I think a factor that is overlooked in the Arctic Oil Rush (Klondike Gold Rush) is that this is a «Big Oil» source i.e.
a large supply source of oil.
A new
large supply source instantly changes the flexibility limitations for military conflict for both superpowers as well as their peacetime economics of course.
Not exact matches
Citing
sources within Apple's
supply chain, the Wall Street Journal reports today that Apple is testing prototypes of
larger screens for the iPhone and iPad.
They only compute in the context of
supplying the U.S., still the world's
largest oil market, where they are competing with crude that has to be shipped at considerable financial and atmospheric expense from distant
sources like Nigeria and the Persian Gulf.
Foley said that coal will still likely be the majority power
source in 25 years in developing economies like China and India, as they have
large domestic coal
supplies and less domestic competition from natural gas.
Beyond the actual gas project and LNG sales, China's state - run shipping conglomerate COSCO has also secured a 50 percent stake in the four LNG shipping carriers serving Yamal.90 Chinese engineers and workers have been deployed to the Yamal Peninsula to help construct surrounding infrastructure, which includes a Chinese - produced polar drilling rig.91 Moreover, a Chinese oil and gas rig producer now provides Russia with about 60 percent of its imported oil rig
supplies, indicating that China is becoming a dominant player in this sphere.92 Chinese media recently hailed Yamal as an example of China's construction and engineering prowess and a symbol of its transformation into an Arctic player.93 In return for China stepping into support the project, senior officials from Novatek, the main shareholder of the project, announced that the first LNG shipment would symbolically go to China.94 But a British subsidiary of Malaysia's Petronas purchased the first shipment of Yamal LNG and sold it to France's Engie, which then shipped the cargo to its Boston import facility for American use.95 Western sanctions on Novatek, Russia's
largest independent national gas producer and a company with close ties to the Kremlin, made Yamal's pivot to China possible, as sanctions forced Russia to find an alternative
source of investment and technology.
Alibaba.com has more than 2 million U.K. members, making Britain the website's second -
largest concentration of small businesses who use the website to
source products from international
suppliers.
When you add in refined products and other petroleum liquids, Canadian exports soared past 4.1 million barrels a day, a total that is higher than the next seven U.S.
suppliers combined, and nearly four times more than Saudi Arabia, the U.S.'s second
largest source of foreign oil.
Wind farming is notoriously finicky when it comes to
supply, and
large - scale batteries like the one Tesla will be providing in the pilot project at BP's South Dakota Titan 1 wind farm will help solve the volatility of the renewable power
source.
«New Bedford is the
largest fishing port on the East Coast, and with steady improvement being realized in the condition of the fish resource, the city will be an increasingly important
source of
supply,» Pier Fish points out.
As chief procurement officer for one of the world's
largest independently owned catering companies, John Krebs utilized group purchasing organizations to assist
sourcing of his company's food and
supplies.
Because McDonald's buys through
suppliers that also serve other companies, pushing the
suppliers to
source more certified coffees should also have positive spillover effects in the
larger market.
The challenges of setting up
sourcing projects in developing countries are the subject of Sambazon; the enterprise has set up numerous agricultural projects in the Amazon to become the
largest supplier of açaí berries in the world.
We are also one of the
largest wholesale
suppliers of organic superfoods in the U.S. and are trusted by hundreds of the nation's top juice and smoothie bars and organic food manufactures as their
source for high - quality superfoods.
Savory Collection Dressings and Marinades filling line runs faster with new banjo bottles and custom closures
sourced by TricorBraun one of the world's
largest suppliers of jars, bottles and rigid packaging.
Anaerobic benefits Anaerobic digestion facilities have been recognized by the United Nations development program as one of the most useful decentralized
sources of energy
supply because they are less capital - intensive than are
large power plants.
Two months ago our President, Cary Gutwein, traveled to Nicaragua to meet with a few of our
suppliers and learn more about the coffee
sourced from the
largest country in Central America.
As a result of their efficiency, anaerobic digestion facilities have been recognized by the United Nations Development programmer as one of the most useful decentralized
sources of energy
supply, as they are less capital - intensive than
large power plants.
Anaerobic digestion facilities have been recognised by the United Nations Development programme as one of the most useful decentralised
sources of energy
supply, as they are less capital - intensive than
large power plants.
QTrade is also the
largest supplier of organic teas in North America, supporting clients from innovation through implementation by providing product development services, contract manufacturing (blending and packing of hot and iced teas), and expert
sourcing and
supply chain management services.
Yet I don't think that failure has been due to a lack of commitment on the part of my district; rather, as explained to those of us on the Nutrition Services Parent Advisory Committee, a district as
large as ours (300 schools) faces unique challenges in relying on local
sources to
supply produce for its 200,000 meals served daily.
The Associated Press is one of the
largest and most trusted
sources of independent newsgathering,
supplying a steady stream of news to its members, international subscribers and commercial customers.
