Sentences with phrase «large oil industries»

«Markets with large oil industries have had strong growth in the past several years,» he said.

Industries was one of the largest oil industry political campaign donors.

A ferry was built nearby, over the San Jacinto River, and the area of Humble became a center for commercial activity due to the region's large oil industry.

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Months of deliberations behind closed doors at Shell headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands, had led the top brass at the world's largest non-state-owned oil company by sales to conclude that the energy industry was changing fundamentally — in a way that could turn the profitable oil - sands operation into a liability.

The convenience landscape in the United States today looks like Canada's did back in 1990: dotted with regional chains numbering between 50 and 300 stores, some larger networks owned by Big Oil, and industry leader 7 - Eleven.

Susan Hirsch, portfolio manager of the TIAA - CREF Large - Cap Growth fund, prefers to get her exposure to the energy industry via a company that's less sensitive to the ups and downs in oil prices.

In a separate report focusing on larger integrated oil companies, Moody's came to a similar conclusion — that the substantial improvement in the financial position of the oil industry over the past year is poised to slow down.

As one of the country's largest independent refiners, Phillips 66 hasn't taken as severe a beating from the cheap - oil shocks that shook the rest of the energy industry.

Everyone from medical equipment suppliers to software producers to food services companies — all of these sectors service the oil and gas industry, and many of the largest happen to be based in the U.S.

OSLO, April 18 - Offshore oil driller Seadrill aims to expand relations with Schlumberger, the world's largest oil services firm, and other suppliers to the global oil and gas industry, its chief executive told Reuters on Wednesday.

Oil and gas exports are among Canada's largest, and the industry extends both directly and indirectly across the country.

The push by the U.S. energy industry into hydraulic fracking and horizontal drilling unleashed an energy boom, making the United States the world's biggest producer of natural gas and just recently the second - largest producer of oil, surpassing Saudi Arabia.

And unlike with the oil industry, no «fracking» method has been invented yet to extract gold from hard - to - reach areas, though Barrick — the world's largest producer by output — has been experimenting with sensors at its Cortez project in Nevada.What Pierre is talking about, of course, is the idea of «peak gold.»

First, the networking effects — because oil is a relatively small contributor to our GDP and manufacturing is a relatively large contributor to our GDP, any damage done by currency effects driven by oil risks having an outsized effect on a much larger industry.

Then, in 2008, a large flock of migratory ducks landed and died in a settling pond for Syncrude's oil sands waste product — setting in motion, though it was hard to predict at the time, industry - activist tensions that would put northern Alberta's pay dirt at the forefront of a blistering debate.

Importantly, the payment difficulties do not stem from oil revenues, but largely from tourism and financial activity, as those are Dubai's chief industries (Dubai is home to the tallest building and the largest man - made islands in the world, for example).

The global industry is worth $ 225 - billion a year, with the demand for iron - ore larger than any other commodity, excluding oil and gas.

According to the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, a privately managed group, the oil industry in Canada is the largest private - sector investor, with estimated investments of $ 44 billion in 2017.

The legacy of oil refining in India, one of the world's largest economies, shows the industry can develop with little risk to the climate, OPEC's leader said.

The large CPI rise was partly attributable to some temporary or industry - specific factors, most notably higher international oil prices.

During a major industry gathering in Houston this week Ali al - Naimi, Saudi Arabia's oil minister, ruled out the possibility of cutting output, damping hopes of more aggressive action to curb a glut estimated by some traders to be as large as 2m b / d.

Canada - based Finning International, which is the world's largest Caterpillar dealer, sells, rents and offers parts and services for equipment and engines in Canada, Ireland, Latin America and the U.K. Based in Austria, Schoeller - Bleckmann produces and sells components and parts for the oil and gas industry.

Mr. Chase spent 39 years with BP plc, a large, international oil and gas company, holding positions within the upstream and downstream segments of the industry in Australia, Europe and North America.

Government and industry enthusiasm for tidewater pipeline access arose from a large premium that existed between international and North American oil prices between 2011 and 2014 due to a pipeline bottleneck in the US caused by a rapid increase in US oil production.

