Before this business venture, I worked as a W2 contractor in the oil and
gas industry for more than 20 years, and I can tell you that the average mark up in that industry are often closer to 200 % so the margins are much thinner in the residential construction business.
«Providence is championing the Irish offshore and hopefully, helping to create a viable and dynamic oil and
gas industry for the country», he says.
Numerous environmental groups, businesses, state, and local officials are supporting a lawsuit against the oil and
gas industry for its destruction of Louisiana's wetlands.
The American Petroleum Institute has represented the US oil and
gas industry for nearly a century.
Recent calls from the European oil and
gas industry for a global carbon price show the industry is under pressure to demonstrate its role in a low carbon future.
Bryce contends that the wind industry kills a «vast» number of birds every year — especially eagles — and insists the administration of President Barack Obama is playing favorites, allowing wind developers to go scot - free while «aggressively» prosecuting the oil and
gas industry for the same infraction.
I work in the oil and
gas industry for a DJ Basin operator.
That's in part because the identity of the chemicals used by
the gas industry for drilling and fracturing are protected as trade secrets, and because the EPA, based on an exemption passed under the 2005 Energy Policy Act, does not have authority to investigate the fracturing process under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Wayne Sim, the founder of Calgary - based 3esi Innovation Inc., had worked with clients in Russia's sprawling and inefficient oil and
gas industry for almost two decades.
Not exact matches
When Easton Wren arrived in Canada in 1968 to work
for Amoco, Calgary was a small town with a tightly knit oil and
gas industry.
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For engineers who are already working, we've created an Oil and
Gas MOOC, in partnership with IFP énergies Nouvelles (IFPEN), to enable them to update their knowledge of the oil
industry by taking online courses
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In Iowa,
for instance, the boom in natural
gas has meant trouble
for the local ethanol
industry.
For its part, the oil and gas industry, by pouring investment into the oilsands with little concern for how it's going to get the oil out to markets, «is playing a high - stakes game of chicken,» Cann ad
For its part, the oil and
gas industry, by pouring investment into the oilsands with little concern
for how it's going to get the oil out to markets, «is playing a high - stakes game of chicken,» Cann ad
for how it's going to get the oil out to markets, «is playing a high - stakes game of chicken,» Cann adds.
The rollbacks have been so sharp that some within the oil and
gas industry have quietly suggested they could be setting the stage
for safety failures.
The oil and
gas industry and its products account
for half of global carbon dioxide emissions.
It's among a host of new startups developing technology
for the oil and
gas industry, which finds itself desperate
for innovation in this era of low commodity prices.
Perth - based data management company Tape Ark has completed a world first
for the oil and
gas exploration
industry by demonstrating real - time seismic data acquisition using cloud storage rather than traditional tapes.
For GE, the deal will help it focus more on the oil and
gas sector, especially in North America, while shielding the parent company's earnings from the energy
industry's boom and bust cycles.
CEO Randy Eresman noted in the Calgary - based company's 2011 year - end results: «
For the
industry as a whole, near - term natural
gas prices are at levels below what it costs to add most new production, and in some places, may even be below what it costs to produce from existing wells.»
The group set about their plan by renting office space in Dallas, Texas, where a robust fracking
industry regularly requires radioactive materials
for gauges needed in their search
for gas and oil deposits.
Beyond climate change, low - cost natural
gas has been one of the most important transformations to have occurred
for the energy
industry in the United States.
The drivers behind OPEC's forecast include steadily rising economic activity around the world, strong demand
for transportation fuels like gasoline and jet fuel and a growing petrochemical
industry, which turns byproducts from oil and natural
gas into chemicals.
She likes IHS Markit (info), a London - based firm that provides business services to the energy
industry, among others, and which is poised
for a boost in business from oil and
gas clients emerging from their slump.
Matt Bell, president of Houston - based GeoDynamics, which manufactures equipment
for the oil and
gas industry, experienced this as part of Shell's GameChanger program last decade.
Founded in 1972, Romet manufactures
gas metres, as well as temperature - and pressure - related instruments
for the natural
gas industry.
