Sentences with phrase «force more oil»

Another surprising conclusion is that 16 of the schemes will pump the captured carbon dioxide underground to force more oil out of oil wells.
One way to counteract this decrease in pressure is to inject a fluid — commonly CO2 — into the oil reservoir to force more oil to the surface.
If you try to force more oil out more rapidly than is prudent, you can destroy the long - term viability of the oil fields.

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Richard Sawaya of the National Foreign Trade Council estimates the provision in question could force American companies to exit more than $ 100 billion worth of offshore oil and gas projects worldwide.
Of course, supply and demand will have to balance out over time, and more Iranian crude will force a larger adjustment from U.S. shale, so U.S. oil production could see a deeper contraction.
But the steep tumble from $ 100 - per - barrel oil has helped cut short the age of big, multi-year mine developments, forcing companies to shelve other large projects; analysts expect smaller, more modular expansion projects from here on in.
A more than 55 percent decline in crude oil CLc1 since last year has rippled through the global energy industry, forcing producers and their suppliers to make tough decisions.
If I take Keystone XL out of the mix, in my toy model, I haven't impacted the cost of the marginal barrel of oil sands because I haven't changed the cost of a barrel shipped by rail, I've simply reduced the profit on the barrels which would be shipped via KXL by forcing them to be shipped to market in a more expensive way.
PDVSA could be forced to send more oil to Russia, or agree to more favorable upstream deals to Rosneft.
As Nobel economist (and one of my dissertation advisors at Stanford) Joe Stiglitz noted on Friday, a good part of the reason for rising oil prices is because the producers are already awash in U.S. assets, and to supply significantly more oil will just force them to accumulate more low - return assets.
A few things in the discussion surprised me, and it also forced me to think a lot more about oil infrastructure in this country and to put some numbers to the question, «What would it take -LSB-...]
With lower prices forcing many oil companies to take on more debt, the bankruptcy or closure of one or more major oil companies is not an impossible scenario, and would have major repercussions on oil prices, both in the short and long term.
Oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices have more than halved from peaks in 2014, eroding producer revenues and forcing cost cuts and layoffs.
That would place further constraints on oil producers that have already faced steep discounts on their heavy crude as Canada's pipeline system nears capacity, forcing more barrels to move by rail.
Crews have been forced to shut down the controversial Keystone Pipeline to try and figure out what caused a massive leak, resulting in more than 200,000 gallons of crude oil...
«With more innovators joining forces under POIG, we move closer to achieving POIG's vision: a responsible supply chain that has broken the link between palm oil production and the destruction of forests and peatlands, the exploitation of communities and workers, and climate change,» concluded co-chair Matthias.
This forced VRA to buy light crude oil for more than one year and that affected VRA's balance sheet after the gas supply resumed.
He said the mandate of the task force was to protect crude oil and gas pipelines in the Niger Delta region and because of the recent bombings, it has intensified its operations more than ever before.
Naval force The biggest user of oil on the islands — and possibly the entire world — is the U.S. military, which burns through more than 300,000 barrels a day, worldwide.
In «Squeezing More Oil from the Ground,» Leonardo Maugeri, director of strategies and development of an international oil company, expresses the conventional view of his profession, assuming a world of near - infinite oil resources to be produced under market forcOil from the Ground,» Leonardo Maugeri, director of strategies and development of an international oil company, expresses the conventional view of his profession, assuming a world of near - infinite oil resources to be produced under market forcoil company, expresses the conventional view of his profession, assuming a world of near - infinite oil resources to be produced under market forcoil resources to be produced under market forces.
Bakken crude oil was found to be more volatile than oil extracted elsewhere, forcing the USDOT to issue an emergency order on May 7 requiring all railroads carrying Bakken crude oil to notify state emergency responders about the operations of those trains in their states.
The arrival of hurricane season on June 1 has forced BP to develop a more flexible oil collection system, Kent Wells, a BP senior vice president for exploration and production, said Monday at a press briefing.
In a practice known as enhanced oil recovery (EOR), CO2 gas is pumped into existing wells to force the release of more oil.
Weighing little more than a hefty greeting card and forced to contend with invasive rats, mice and cats, aggressive seagulls, oil spills and sea - level rise, it faces an outsize fight for survival.
