Sentences with phrase «major oil producing»

In the meantime, major oil producing governments are acting with a new sense of purpose in reforming energy subsidies as well as investing into the non-oil growth potential of their countries.

HONG KONG (AP)-- Share prices sank in early trading Monday after an effort by major oil producing nations to agree on production cuts failed over the weekend.

The S&P 500 bounced 1.6 percent Wednesday to 1,926, as oil jumped more than 5 percent on more reports about a preliminary accord among some major oil producing nations to freeze production.

Not exact matches

They point to recent examples, in which Woodside announced a major project to extract oil from mallee trees and produce electricity, in a venture that appears greener than an Irishman's heart.

The field has an estimated 8.5 billion BOE of original oil in place and 32 major producing zones currently identified.

Major energy companies are called «Big Oil» for a reason, as the vast majority of their profits comes from the upstream divisions, which explore and produce oOil» for a reason, as the vast majority of their profits comes from the upstream divisions, which explore and produce oiloil.

Among major oil - and gas - producing states, Oklahoma added six rigs, Texas gained four, North Dakota added three, Louisiana and Ohio each gained two and California added one.

«That would only be if there were losses of significant size in any major oil - producing countries, particularly in the Middle East.»

The main price driver has been an OPEC - led supply cut from major oil - producing group OPEC, which started to withhold output in January last year.

Less than a year ago major shale firms were saying they needed oil above $ 60 a barrel to produce more; now some say they will settle for far less in deciding whether to crank up output after the worst oil price crash in a generation.

The region is also a major energy producer, the source of 75 % of the state's oil production and 65 % of its gas production.18 Kern County is the third most productive oil - producing county in the U.S., 19 accounting for one - tenth of overall U.S. oil production and three of the five largest U.S. oil fields.20 Kern is also home to the world's second largest onshore wind farm, the Alta Wind Energy Center, 21 and construction is underway there on what will be the world's largest solar PV installation, at Antelope Valley.22

Many recent articles discussing shale oil production focus on short - term logistics and financing issues and not the major question of how much oil is left to produce.

The U.S. multinational investment bank recently issued a forecast calling for $ 80 a barrel oil, citing an expanding presence of Western forces inside Syria as well as the threat of new sanctions on Iran, a major oil - producing nation.

The major response to the growing awareness that production of oil will soon cease to increase has been to use farmland to produce substitute fuel.

As I predicted on the last day of 2010 in my blog post «Significant Research and News from 2010 Regarding Coconut Oil and Saturated Fats,» 2011 is seeing some major research being committed to the health properties of coconut oil from the coconut producing countriOil and Saturated Fats,» 2011 is seeing some major research being committed to the health properties of coconut oil from the coconut producing countrioil from the coconut producing countries.

The major crops that are produced in the district include cassava, plantain, oil palm, and pineapple.

The EPA says Global Companies LLC, which operates a major crude oil ship - loading terminal at the Port of Albany, has run afoul of federal air pollution standards and has been emitting more ozone - producing compounds than they say they are.

Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State has recorded another major oil spill from Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, operator of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation / MPN joint Venture offshore.

NAN also recalls that the oil producing areas of Akwa Ibom State had witnessed over three major oil spillages from ExxonMobil facility in 2016.

Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State has recorded another major oil spill from Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, operator of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation / MPN...

We have more ground to cover before it can be commercialized, but developing a viable plant with enough oil to economically produce biodiesel and bio-jet fuel is a major first step.

New Jersey Democratic Senator Corey Booker later asked Pruitt if he had sent similar letters of behalf of Oklahoma citizens affected by pollution, citing statistics showing the major oil and gas producing state has among the highest asthma rates in the country.

A survey of a major oil and natural gas - producing region in Western Canada suggests a link between hydraulic fracturing or «fracking» and induced earthquakes in the region, according to a new report published online in the journal Seismological Research Letters.

Mark Brownstein, a climate expert at the non-profit Environmental Defense Fund, said the countries, two of the world's largest petroleum drillers, showed real leadership in «setting a mark for other major oil and gas producing nations.»

The study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, showed that the production of tar sands and other heavy oil — thick, highly viscous crude oil that is difficult to produce — are a major source of aerosols, a component of fine particle air pollution, which can affect regional weather patterns and increase the risk of lung and heart disease.

The carbon entity data allows for the differentiation between carbon emissions, produced and marketed by each of the 90 major multi-national and state - owned coal, oil and gas companies (and their predecessors), and the total human attribution on climate change impacts.

