And they warn that investing billions of dollars
in oil transportation will lock the U.S. into continued dependency on an increasingly heavy type of imported crude that will drive up emissions both from the foreign producer and the domestic refiner.
If you're
in the oil transportation business, these are negative impacts, whether you move oil by rail or by pipeline.
Lewenza recommends buying stocks in integrated companies — those that both produce and refine oil, so that one part of the business is essentially benefiting from the misfortune of the other — as well as
in oil transportation, such as pipeline companies.
Not exact matches
CALGARY, Alberta, May 2 - Alberta will hold talks with rail operators and
oil producers aimed at smoothing the path to get more crude moving by rail to market amid a
transportation bottleneck
in the Western Canadian province, Alberta's energy minister said on Wednesday.
Oil transportation by rail has grown astronomically, to about 140,000 carloads of crude
in 2013 from 500 carloads
in 2009, according to the Railway Association of Canada.
But that disappeared
in July when the U.S. National
Transportation Safety Board admonished the company for its handling of a Michigan
oil spill
in 2010.
Formerly an integrated
oil company with interests
in transportation and refining, Hess
in 2013 spun off many of its businesses
in order to focus on E&P.
Grantham also believes that within the next five to 10 years there will be «dramatic technological improvements
in non-
oil based
transportation» that will send the
oil industry into a sharp — and permanent — decline.
So policy makers focus on «core inflation,» which ignores changes
in prices for fruit, vegetables, gasoline, fuel
oil, natural gas, mortgage interest, intercity
transportation, tobacco products and indirect taxes.
The state Public Service Commission approved the Cherry Creek Pipeline project Monday, saying it will provide a safer
transportation option and help reduce the wasteful flaring of excess natural gas
in the
oil patch, The Bismarck Tribune...
Natural gas is poised to further displace
oil imports, especially
in the commercial
transportation sector.
And considering that
transportation represents more than half of all
oil use
in the world, the type of vehicles we're driving will have a huge impact on that industry.
In April 2018, PDC entered into a firm
oil transportation agreement with Tallgrass Energy to transport 12,500 gross operated Wattenberg barrels per day via pipeline to Cushing, OK and area refineries.
Weeks later, a FirstEnergy Capital report still clung to the idea that ramped - up rail
transportation, new heavy -
oil refining capacity
in the U.S. Midwest and the easing of the storage glut
in Cushing, Okla., would keep this monster on a leash.
He had been anticipating a drop
in oil prices, for example, but rather than play
oil producers (which Canadian investors already hold a lot of), he decided to focus on the energy
transportation sector.
«While the increase
in U.S. production of crude
oil and the reduced U.S. demand for
transportation fuels will likely reduce the demand for total U.S. crude
oil imports, it is unlikely to reduce demand for heavy sour crude at Gulf Coast refineries.»
But while Grantham projects that
oil will surge higher
in the medium term, he ultimately — perhaps 20 or 30 years down the road — sees advances
in technology making
oil virtually obsolete
in transportation.
I took snapshots from 1995 (the earliest year available) and 2010 (the latest) and edited the graphics to highlight the industries
in question:
transportation manufacturing (light blue) and
oil and gas (dark brown).
Meanwhile, political turmoil
in Yemen, Qatar and Bahrain still threatens to disrupt the
transportation of almost 50 % of the world's seaborne
oil.
The body of water set to see a fivefold increase
in oil tankers has been an industrial and
transportation hub for more than a century.
Moving viscous Canadian
oil in tank cars used to be «more of a temporary fix» to
transportation bottlenecks that earlier this year pushed prices for Western Canada Select to US$ 40 below the West Texas intermediate benchmark, he said.
Headquartered
in Dallas, Navigator provides
oil and natural gas producers with comprehensive midstream services including crude
oil and natural gas gathering,
transportation, storage and natural gas compression and processing.
Just as social media upended communications, the transition to clean energy is rapidly undoing century - old expectations around electricity,
transportation and
oil — and it's happening
in market - shifting, often surprising ways.
Transport Canada told Postmedia News that it identified the
transportation of flammable liquids, such as crude
oil, as an «emerging» issue
in 2011, and that it is now reviewing new safety recommendations received
in recent weeks from three industry - led committees «on an urgent basis.»
In the case of an oil spill cleanup, the costs are likely to be directly incurred by an insurance company, but the premiums paid for that insurance come at the expense of the value of the oil transportation service — the higher the expected clean - up costs from oil spills, the higher insurance premiums will be, and this will mean higher pipeline tolls, which in turn implies lower profits, taxes, and royalties on the products shippe
In the case of an
oil spill cleanup, the costs are likely to be directly incurred by an insurance company, but the premiums paid for that insurance come at the expense of the value of the
oil transportation service — the higher the expected clean - up costs from
oil spills, the higher insurance premiums will be, and this will mean higher pipeline tolls, which
in turn implies lower profits, taxes, and royalties on the products shippe
in turn implies lower profits, taxes, and royalties on the products shipped.
Although the benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI)
oil price has been increasing, Alberta's producers are being hurt by
transportation bottlenecks that have resulted
in heavy discounts for non-conventional crude
oil.