Certainly the warmer conditions of the Gulf of Mexico will help bacteria and other natural forces more quickly degrade the oil than in the spill at Prince William Sound.
Basically, by washing our face with a soapy cleanser, we are stripping our skin's natural oils, forcing our face to produce MORE oil!
A total of 11 screens give more information than I've ever seen in a production car, starting with the mundane oil temperature and pressure, turbo boost gauge and fuel economy, and ranging up to steering angle, acceleration and braking in percent, AWD torque distribution, and lateral, acceleration and braking g - force.
The LT4 is also designed with other features that serve to optimize engine performance through forced air induction, including: Forged steel connecting rods, forged aluminum pistons, Rotacast A3536T6 aluminum cylinder heads with lightweight titanium intake valves and hardware, an aluminum balancer, a dry - sump oiling system, and stainless - steel exhaust headers for more rapid heat dissipation.
This new engine could have far more modern technology like dual overhead cams, forced induction, a variable pressure oil pump, direct fuel injection and a smaller displacement.
After the rise of oil barrel prices there has been a sharp decline in the sales of thirsty full size SUVs and has forced Porsche to speed up... Read More
Key elements include: - Aluminium block with built - in reinforcements High - flow intake ports and high - speed, high - lift valvetrain to enable high engine speed and power Compact intake fuel surge tank to increase engine response Oil scavenge pump, to ensure stable oil supply in even in high G - force bends Liquid - cooled oil cooler for more efficient temperature control during high - load driving Weight - saving hollow camshafts, which carry oil to the cylinder heads D - 4S (Direct - injection 4 - stroke gasoline engine Superior version), combining direct and port injection Electrically - driven VVT - iE on intake, with mechanical inlet and hydraulic outlet valOil scavenge pump, to ensure stable oil supply in even in high G - force bends Liquid - cooled oil cooler for more efficient temperature control during high - load driving Weight - saving hollow camshafts, which carry oil to the cylinder heads D - 4S (Direct - injection 4 - stroke gasoline engine Superior version), combining direct and port injection Electrically - driven VVT - iE on intake, with mechanical inlet and hydraulic outlet valoil supply in even in high G - force bends Liquid - cooled oil cooler for more efficient temperature control during high - load driving Weight - saving hollow camshafts, which carry oil to the cylinder heads D - 4S (Direct - injection 4 - stroke gasoline engine Superior version), combining direct and port injection Electrically - driven VVT - iE on intake, with mechanical inlet and hydraulic outlet valoil cooler for more efficient temperature control during high - load driving Weight - saving hollow camshafts, which carry oil to the cylinder heads D - 4S (Direct - injection 4 - stroke gasoline engine Superior version), combining direct and port injection Electrically - driven VVT - iE on intake, with mechanical inlet and hydraulic outlet valoil to the cylinder heads D - 4S (Direct - injection 4 - stroke gasoline engine Superior version), combining direct and port injection Electrically - driven VVT - iE on intake, with mechanical inlet and hydraulic outlet valves
When the oil pressure forces the plates together, they transfer more torque — up to 100 percent under extreme circumstances — in a continuously variable manner from the front axle to the rear axle.
Now they have joined forces once more with This Is the Rope, in which Ransome's rich oil paintings complement Woodson's gentle story of one family and their move north from South Carolina.
Now they have joined forces once more with This Is the Rope, in which Ransome's rich oil paintings complement...
Energy sector is reacting like it did back in 2008, but at that time we had financial crises along with oil price collapsed that forced more liquidations.
So maybe TEN starts up on time without a hitch, maybe production hits 100 K bopd net next year, maybe the oil price doubles, maybe Tullow can slowly dig itself out of this hole... But who knows, the oil price may take another sub - $ 30 dive, TEN may suddenly hit a disastrous production (or political) issue, the lenders may finally lose patience and / or force a horrifically dilutive equity raise on Tullow, short - sellers become more aggressive, whatever... Time will tell, but my price target stands right now.
So, what I'm getting at is that today's high prices, which are high due to: increasing oil demand; stupid American monetary policies that are now degrading the value of the dollar; and the fact that the oil price is denominated in dollars so that the U.S. is forced to pay more of our income for oil.