Investor: DR News By Gordon Platt The largest Russia - based manufacturer of steel pipes for the oil and gas industry, TMK, upgraded its over-the-counter American depositary receipt (ADR) program to the OTCQX International premier platform.

The US oil industry has slowed down: but EOG Resources, the country's largest shale oil producer, has forecast a return to «double - digit» production growth if the US benchmark, West Texas Intermediate, rises to $ 65 per barrel or higher.

Still, the Grocery Manufacturers Association, the industry's largest trade association, has petitioned the FDA to approve numerous small uses of partially hydrogenated oil.

Oklahoma is not ceasing to shake, thanks to the oil and gas industry: two large earthquakes struck last night, followed...

New Yorkers from Buffalo to Long Island decided that allowing the oil and gas industries the rights to large scale mining of natural gas reserves was simply too much of a public health and environmental threat.

Nigeria's oil industry expanded by 20 % and we reclaimed our position as Africa's largest oil exporter which we'd hitherto lost to Angola.

Crestwood - Midstream, a Texas - based oil and gas corporation, is threatening these thriving industries with its proposals to locate and expand gas storage along Seneca Lake, the largest fresh water body in New York and over half of the water in the Finger Lakes.

Even though it's currently entrenched in the oil industry — it's one of the world's largest petroleum research companies — UOP created an renewable energy unit dedicated to green fuels in 2006.

Principal stationary pollution sources include chemical plants, coal - fired power plants, oil refineries, petrochemical plants, nuclear waste disposal activity, incinerators, large livestock farms (dairy cows, pigs, poultry, etc.), PVC factories, metals production factories, plastics factories, and other heavy industry.

Principal stationary pollution sources include chemical plants, coal - fired power plants, oil refineries, nuclear waste disposal activity, incinerators, large animal farms, PVC factories, metals production factories, plastics factories, and other heavy industry.

Hill notes that if CCS is deployed on a very large scale, society will need the expertise of the oil industry — its «100 years of understanding the subsurface,» he says.

The study also found that the Russian oil industry contributes a large amount to global methane emissions.

Some of the money will come from an increased share of offshore oil and gas royalties, but many coastal advocates say the industry should pay a larger share.

The palm oil industry is big business in South Asia, but after harvesting the fruit from the oil palm trees, large amounts of leftover biomass known as empty fruit bunch remain.

But we, who have to a large extent built up our industries and economies on coal, oil, steel and cement have, in my opinion, a responsibility to lead the way and develop measures which can show the rest of the world that it is possible to achieve ambitious emission reduction targets,» says Johan Rootzén.

«The larger point here is that Administrator Pruitt is saying it's OK for industry to withhold basic information on pollution from oil and gas operations from the American people,» he told E&E News.

(Two weeks later, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said that the oil and gas industries were the largest emitters in the U.S., accounting for one - third of methane emissions.)

The nuclear industry is the fourth largesT donor to both political parties in the United States, behind big oil and big tobacco.

The clothing industry is the second largest polluter in the world, second only to oil.

I personally always look for MCT oils sourced only from coconut oil or sustainable and rainforest friendly palm oil because the palm oil industry is responsible for the deforestation for large parts of the rainforest.

As the largest essential oil company in the world, doTERRA is leading the industry when it comes to essential oil science and research, education, and giving back through their co-impact sourcing program.

Chauvet Cave in the valley of the Ardèche River in France is filled with paintings, engravings and drawings created more than 30 000 years ago, of cave The apparel industry accounts for 10 % of global carbon emissions and remains the second largest industrial polluter, second only to oil.

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010 was the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry, and an ecological disaster.

In response to the Secretary's recent «Call to Action,» the rail and shipping industries have renewed their commitment to the TRANSCAER ® program and have agreed to conduct additional outreach and training to local emergency responders in jurisdictions through which crude oil is transported in large quantities.

The 2017 Ram Chassis Cab lineup also features a number of industry exclusives, including vehicle system interface modules, electronic stability control, a best - in - class dual fuel tank capacity of 74 gallons, a best - in - class 15,000 - mile oil change interval with the diesel engine, largest - in - class brakes, best - in - class dual alternator systems, an exclusive fit - to - use backup camera and front and rear parking sensors.

The city's largest industry was initially agriculture, however, that quickly changed once oil was discovered in the area in 1939.