Researchers have revealed that the growth of the acid - producing bacterium Streptococcus mutans found in the mouth, and a major cause of tooth decay, is inhibited by coconut oil.

Product Major Benefits: produced with high - quality Moroccan Argan Oil and infused with enriched all natural extracts.

In the summer of 2013 she relocated back to the oil - producing Niger Delta to create a major body of work about the region that will be shown in a number of US - based museums in 2015/2016, which will include her first solo museum show.

Hemp seed oil might be a good substitute for alcohol produced from corn but combustion efficiency isn't a major factor, energy used to produce it is however.

Norway should be credited for at least trying to become carbon neutral as a major oil and natural gas producing country.

Our future could consist of, on the one hand, two struggling plants, Syncrude and Suncor and little else, or alternatively, a thriving series of plants and major expansions eventually producing over half of Canada's crude oil supply and serving as Alberta's primary engine of economic growth and stability.

Energy produced offshore is a major component of global oil and natural gas supply and could provide an increasingly important source of renewable electricity.

«It includes companies whose major business is coal exploration, processing coal, producing specialized equipment for coal mining, transporting or trading coal, converting coal to oil or gas, manufacturing equipment for coal power stations and many other activities along the thermal coal value chain.

When a billion dollar investment by any of the major oil companies could make liquid fluoride thorium reactors a reality in a few years, you have to ask yourselves about whether they really care about producing energy or whether they only care about producing a certain kind of energy.

According to the Democratic staff letter, the bill would repeal reduced tax rates for major integrated oil companies, drop foreign income tax deductions for companies that produce oil and natural gas overseas and drop a tax break for companies to write off some exploration expenses.

Wild swings are bad for the U.S. economy because it has become a major oil producer, but this production requires enormous effort (I think the current economic slump is caused in part by the huge slow down in economic activity in oil producing states as well as those supplying services and materials to the industry).

An amendment to a major military spending bill before the House would rescind a 2007 federal law barring the Defense Department from using alternative fuels, like synthetic oil made from coal, that produce more climate - altering pollution than conventional fuels.

This was a major step forward by an oil - producing province traditionally governed by conservatives.

The carbon entity data allows for the differentiation between carbon emissions, produced and marketed by each of the 90 major multi-national and state - owned coal, oil and gas companies (and their predecessors), and the total human attribution on climate change impacts.

This is why I used corpus - linguistic tools — essentially, using a computer to analyse vast amounts of text for certain patterns — to investigate nearly 500 corporate documents produced between 2000 and 2013 by major oil companies (including all the big names).