However, with mild weather and a weekend starting, the industry agency that manages the power network predicted there would be no strain on the region's energy
supply even without one of its
largest sources.
Although more customers are investing in their own equipment for electric
supply, like solar panels or even microgrids — a network of electricity users with a local
source of
supply and the capability to operate as an island during outages — the report says most U.S. customers will continue to depend on obtaining their power from the
large - scale, interconnected electrical grid at least for the next two decades.
«He's targeting the
largest share of coal production from an energy
source that provides the
largest share of U.S. electricity even now — removing coal will create a far less diverse energy
supply and damages economies in coal states.»
For much of its 30 - year history, the industry has struggled to come up with a steady
source of
supply, squeezing the maximum out of these
large - molecule commodities from cell lines isolated from hamster ovaries and the like.
Visible from space, the Bayan — Obo iron mine in Inner Mongolia is the world's
largest source of rare earths, and the Chinese companies
supplying them employ acid to dissolve them out of ore rock that often also contains radioactive elements like thorium, radium or even uranium.
A leader in the emerging field of synthetic biology, Amyris is well known for developing a strain of yeast for
large - scale manufacture of a precursor to the antimalarial drug artemisinin, for which the Asian plant
source is in short
supply.
Thus, if they were opened, the new mines in New Mexico would reflect not a «need» for that uranium, but a deliberate policy of not using the
large amounts of uranium available from secondary
sources to
supply the U.S. and world uranium market.
One company, Ardent Mills of Colorado, has indicated it would
source organic wheat products across a
large region that includes Texas, but hasn't been able to get much
supply from this state.
As grains are a
large part of the modern food
supply but a low
source of nutrients, they are contributing to this problem.
As well as
supplying large doses of minerals to our bodies, fat is the
source of all of the «fat soluble vitamins» A, D, E, K1 & K2.
As one of the
largest independent
suppliers of motion pictures to the international market, Screen Media is a
source of high - performance titles with proven box - office and strong cast appeal, including stars such as Keanu Reeves, Antonio Banderas, Paul Newman, Mike Myers, Penelope Cruz, Susan Sarandon, Melanie Griffith, Al Pacino, Jude Law, Kim Basinger, Kevin Bacon, Nicole Kidman, Brad Pitt, Jean - Claude van Damme, Robin Williams and Patrick Swayze.
According to
supply chain
sources cited by Digitimes Sony's
large tablet is going to be released in the first half of 2015, with the device expected to enter mass production in the near future.
Other
suppliers, like Lightning
Source, allow you to set your own discount within limits but offer just that one discount to every retailer or jobber who buys your book from Ingram — the world's
largest book distributor and the parent company of Lightning
Source and IngramSpark.
The
large - size tablet's panel is
supplied by a Taiwan - based touch panel maker,
sources have said.
Lightning
Source has countered that cost in a deal with EPAC, one of the
largest POD
suppliers in Germany.
At Ingram, which is considered one of the
largest primary data
sources in the publishing industry, publishers
supply Ingram with metadata related to their books.
For instance, here is the entire list of trim sizes offered by Lightning
Source, the
largest supplier of print on demand production:
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source for graffiti pictures and the
largest online store for graffiti
supplies.
A handout will list
sources for various materials and
supplies, as well as instructions for caring for the board, and for building
larger ones.
The nation's
largest single
source of methane emissions is the vast network of infrastructure, including wells, pipelines and storage facilities, that
supplies U.S. natural gas.
Among other issues, doubling the state's electricity
supply by 2050 while cutting emissions is only possible if there is some way to compensate for the inevitable
large fluctuations in solar or wind
supplies using some
large source of electricity — but one that produces no emissions.
Countries such as China are prepared to pay high prices for recyclables such as waste plastic; mainly because they do not have readily available
sources of virgin materials (no indigenous forests or oil
supplies) and they have a
large manufacturing industry that requires these products.
That said, according to Xabier Viteri of Iberdrola (Spain's
largest utility), feed - in tariffs would have to remain in place in the medium term if Spain is to meet its EU obligation of
supplying 20 % of its energy needs from renewable
sources by 2020.
Reducing emissions of climate - active gases and particulates from
large Diesel engines for ship propulsion systems and stationary power
supply by the application of fuels from renewable
sources
Biomass is the country's
largest source of domestic renewable energy,
supplying about three times as much energy as wind and solar power combined.
At its firs global
supply - chain summit in Beijing, Walmart, the world's
largest retailer, launched an ambitious program dubbed the «Global
Sourcing Responsibility Initiative» that will require its Chinese
suppliers (which may number up to 20,000 according to China Daily) to abide to potentially costly energy efficiency targets, to be verified by third party audits, among other environmental and social goals.
The U.S. oil industry could make much greater use of injection with a
larger supply of CO2, such as from industrial
sources and power plants.»
By placing an inordinate focus on a limited number of renewable energy
sources, legislators are neglecting numerous other options that can make significant contributions to the
larger social goal of an adequate
supply of clean, low - carbon, reliable, and affordable electricity.