Not exact matches
Enbridge Inc., which used to
control Canadian
oil exports to the U.S., has become the largest gas distributor
in Ontario and invested
in wind farms.
Tillerson's predecessor, Lee Raymond, tried to buy Russia's most profitable
oil company Yukos from the oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who had gained
control of it during the highly corrupt privatizations under Boris Yeltsin
in the 1990s.
In early March, as rebels fought for
control of the country's east coast ports, where much of the country's
oil is refined or shipped abroad, the price of the American crude contract (West Texas Intermediate, or WTI) broke US$ 100 for the first time since 2008.
To be fair, there have been a several times that markets didn't recover as quickly after seismic geopolitical events such as the invasion of France
in 1940 and the Yom Kippur War (which led to a complete realignment of
control over global
oil), according to the Credit Suisse team led by Keating.
That could cut off a major supply of
oil while potentially handing the region's balance of power to Iran, which could end up
in control of the routes used by 40 % of the world's seaborne
oil.
Prosecutors began to uncover a string of corruption scandals
in 2014 and 2015, involving both private and state -
controlled companies, like Petrobras, the nation's
oil and gas champion, as well as current and former elected officials — namely, the former president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
A variety of factors, like regulations, exchange and price
controls, and insecurity would inhibit the broader Venezuelan economy's ability to respond
in the event
oil income dried up, Rodriguez added.
The arrests, by national intelligence agents, marked the first at a Western
oil firm
in Venezuela and represent a dramatic escalation of growing tensions between PDVSA and foreign companies over
control of supply contracts.
The arrests, by national intelligence agents, marked the first at a Western
oil firm
in Venezuela and represent a dramatic escalation of growing tensions between PDVSA and foreign companies over
control of supply contracts, the sources told Reuters.
As someone
in their mid-50's, I am old enough to remember the start of
oil - price gouging and the beginning of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) holding our energy consumption hostage by
controlling the supply of crude and keeping prices high.
Ahern earned an electrical engineering degree from University of Vermont and with help from an unnamed angel investor who «bet on people heading
in the right direction» started a company
in 2002 — Industrial Defender, a cybersecurity firm that protects industrial
control systems for the electrical grid,
oil and gas, and chemical companies — which Lockheed Martin acquired
in 2014.
But the
oil companies have made just ungodly profits, and we're spending just a boatload of money over
in Iraq — we should have
control of the
oil.
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.
Having noted the success of
oil refineries, the government -
controlled bank invested
in one.
«
Oil industry companies would do well to be cautious and stop assuming that good relations with PDVSA can last forever due to a common interest in pumping oil,» said Raul Gallegos, associate director with the consultancy Control Ris
Oil industry companies would do well to be cautious and stop assuming that good relations with PDVSA can last forever due to a common interest
in pumping
oil,» said Raul Gallegos, associate director with the consultancy Control Ris
oil,» said Raul Gallegos, associate director with the consultancy
Control Risks.
With nearly 2.5 million miles of
oil, gas and chemical pipelines crisscrossing the country, intrusions into
control systems could do more than disrupt deliveries, said Andrew R. Lee, a cybersecurity expert at the law firm Jones Walker
in New Orleans.
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»).
Saudi Arabia is converting Aramco, the holding that
controls the world's biggest
oil reserves, into a joint - stock company and plans to list a stake of up to 5 % on stock exchanges
in Riyadh.
Of course, there's also the growth systems, irrigation
controls, lights and piping, fertilizers, hydroponics, hothouse supplies, all the things involved
in farming and harvesting, and even
oil extraction — everything except the seeds and plants.
On the contrary the Jewish interest is solely
in the marketing of petroleum products and even there it is probably no more than 5 per cent, the chief marketer being American
Oil of Baltimore, and American
Oil, though still managed by the Blausteins, who founded it, is now
controlled by a Standard of Indiana subsidiary.
We said
in January a state -
controlled Chinese
oil company would make a bid for a large - cap Canadian energy company.
«
Oil industry companies would do well to be cautious and stop assuming that good relations with PDVSA can last forever due to a common interest in pumping oil,» Raul Gallegos, associate director with the consultancy Control Risks, and author of Crude Nation, a book about how oil ruined the Venezuelan economy, said in an interview with Reute
Oil industry companies would do well to be cautious and stop assuming that good relations with PDVSA can last forever due to a common interest
in pumping
oil,» Raul Gallegos, associate director with the consultancy Control Risks, and author of Crude Nation, a book about how oil ruined the Venezuelan economy, said in an interview with Reute
oil,» Raul Gallegos, associate director with the consultancy
Control Risks, and author of Crude Nation, a book about how
oil ruined the Venezuelan economy, said in an interview with Reute
oil ruined the Venezuelan economy, said
in an interview with Reuters.
The Shanghai
oil futures contract is similarly designed to wrest some
control over pricing from the main benchmarks
in New York and London — West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent — and to promote the use of the yuan, also known as the renminbi.
Rosneft, a sanctioned Russian
oil company,
controls a 32.67 percent stake
in the 230 - mile long pipeline that connects fields offshore to terminal and storage facilities onshore.
Haftar's advisors expect that the militias will try to attack the Gulf of Sidra area
in an attempt to gain
control of the ports and
oil installations up there.
In the past six years, it has morphed into a business juggernaut that now holds stakes in nearly every sector of Iranian industry, including finance, oil, telecommunications, the production of birth - control pills and even ostrich farmin
In the past six years, it has morphed into a business juggernaut that now holds stakes
in nearly every sector of Iranian industry, including finance, oil, telecommunications, the production of birth - control pills and even ostrich farmin
in nearly every sector of Iranian industry, including finance,
oil, telecommunications, the production of birth -
control pills and even ostrich farming.
