

During the Civil War, the Confederacy used peanut oil as an affordable lubricant for locomotives due to a shortage of whale oil.

Further to presentations by the Head of Engineering Department, the PDA in Project Management is now a core PDA for the newly developed Scottish qualification of Higher National Diploma in Energy Skills, addressing the looming skills shortage in Oil and Gas, and Renewable Industry.

Here in Atlanta there is no shortage of Toyota / Lexus shops capable of great work Over the years we've noticed very little correlation between a shop's ability to do great work and the overall work product of the shop Having the ability is only part of the equation Each technician has to want to do great work For this they have to love what they do In addition to being passionate about our work we're also pretty passionate about the brand we work on — believing that Toyota and Lexus make the most rugged dependable vehicles on the planet And while we don't expect every customer to share this level of passion for their Toyota or Lexus we have found our customers to be a bit more discerning in how their vehicle is treated — whether it's here for an oil change or a frame - off restoratFor this they have to love what they do In addition to being passionate about our work we're also pretty passionate about the brand we work on — believing that Toyota and Lexus make the most rugged dependable vehicles on the planet And while we don't expect every customer to share this level of passion for their Toyota or Lexus we have found our customers to be a bit more discerning in how their vehicle is treated — whether it's here for an oil change or a frame - off restoratfor their Toyota or Lexus we have found our customers to be a bit more discerning in how their vehicle is treated — whether it's here for an oil change or a frame - off restoratfor an oil change or a frame - off restoration

Related stories: Pipeline shortage costing Canada billions, says Fraser Institute ETF plays for differing oil - price bets

We currently care for more than 40 African penguins in our Cold Water Quest gallery, but did you know their counterparts in the wild are facing harmful challenges such as oil spills, food shortages and habitat degradation?

Yes, the SPR could be used, though Luft is wrong to suggest that without it, we'd have gasoline shortages — there are currently over a billion barrels of oil (including refined products) in private U.S. stocks, which can physically make us for a one million barrel per day shortfall.

One thing we know for sure: We'll never run out of energy, although we may have shortages in the near and medium terms if we don't immediately develop our abundant oil, gas and coal resources.

One thing we know for sure: We'll never run out of energy, though we may have shortages in the near and medium terms if we don't immediately develop our abundant oil, gas and coal resources.

Since rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide — emitted from the combustion of coal, gas and oil — are what drives global warming, there is no shortage of raw material for the experiment.

If demand starts to fall, as I am expecting for a variety of reasons, it will push permanent oil shortages out and buys us more time to convert to renewables.

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He claims that movement founder Rob Hopkins (see my interview with Rob Hopkins for more on his philosophy) talks «almost cheerfully about passing peak oil, widespread food shortages and the idea of globalization crashing suddenly» and he quotes Jennifer Gray, founder of the US arm of Transition, as telling the New York Times that she expects a «a big population die - off.»

My point being: the concern for CO2 - emissions is just a way to prepare us for the shortage in oil, gas and coal.

A sneak peek into Oil & Gas Global Salary Guide 2015, available February 2015, reveals that employers put the main two causes of the skills shortage down to inadequate succession planning for knowledge transfer and too low a number of new professionals entering the industry.

According to the Hays Oil & Gas Global salary guide 2015, skills shortages were the number one concern for employers in the oil and gas sector for the yeOil & Gas Global salary guide 2015, skills shortages were the number one concern for employers in the oil and gas sector for the yeoil and gas sector for the year.

The South American oil and gas provinces of Brazil and Colombia are suffering from engineering skills shortages, offering opportunities for candidates willing to travel.

Additional highlights • 63 per cent of resource and mining employers are not actively hiring new graduates despite reports of a growing skills shortage • 2016 salary increases for resource and mining professionals are more modest than the previous year, with 21 % reporting no increases compared to eight per cent in the previous year • Almost three quarters (73 %) of oil and gas employees experience moderate to extreme workplace pressure due to the lack of employees and skills present • Work from home options, pension / RRSP contributions and flexible work hours are the top - three incentives oil and gas employers want to add in an effort to attract talent About Hays Canada: Hays Specialist Recruitment Canada is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hays plc, which has been at the forefront of the global recruitment industry for over thirty - five years.

Similar to oil and gas employers, more than one quarter of employers have attributed shortages to a lack of training, yet only three per cent plan to add it to their recruitment and retention strategies for 2016.

The outlook for manufacturing employment is not as positive as the rest of the economy, affected by weak export markets, the continuing downturns in steel, oil and gas — and by skills shortages.

The city is in the midst of a single - family housing shortage that promises only to get worse as oil and gas activity picks up for the season.