Sentences with phrase «from oil development»

For many, many people still deny anthropogenic climate change, still oppose protecting habitat from oil development, still consume resources and spew pollutants back out.

A Wild Idea explores Ecuador's unprecedented proposal for fighting global warming and preserving a large area of pristine rainforest from oil development

Amazon Watch's mission is to protect the rainforest and advance the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin, supporting indigenous - led initiatives in protecting more than 60 million acres of rainforest from oil development and mega-dams.

Not exact matches

LNG development also has strong political support in B.C. — all three major parties favour it in principle — because, unlike oil from Alberta, it would almost certainly result in higher royalty revenues.

The region in recent years has seen investor sentiment rattled by developments such as the drop in oil prices, the war in Syria and a sudden corruption purge from Riyadh.

«Today, the focus is on oil markets, where prices have risen on the back of rising supply risk from developments in Iraq,» wrote Camilla Sutton, chief FX strategist at Scotiabank.

These developments raise the possibility that Canada's two leading pipeline companies will lose out to American rivals in the race to get fast - rising oil production from Alberta, Saskatchewan and North Dakota to higher paying refiners on the Gulf Coast, Asia and California.

But the real life Bakken is also suffering from a lack of interest, a development that doesn't bode well for the oil - producing region.

Even with oil prices still down by half from the peak, improvements in well development productivity have enabled US producers to make money at much lower oil prices.

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»).

Papa, CEO of Centennial Resource Development, is a closely followed figure in the U.S. shale drilling world, where producers rely on advanced techniques to coax oil and gas from tight rock formations.

In a matter of hours, Aschidamini can pool together top - tier resumes and form well - oiled offshore teams for any industry, from marketing to tech development — regardless of the project brief.

U.S. stocks traded sharply higher on Tuesday on continued momentum from strengthening oil prices and encouraging developments in the Euro zone.

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 Pembina Institute study from 2009 estimated the costs to reclaim what was then 686 square miles of oil sands developments and 170 square miles of tailings ponds would run as high as $ 15 billion.

From a strictly legal perspective, the relevant question is not whether there is a sufficient connection to any particular existing or proposed oil sands development or other production activity, and certainly not whether such projects or activities were included in the Terms of Reference (ToR), but rather simply whether the GHGs associated with the production of bitumen that will be transported by the NGP are an «environmental effect» of that project (see NGP Report, Volume II, Appendix 4, Terms of Reference, which defines «environmental effect» very broadly to mean «any change that the project may cause in the environment.»

Little wonder that the promise of benefits from oil sands development is cold comfort for Ontarians and Quebeckers as the once - dominant manufacturing sector struggles to reinvent and revitalize itself.

Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

The agency singled out the fact that U.S. oil production actually declined in June from a month earlier, an unexpected development.

She said her government would also establish an economic development fund for the province and work to ensure that business owners benefit as much as possible from the oil exploration project on Anticosti Island.

Contamination from upstream tar sands / oil sands development is causing higher levels of cancer and other serious disease for members of the Athabasca Chipewyan and...

While the largest component of this extraction is exploration and development of oil and gas resources, the bureau is also responsible for «non-energy minerals» (primarily sand and gravel) excavated from the ocean floor.

Developments this year could make a difference, including the rising oil price which will demotivate sovereigns from entering debt markets.

Laredo Energy, a company engaged in the acquisition and development of natural gas and oil reserves in South and East Central Texas, has raised $ 130 million in private equity commitments from Avista Capital Partners and Liberty Energy Holdings

If Canada wants to benefit from Asia's development and growth, and remain a relevant and important energy partner in Asia, we must «think big» about exporting to multiple countries within the Asia Pacific, and «think beyond» oil and natural gas to include all of Canada's energy related assets, particularly the renewable and clean technologies that will help Asia mitigate its own climate - change challenges.

In environmental policy, the Party promises stronger greenhouse gas emission regulations and enforcement in the oil - patch; a water management plan to ensure that current and future needs are balanced; a moratorium on additional resource development on lakeshores and lake beds; a Green Energy Plan to support green energy projects and move the province away from coalpower; and a land - use framework that curbs urban sprawl and safeguards farmland and habitats in the vicinity of cities.

The downside risk could be even worse because Goldman did not factor in large volumes of oil coming online from Libya and Nigeria, a development that is certainly not inevitable, but possible.

All markets will continue to focus on the volatility in the equity and bond markets, geopolitical events, developments with the Trump Administration, corporate earnings, oil prices, and will turn to earnings from Apple after the bell today, and reports tomorrow on Japanese PMI, Chinese Caixin PMI, Eurozone GDP, PMI, Unemployment, US MBA Mortgage Applications, ADP Employment Change, Oil Inventories, and the FOMC Meeting Statement for near term directioil prices, and will turn to earnings from Apple after the bell today, and reports tomorrow on Japanese PMI, Chinese Caixin PMI, Eurozone GDP, PMI, Unemployment, US MBA Mortgage Applications, ADP Employment Change, Oil Inventories, and the FOMC Meeting Statement for near term directiOil Inventories, and the FOMC Meeting Statement for near term direction.

Forget the fixed costs of development; just the operating costs of keeping a project online are significantly higher than the revenue that an oil sands producer would earn from selling their bitumen.

The flow of Brent crude oil to an export terminal in Scotland was halted this week, a development that will further erode already weak shipments from...