OIL and GAS INDUSTRIES Major Oil and Gas Producing Regions: Western Australia; Victoria; South Australia; Queensland; Northern Territory Major Ports: Sydney; Melbourne; Geelong; Fremantle; Adelaide; Brisbane Major Oil Fields: Roller, Skate, Bass Strait, Wanea - Cossack, Laminaria, Corallina Major Gas Fields: Bass Strait, Cooper Basin, North Rankin, Goodwyn, Gorgon Major Oil Refineries (crude oil capacity): BP Amoco - Bulwer Island (69,825 bbl / d), BP Amoco - Kwinana (158,500 bbl / d), Caltex - Kurnell (114,000 bbl / d), Caltex - Lytton (105,500 bbl / d), Inland Oil Refiners - Eromanga (1,425 bbl / d), ExxonMobil - Adelaide (74,000 bbl / d), ExxonMobil - Altona (130,000 bbl / d), Shell - Clyde (85,000 bbl / d), Shell - Geelong (110,000 bbl /OIL and GAS INDUSTRIES Major Oil and Gas Producing Regions: Western Australia; Victoria; South Australia; Queensland; Northern Territory Major Ports: Sydney; Melbourne; Geelong; Fremantle; Adelaide; Brisbane Major Oil Fields: Roller, Skate, Bass Strait, Wanea - Cossack, Laminaria, Corallina Major Gas Fields: Bass Strait, Cooper Basin, North Rankin, Goodwyn, Gorgon Major Oil Refineries (crude oil capacity): BP Amoco - Bulwer Island (69,825 bbl / d), BP Amoco - Kwinana (158,500 bbl / d), Caltex - Kurnell (114,000 bbl / d), Caltex - Lytton (105,500 bbl / d), Inland Oil Refiners - Eromanga (1,425 bbl / d), ExxonMobil - Adelaide (74,000 bbl / d), ExxonMobil - Altona (130,000 bbl / d), Shell - Clyde (85,000 bbl / d), Shell - Geelong (110,000 bbl /Oil and Gas Producing Regions: Western Australia; Victoria; South Australia; Queensland; Northern Territory Major Ports: Sydney; Melbourne; Geelong; Fremantle; Adelaide; Brisbane Major Oil Fields: Roller, Skate, Bass Strait, Wanea - Cossack, Laminaria, Corallina Major Gas Fields: Bass Strait, Cooper Basin, North Rankin, Goodwyn, Gorgon Major Oil Refineries (crude oil capacity): BP Amoco - Bulwer Island (69,825 bbl / d), BP Amoco - Kwinana (158,500 bbl / d), Caltex - Kurnell (114,000 bbl / d), Caltex - Lytton (105,500 bbl / d), Inland Oil Refiners - Eromanga (1,425 bbl / d), ExxonMobil - Adelaide (74,000 bbl / d), ExxonMobil - Altona (130,000 bbl / d), Shell - Clyde (85,000 bbl / d), Shell - Geelong (110,000 bbl /Oil Fields: Roller, Skate, Bass Strait, Wanea - Cossack, Laminaria, Corallina Major Gas Fields: Bass Strait, Cooper Basin, North Rankin, Goodwyn, Gorgon Major Oil Refineries (crude oil capacity): BP Amoco - Bulwer Island (69,825 bbl / d), BP Amoco - Kwinana (158,500 bbl / d), Caltex - Kurnell (114,000 bbl / d), Caltex - Lytton (105,500 bbl / d), Inland Oil Refiners - Eromanga (1,425 bbl / d), ExxonMobil - Adelaide (74,000 bbl / d), ExxonMobil - Altona (130,000 bbl / d), Shell - Clyde (85,000 bbl / d), Shell - Geelong (110,000 bbl /Oil Refineries (crude oil capacity): BP Amoco - Bulwer Island (69,825 bbl / d), BP Amoco - Kwinana (158,500 bbl / d), Caltex - Kurnell (114,000 bbl / d), Caltex - Lytton (105,500 bbl / d), Inland Oil Refiners - Eromanga (1,425 bbl / d), ExxonMobil - Adelaide (74,000 bbl / d), ExxonMobil - Altona (130,000 bbl / d), Shell - Clyde (85,000 bbl / d), Shell - Geelong (110,000 bbl /oil capacity): BP Amoco - Bulwer Island (69,825 bbl / d), BP Amoco - Kwinana (158,500 bbl / d), Caltex - Kurnell (114,000 bbl / d), Caltex - Lytton (105,500 bbl / d), Inland Oil Refiners - Eromanga (1,425 bbl / d), ExxonMobil - Adelaide (74,000 bbl / d), ExxonMobil - Altona (130,000 bbl / d), Shell - Clyde (85,000 bbl / d), Shell - Geelong (110,000 bbl /Oil Refiners - Eromanga (1,425 bbl / d), ExxonMobil - Adelaide (74,000 bbl / d), ExxonMobil - Altona (130,000 bbl / d), Shell - Clyde (85,000 bbl / d), Shell - Geelong (110,000 bbl / d)

Major Ports: Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, La Plata Major Oil and Gas Producing Basins: Neuquén, Austral, Golfo San Jorge, Cuyana, Northwest Major Refineries (Capacity): YPF La Plata (189,000 bbl / d), YPF Lujan de Cuyo (120,000 bbl / d), Shell Buenos Aires (110,000 bbl / d), Esso Campana (84,500 bbl / d), Refisam - San Lorenzo (37,600 bbl / d), Refinor - Campo Duran (32,000 bbl / d); Total Capacity - 639,075 bbl / d