It is believed to finance itself via
oil sales
in Turkey, taxing the population under its
control and receiving ransom from international captives.
This year the Conservative government approved the sale of $ 1.9 billion
in oil sands assets to two companies
controlled by the Chinese government.
The primary beneficiaries of the Trans Mountain pipeline are Houston's Kinder Morgan, Alberta's slumping
oil sector,
controlled by foreign multinationals such as Exxon and Shell, and export markets
in Asia, primarily China.
That is similar to what happened to Saudi Aramco, where a computer virus wiped data from office computers, but never succeeded
in making the leap to the industrial
control systems that run
oil production.
The joint statement by the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, the Investor Network on Climate Risk, and the Investors Group on Climate Change also encourages intensive gas users and governments
in oil and gas importing regions to consider playing a role
in encouraging
control of methane emissions.
«
In light of growing trends, and following the decisions made today, the government of Canada has determined that foreign state
control of
oil sands development has reached the point at which further such foreign state
control would not be of net benefit to Canada,» Harper said.
In 1987, he bought a controlling stake in Husky Energy, then a small Canadian oil and gas driller that had slashed operations when oil dropped below $ 10 a barre
In 1987, he bought a
controlling stake
in Husky Energy, then a small Canadian oil and gas driller that had slashed operations when oil dropped below $ 10 a barre
in Husky Energy, then a small Canadian
oil and gas driller that had slashed operations when
oil dropped below $ 10 a barrel.
The
oil revenue streams is not yet
in control of the elites and Venezuela has not yet defaulted.
Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of the Dodd - Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the Commission shall issue final rules that require each resource extraction issuer to include
in an annual report of the resource extraction issuer information relating to any payment made by the resource extraction issuer, a subsidiary of the resource extraction issuer, or an entity under the
control of the resource extraction issuer to a foreign government or the Federal Government for the purpose of the commercial development of
oil, natural gas, or minerals...
In March of 2008 the Canadian Boreal Initiative, the Pembina Institute and the Alberta Research Council published a report recommending the use of offsets in the oil sands region of Alberta as one tool to control the terrestrial impacts of oil sands development, including the impact on caribo
In March of 2008 the Canadian Boreal Initiative, the Pembina Institute and the Alberta Research Council published a report recommending the use of offsets
in the oil sands region of Alberta as one tool to control the terrestrial impacts of oil sands development, including the impact on caribo
in the
oil sands region of Alberta as one tool to
control the terrestrial impacts of
oil sands development, including the impact on caribou.
That deal more than doubled Exxon's resource position to 6 billion BOE, giving it
control of an extensive inventory of low - cost drilling locations that it can tap
in the years ahead to grow output
in an improving
oil market.
The deal will boost Aramco's downstream business ahead of a planned initial public offering next year and also bolsters Malaysia's state -
controlled Petroliam Nasional Bhd - known as Petronas - after it cut spending because of the slump
in oil prices.
The Venezuela state
oil company PDVSA, which has borrowed more than $ 6bn from Kremlin -
controlled Rosneft, caused consternation
in Washington last year after putting up a 49.9 percent stake
in its US - based refining subsidiary, Citgo, as collateral against a portion of the loan.
Kashagan has huge amounts of
oil in store, and according to Financial Times, «Opec, the 14 - member cartel that
controls more than a third of all crude production, on Monday said Kashagan's ramp up is one reason it now thinks supplies outside the group will actually grow next year, despite two years of low prices.»
A budget measure approved by the Republican -
controlled Senate late Thursday allows Congress to pursue legislation allowing
oil and gas exploration
in the remote refuge on...
KRG says independent tanker loadings to begin The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has announced that it will market crude from
oil fields under its
control sent autonomously of Iraq's central government to the Turkish port of Ceyhan
in a pipeline it claims as its own, with the first shipment up for sale before the end of January.On the KRG's website late on Jan. 8, the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) gave «public notice of the commencement of the sale of its first shipment of crude
oil exported via Kurdistan Region's new...
SINGAPORE, Oct 30 (Reuters)-- The outlook for
oil and natural gas markets remains bleak for the rest of the year and much of 2016, meaning there will be no let up
in pressure to
control costs, executives from two European energy majors said.
So why doesn't China pay Venezuelan debt
in American Dollars and Gain an appropriate level of
control of Venezuela
oil.
Only after multiple extensions was final approval granted and even then, it came with several caveats, the most notable being, ``... given the inherent risks posed by foreign SOE acquisitions
in the Canadian
oil sands, the Minister of Industry will find the acquisition of
control of a Canadian
oil sands business by a foreign SOE to be of net benefit to Canada on an exceptional basis only» (emphasis added).
In other words, barring unspecified «exceptional circumstances», investments by SOEs involving majority
control of
oil and gas properties are off - limits.
Saudi Aramco and its
controlling government have paved the way for the KSA's economic success
in the next ten years, but other OPEC members — particularly those who are not also members of the Gulf Cooperation Council — do not have the financial connections to navigate rock - bottom
oil prices without risking political stability.
The
oil prices corrected back below the $ 69 region but it is clear that the bulls are
in control.
China has steadily increased its Brazilian energy sector investments, including last year's $ 10 billion loan to Petrobras, Brazil's state -
controlled oil company,
in exchange for
oil supplies.
The second is that the world economy was moving along very smoothly
in the post-war period, with everything under
control, until hit by the external shock of the OPEC - induced
oil price rise
in late 1973 (and again
in 1979).