Sentences with phrase «important oil sector»

The U.S. government has been weighing sanctions on Venezuela's all - important oil sector before the nation's presidential election on May 20.

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China was by 2010 one of Libya's most important trade partner's, too, with projects worth more than $ 18 billion underway including several ventures in the oil sector.

We find (i) measurements at all scales show that official inventories consistently underestimate actual CH4 [methane] emissions, with the natural gas and oil sectors as important contributors; (ii) many independent experiments suggest that a small number of «super-emitters» could be responsible for a large fraction of leakage; (iii) recent regional atmospheric studies with very high emissions rates are unlikely to be representative of typical natural gas system leakage rates; and (iv) assessments using 100 - year impact indicators show system - wide leakage is unlikely to be large enough to negate climate benefits of coal - to - natural gas substitution.

The study presents country case studies based on financial and environmental assessments and analyses agricultural waste generated by three sectors important to the region, namely the olive oil, sugar (from sugar cane and sugar beet) and dairy industries.

A shift to plug - in cars could also help the development of renewable power, all the more important since a proliferation of electric cars would alter the national pattern of carbon emissions — the utility sector would take on the emissions that once belonged oil - based transport.

Even in the transportation sector, where oil is so important, he expects electric vehicles will eventually catch on — but not because of price.

This is important, market - driven progress on climate, which API and its member companies consider an important issue for constructive engagement — engagement that also is seen in approximately $ 90 billion in oil and natural gas industry investments in zero - and low - emissions technologies since 2000, nearly as much as the federal government and more than twice that of the next largest industry sector.

This important fact seems to have escaped T. Boone Pickens, the legendary oil tycoon from Texas who is now promoting a plan to replace natural gas in the electric power sector with wind - generated electricity and use the freed up natural gas to power a fleet of NGVs.

Environmentalists mistakenly think that blocking the Keystone pipeline will prevent crude oil, derived from Canada's oil sands, from being extracted and from being conveyed into the U.S. to be refined into gasoline, asphalt, and other products that are important to the transportation and manufacturing sectors.

I believe the more important victory here is that the strategy of sue - and - settle with the oil companies, or any private sector institution with money that disagrees, may have taken a big hit.

The Administration's actions represent important steps to cut methane emissions from the oil and gas sector.

Scandinavia is an important market for Therium and is a focal point for key sectors that we focus on, such as oil and gas.»

Rising property prices led to government regulations aimed at stabilising the sector, and decreasing oil prices have made it more important for governments in the region to become less oil dependent and invest in alternative sectors.

Other important business sectors include tourism, energy (oil, gas and renewables), advanced engineering and manufacturing, and food and farming.