ENERGY INDUSTRY Organization: Oil and natural gas - Petroleos de Mexicanos (Pemex), four operating subsidiaries (Exploration and Production, Refining, Gas and Basic Petrochemicals, Secondary Petrochemicals), Petroleos Mexicanos Internacional (PMI); Electric power and distribution - CFE and LFC; Natural gas and electric power regulation - Comission Reguladora de Energia (CRE) Major Ports: Gulf Coast - Cayo Arcos, Dos Bocas, and Pajaritos (handle most of Pemex's oil exports), Tuxpan, Ciudad Madero; Pacific Coast - Salina Cruz, Rosarito Major Oil - Producing Fields: Cantarell, Abkatun, Ku, Caan, Pol, Chuc Major Refineries (Crude Capacity): Salina Cruz (330,000 bbl / d), Tula Hidalgo (320,000 bbl / d), Salamanca (245,000 bbl / d), Cadereyta (275,000 bbl / d), Minatitlan (194,000 bbl / d), Ciudad Madero (320,000 bbl /Oil and natural gas - Petroleos de Mexicanos (Pemex), four operating subsidiaries (Exploration and Production, Refining, Gas and Basic Petrochemicals, Secondary Petrochemicals), Petroleos Mexicanos Internacional (PMI); Electric power and distribution - CFE and LFC; Natural gas and electric power regulation - Comission Reguladora de Energia (CRE) Major Ports: Gulf Coast - Cayo Arcos, Dos Bocas, and Pajaritos (handle most of Pemex's oil exports), Tuxpan, Ciudad Madero; Pacific Coast - Salina Cruz, Rosarito Major Oil - Producing Fields: Cantarell, Abkatun, Ku, Caan, Pol, Chuc Major Refineries (Crude Capacity): Salina Cruz (330,000 bbl / d), Tula Hidalgo (320,000 bbl / d), Salamanca (245,000 bbl / d), Cadereyta (275,000 bbl / d), Minatitlan (194,000 bbl / d), Ciudad Madero (320,000 bbl /oil exports), Tuxpan, Ciudad Madero; Pacific Coast - Salina Cruz, Rosarito Major Oil - Producing Fields: Cantarell, Abkatun, Ku, Caan, Pol, Chuc Major Refineries (Crude Capacity): Salina Cruz (330,000 bbl / d), Tula Hidalgo (320,000 bbl / d), Salamanca (245,000 bbl / d), Cadereyta (275,000 bbl / d), Minatitlan (194,000 bbl / d), Ciudad Madero (320,000 bbl /Oil - Producing Fields: Cantarell, Abkatun, Ku, Caan, Pol, Chuc Major Refineries (Crude Capacity): Salina Cruz (330,000 bbl / d), Tula Hidalgo (320,000 bbl / d), Salamanca (245,000 bbl / d), Cadereyta (275,000 bbl / d), Minatitlan (194,000 bbl / d), Ciudad Madero (320,000 bbl / d)

Major Producing Oil Fields: Samotlor, Romashkino, Mamontov, Fedorov, Lyantor, Arlan, Krasnolenin, Vatyegan, Sutormin Major Oil Terminals: Novorossiisk (Black Sea), Tuapse (Black Sea), Primorsk (Baltic Sea); Russia also uses ports at Ventspils (Latvia), Odesa (Ukraine), Klaipeda (Lithuania), and Butinge (Lithuania) Major Oil Export Pipelines outside the Commonwealth of Independent States: Friendship (Druzhba)(1.2 million bbl / d nominal capacity) Major Oil Refineries (1 / 1 / 02E)(Capacity in bbl / d): Omsk (566,000), Angarsk (441,000), Nizhniy Novgorod (438,000), Grozny (390,000), Kirishi (388,000), Novo - Ufa (380,000), Ryazan (361,000), Novo - Kuibishev (309,000), Yaroslavl (290,000), Perm (279,000), Ufaneftekhim (251,000), Salavatnefteorgsintez (247,000), Moscow (243,000), Ufa (235,000), Syzran (211,000), Volgograd (200,000), Saratov (177,000), Orsk (159,000), Samara - Kuibishev (154,000), Achinsk (147,000), Ukhta (127,000), Nizhnekamsk (120,000), Komsomolsk (108,000) Major Foreign Oil Company Involvement: Agip, BP, British Gas, ChevronTexaco, Conoco, ExxonMobil, Neste Oy, Norsk Hydro, McDermott, Mitsubishi, Mitsui, Royal Dutch / Shell, Statoil, and TotalFinaElf.

This initiative complements a co-operative effort undertaken by six major International Organisations, including the IEA, to enhance oil - market transparency by producing more accurate, timely and complete data.

While some major oil - producing nations wisely saved part of their windfall in sovereign wealth funds, the oil price needed to balance their budgets kept creeping up while their long - discussed economic diversification policies did not materialise.

The first large - scale commercial operation to produce cellulosic ethanol (the kind of ethanol made not from corn or other grown crops, but from organic waste) in the US just got major backing from the oil industry, and will be online in 2013.

Using 10 EROI nuke that produces high quality electricity to produce 3 EROI tar sands that produces oil (that still needs refining into gasoline) would be a major mistake.

This partnership to produce a next generation, low - carbon aviation fuel is a major step towards radically reducing our carbon footprint... With oil running out, it is important that new fuel solutions are sustainable and, with the steel industry alone able to deliver over 15 billion gallons of jet fuel annually, the potential is very exciting.