«As the oil and
gas industry becomes mature there, companies are going to have to have a bunch of sub-sea systems that will have to be monitored,» said Dean Richter, a retired navy submarine captain and director of development
for maritime transportation systems
for New Jersey - based QinetiQ North America.
But the half - hour flight, while historic
for both the oil and
gas and the drone
industries, served little commercial purpose beyond testing its sensor payload and navigation systems.
A report that year from the American Petroleum Institute, the
industry's trade group, found that women accounted
for 17 % of the workforce at oil, natural
gas and petrochemical companies.
Air Products & Chemicals produces specialty
gases and chemicals
for manufacturing customers, as well as
gas - related equipment
for the energy
industry.
In fact, only 2 percent of U.S. college graduates consider the oil and
gas industry their top choice
for employment.»
A recent survey by the National Association
for Business Economics showed that 18 percent of businesses expect a negative impact from declining oil prices — reflecting the percentage of
industries that directly benefit from oil and natural
gas sales.
The oil and
gas industry is losing the competition
for talent recruitment to
industries that are more appealing to Millennials, and U.S. oil and
gas firms will face the talent crunch first, according to Accenture.
Moody's studied 37 oil and
gas companies in Canada and the U.S., concluding that although the oil
industry has dramatically slashed its cost of production in the past three years and is currently in the midst of posting much better financials this year, there is little room left
for more progress.
This supplier of tech, services, and products
for the oil and natural
gas industry operates in the Americas, Europe, Russia, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific.
Earlier on Monday ABB said it is putting its turnkey projects arm
for the oil and
gas industry into a joint venture majority owned by Saudi Arabia's Arkad Engineering & Construction.
«The oil and
gas industry is in a lower -
for - longer commodity...
Revenues have declined
for five years straight (since 2009) at KBR (KBR), which provides engineering and construction services to the oil and
gas industry as well as to governments.
It would invest in digital technologies
for industries such as aqua culture, fisheries, offshore oil and
gas and clean energy.
For most of the players in the multi-trillion-dollar oil and
gas industry, crude's swift plunge has been almost as surprising as it has been costly.
So while social responsibility was reason enough
for me to seek higher percentage blends of ethanol
gas, what resonated even more with me is the fact that ethanol is an entrepreneur's
industry.
The Calgary - based company, which specializes in analytical instrumentation and process control equipment
for industries including oil and
gas, pipeline, wastewater and petrochemical, did $ 11 million worth of business that year.
A plan outlined by the WA Government to reserve a big part of the State's
gas reserves
for the local market does not promote a robust and viable
gas industry in Western Australia, according to the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Associatio
But make no mistake, the prospect of American energy independence makes life harder
for Canada's oil and
gas industry.
Hence the drive to build pipelines and export terminals to the Pacific Ocean is becoming
for Canada's oil and
gas industry an existential quest.
The principal reason
for the influx is the advent of a liquefied natural
gas (LNG)
industry focused on B.C.'s northern coast.
The US$ 400 - billion natural
gas supply agreement between Russia and China announced this week does not bode well
for Canada's nascent liquefied natural
gas industry, LNG Canada boss Andy Calitz told the LNG in BC conference on Wednesday, contrary to the reassurances offered by B.C. Premier Christy Clark and others.
It is important
for the ACCC to achieve a balance between natural
gas pipeline owners receiving a fair return that will encourage new investment in the
industry and ensuring the cost of the
gas is not prohibitive
The disruption to state
gas supplies following the Varanus Island
gas explosion has prompted the state opposition and the Chamber of Commerce and
Industry of WA to renew their calls
for the development of a comprehensive state energy policy.
The extraordinary cost reductions achieved by North American oil and
gas companies have likely reached their limit, and any boost in profitability
for much of the U.S. shale and Canadian oil sands
industries will have to come from higher oil prices, according to a new report from Moody's Investors Service.
Efforts to curtail the tax breaks are likely to face fierce opposition in Congress; the oil and natural
gas industry has spent $ 340 million on lobbyists since 2008, according to the nonpartisan Center
for Responsive Politics, which monitors political spending.