Since the July 2013 Lac - Megantic fatal train disaster and other recent incidents involving
oil by rail, Transport Canada has faced questions about whether it adequately addressed safety oversight concerns surrounding the
transportation of dangerous cargo, which were repeatedly raised
in internal audits.
As the biggest station operator and supplier of natural gas for
transportation in the U.S., the company should benefit from higher
oil prices and more focus on reducing emissions likely to drive many truck operators to consider this new engine.
This isn't a matter of collusion or market power, it's simply a matter of a broad market for refined products not affected
in the same way by pipeline shortages and
transportation bottlenecks which affect crude
oil prices
in one region but not another.
At an aggregate level, it is difficult to discern the effect of movements
in oil prices on the underlying price level, although some effect on the energy - intensive components of the CPI, such as
transportation and travel, can be found.
Of course, the precipitous drop
in oil prices (down about 40 % from last year) is helping some large manufacturing, consumer discretionary, and
transportation companies (prominently including airlines) offset the negative impact of the rising dollar.
In order to sidestep this pipeline capacity issue, Canadian oil producers have substantially increased transportation by rail, reaching a near high of 106,704 barrels per day in December 201
In order to sidestep this pipeline capacity issue, Canadian
oil producers have substantially increased
transportation by rail, reaching a near high of 106,704 barrels per day
in December 201
in December 2015.
The report also looks at the opportunity for natural gas
in transportation, now
in its infancy, and notes that never before has
oil's dominance
in vehicles been challenged by such low gas prices.
Calling Wal - Mart «our best $ 35
oil idea»
in a mid-December note, Nomura analyst Robert Drbul wrote that low
oil and gas prices help Wal - Mart «for two key reasons: 1) we believe lower income demographic consumers stand to benefit most from lower gas prices, and 2) we believe its private
transportation fleet (> 6,650 trucks; one of the largest
in the world) will realize cost benefits due to low fuel prices.»
The battle for pipelines has become a battle for more than just the people involved
in the
oil and gas industry
in Alberta; it has also become a battle for other commodity traders such as farmers and everyday Albertans who rely on the
transportation of goods.
Our energy
transportation activities include onshore crude
oil and natural gas pipelines, offshore pipelines
in the Gulf of Mexico, and crude by rail, while we also operate a growing power transmission business.
These partnerships typically own interests
in oil and gas
transportation, and historically have paid relatively high amounts of income compared to most stocks.
If there is extensive pollution involved
in the pumping,
transportation, and processing of the
oil, this has its economic costs.
That is certainly good for the living standards of people
in societies that are dependent on
oil imports for production,
transportation and heating.
What we have also done to prevent this type of thing happening again is that I have ordered the Bulk
Oil Storage and
Transportation Company which is responsible for keeping Ghana's strategic stock to keep one month's supply of light crude
in reserve so if there is any challenge
in terms of shortage
in light crude, BOST will supply.
Ghana allegedly lost about GHc 7 million
in revenue following attempts by the Bulk
Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) to sell contaminated fuel to some oil marketing compani
Oil Storage and
Transportation Company Limited (BOST) to sell contaminated fuel to some
oil marketing compani
oil marketing companies.
The minority
in Parliament has noted with grave concern the sale of contaminated fuel product to the tune of five million litres to a company known as Movenpiina by the MD of the Bulk
Oil Storage and
Transportation Limited under very dubious and bizarre circumstances
in another clear example of escalating corruption
in the Akufo - Addo / Bawumia Government.
Critics of crude
oil transportation by rail are
in pro-active mode when it comes to disaster preparedness.
Environmental groups were joined by community leaders at the capitol Wednesday
in regards to the
transportation of crude
oil through Albany and Hudson River.
In a new twist to the ongoing controversy, Minority Spokesperson on Finance, Ato Forson, is asking the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to go after the company and retrieve the unpaid taxes accruing from the transaction between the
oil firm and the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOS
oil firm and the Bulk
Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOS
Oil Storage and
Transportation Company Limited (BOST).
ALBANY, N.Y. >> Environmental groups are citing a provision
in a 107 - year - old
transportation law
in trying to derail an
oil pipeline project from Albany to New Jersey.
A Deputy Executive Secretary of the Microfinance and Small Loan Center (MASLOC), Afia Akoto, who is the third defendant
in a GH cents 8 million defamation lawsuit, has apologized and retracted comments she reechoed accusing Senyo Hosi, CEO of the Chamber of Bulk
Oil Distributors of offering a $ 1 million bribe to the CEO of the Bulk
Oil Storage and
Transportation...
It emerged last month that the Bulk
Oil Storage and
Transportation company (BOST) signed a deal to sell about 5 million litres of contaminated fuel to Movenpiina Energy and Zup
Oil at a discounted price that could result
in Ghana losing about GHs7 million
in revenue.
Some powerful state actors are involved
in the recent $ 5 million litres contaminated fuel which was reportedly offloaded by the market at the Bulk
Oil Storage and
Transportation Company (BOST).
«I applaud Governor Cuomo for recognizing the importance of these public
transportation services and the role they play
in sustaining the State's efforts to improve air quality and reduce dependence on foreign
oil.»