With the worst of its financial pressures behind it, Saudi Arabia is forging ahead with its ambitious Vision 2030 development plan to diversify away from oil dependency and stimulate demand.

Second row standing from left to right: F. Robert Salerno, President & CEO, Cendant Car Rental Group; Richard Wistrand, Senior Vice President & Chief Fossil Officer, TXU; David Rader, Senior Vice President Finance and CFO, Frito - Lay Division, PepsiCo, Inc.; Mirian Graddick - Weir, Executive Vice President, Human Resources, AT&T; Lisa Martin, Vice President, Global Sourcing, Pfizer, Inc.; Theo Fletcher, Vice President, Supply Chain Compliance, Security & Diversity, IBM Corporation; A. Shuanise Washington, Vice President Government Affairs Policy and Outreach, Altria Group, Inc.; Bruce Perkins, Vice President, Manager, Supplier Diversity and Business Development Group, Merrill Lynch; Joyce M. Wichie, Director, Supplier Diversity, Worldwide Purchasing, Eastman Kodak Company; Dick Anderson, Vice Chairman, Planning & Administration, BellSouth Corporation; John D. Hofmeister, President and Country Chair, Shell Oil Company; Robert McCormes - Ballou, Director, Vendor Diversity, Office Depot; and Michael L. Eskew, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, UPS.

Ribas started his career in brand management at ConAgra's Hunt - Wesson division — known for brands like Hunt's, Wesson Oil, Orville Redenbacher Popcorn and Peter Pan peanut butter — learning marketing, advertising, product development and distribution «from the ground up,» he says.

This current study conducted in Nigeria looked at the pathogenic role of cadmium (Cd) and its exposure in the induction of dyslipidemia implicated in the development and increasing incidence of cardiovascular diseases, and explored whether polyphenolics isolated from virgin coconut oil (VCO) could prevent Cd - induced dyslipidemia.

Le Moulin du Pivert's factory makes its organic cookies without palm oil and supports small local organic farmers by using fair trade ingredients from development programmes (France).

This fact was derived from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Commodity Yearbooks which show «Third World» commodity exports by value in the period 1970 — 1998 as being in order of crude oil in first place, Kona in second, followed by sugar, cotton, and others.

Talking about this major breakthrough in promoting flexible packaging sustainability, joint president of packaging and new product development at Uflex Mr Jeevaraj Pillai said: «Edible oil needs to be carefully protected from oxygen that makes it rancid.

Procured from algae, algal oil is source of DHA, an important long - chain omega - 3 that supports brain development, immune balance, and healthy gene expression.

With your child's health and cognitive development in mind, Hipp includes omega 3 and 6 fatty acids from fish oil and vegetable sources.

One of the main arguments of the book, as noted above, is that GCC states are not much different from other states and many of the developments they experience are similar to developments of Western states and are beyond Islam and oil.

International development partners were consulted and lessons were drawn from the best practices in oil producing countries world over.

We have: • normalized the domestic yield curve • issued the country's maiden 15 - year bond in April 2017 • improved external balances, driven by higher export earnings and lower imports • improved gross international reserves to US$ 7.2 billion, equivalent to 4.1 months of imports cover • improved primarybalanceto0.3 percent surplus in September 2017 against a deficit of 1.6 percent in September 2016 • received positive sovereign rating reviews from international ratings Agencies: Fitch, B / stable; Standard & Poor, B - / positive • successfully completed the 4th IMF / ECF program review, and • achieved positive developments in the oil & gas sector — favorable ITLOS ruling, and Sankofa producing 1st oil three months ahead of schedule.

With modernisation and diversification of agriculture being a key component of the NPP's 4 - Point Agenda for the development of Ghana, I wish to assure our farmers and fisherfolk that the blessing of oil will not distract an Akufo - Addo - led NPP government from growing the agricultural sector and making it more modern, more efficient and therefore, more productive.

With modernisation and diversification of agriculture being a key component of the NPP's 4 - Point Agenda for the development of Ghana, I wish to assure our farmers and fisherfolk that the blessing of oil will not distract an Akufo - Addo - led NPP government from making the agricultural sector more sophisticated, more productive and more efficient.

If approved, New York would be exempt from a five - year program from the federal government that seeks to make up to 90 percent of the country's off - shore areas open to gas and oil development.

The government attributed the development to the shortfall in revenues from the federation account and the reduction in its production quota of crude oil.

The Independent Oil and Gas Association of New York is stepping up efforts to educate New Yorkers about the financial benefits that come from increasing natural gas development throughout upstate.

Those arguing that Britain could prosper outside the European Union often cite Norway as an example - but Clarke cited Norway's oil resources and said its government relies on emails from Sweden to monitor developments in Brussels.

«As technical and technically driven as GNPC's operations, the corporation is committed to supporting the development of human capacity among Ghanaians to ensure greater participation from citizens and locals in Ghana's oil and gas exploration...

As a major oil producer, involving the private sector — and I am aware that Dangote is building some refineries and tank storage capacities — it should be possible to process Nigerian oil locally into finished petroleum products and export them to West Africa and the rest of Africa without us having to import petroleum products from outside.Speaking as a former leader of an African country, I can tell you that our quest to build our countries into industralised economies that can begin refining our own raw materials and manufacturing what we need, is not a development paradigm that the rich nations are enthused about.