And that then forces any government to approve expanded oil drilling, hydro - fracking to get more gas, mountaintop removal to get coal.
Progressively over that span, the panel's reports have raised the likelihood that people, mainly by burning billions of tons of coal and oil, have been the main force responsible for global warming since 1950 and that a lot more warming, coastal retreats and shifting weather are in the offing under business as usual.
While the Obama administration has delayed issuing rules requiring oil and gas companies to tally the amount of methane escaping around the country, other forces are likely to start pressing industry to move more aggressively to cut such emissions.
Ellen Baum, senior scientist with the Clean Air Task Force, said today's news makes it more urgent than ever that black carbon and methane from pending Arctic oil and gas development be minimized.
Instead, the United States will be forced to pay billions more for imported oil, often from unethical, environmentally reckless countries.
«More than two dozen of the nation's biggest corporations, including the five major oil companies, are planning their future growth on the expectation that the government will force them to pay a price for carbon pollution as a way to control global warming.»
We were chatting about Tim DeChristopher, a college student who was convicted after sabotaging an oil - lease auction, and I asked Hawkins whether more environmentalists might start engaging in non-violent civil disobedience in order to force people to pay attention to the issue.
The Oil Depletion Protocol: is a global framework for distributing the world's remaining oil reserves more equitably than free market forces would allow, to avoid resource wars, profiteering and economic collapOil Depletion Protocol: is a global framework for distributing the world's remaining oil reserves more equitably than free market forces would allow, to avoid resource wars, profiteering and economic collapoil reserves more equitably than free market forces would allow, to avoid resource wars, profiteering and economic collapse.
Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana, the top Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said the new rules would present a financial hardship and force the U.S. to import more oil from abroad.
Moreover, even larger forces will now be at play: its newly departed CEO and board chair Rex Tillerson, now freshly confirmed as US Secretary of State, can be expected to favor more oil drilling over drilling down on keeping and improving international climate agreements.
This on its face is Enron accounting on steroids, and shocking in a USA where innocent common American millionaires are now facing being forced to pay more tax just so some foreign - owned oil company can dodge a few bucks in business taxes.
Fossil Fuel is a generic term that isn't quite correct Natural Gasoline is a distilled derivative of oil but almost all ofit is manufactured from cracked and recombined oil derivativeswhile natural gasoline is further refined intoPropane, butane, Proproline (a plastics feed stock), and Natural gasand also separates out sulfur (for fertilizer and explosives) Gasoline can be made from coal («Coaline») or from organic matter («Bio-fuel») but uses a few of oil based feed stocks instead tomake «Sythiline» (artificial gasoline) This gasoline is actually cleaner burning then natural gas with allit's «flare offs» (butane, propane, propoline, sulfur) used in theearly 19th century because it is manufactured only with essentialHydrocarbons Diesel fuel is also becoming more and more Manufactured instead ofdistilled as demand for it rises but improvements in Hydro cleaningis allowing for diesel with no volatile chemicals like sulfur andmercury (taken out for petro - chemical feedstock to make fertilizerand thermometers) In both cases what you have is pure hydro - carbons, a carbon atomwith hydrogen atoms attached to it In the case of gasoline there is CH1, cH7, CH11 When in a combustion engine the gasoline is sprayed into the pistonafter being mixed with air and the drive of the engine compressesthe the chamber filled with the gasoline mist until it's full downstoke then the spark plug causes the Exothermic reaction... which isthe conversion of the potential energy in the gasoline mist to heatand force, with the force side of that equation shooting the pistonupward and the top of the stroke kicking what's left of thecaramelized gasoline mist out into the Emission control box If the Emulsion control box wasn't there to filter out the burntgasoline particles, any potential additives and volatile chemicalsthen the caramelized gunk hitting air would create CARBON MONOXIDEin the cooler then the heat of the engine difference CARBON MONOXIDE can also become a problem if the Emissions controlBox filter, air filters or muffler filters is worn or damaged.
(02/03/2009) Responding to allegations by the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) that indigenous people have been forced from their lands (a charge it denied), the Sabah Forestry Department said that more than 30 percent of Mt. Pock And Tanjong Nagos Forest Reserves were «plundered» by «people with means to plant illegal oil palm including companies» up until 2001.
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