Sentences with phrase «meeting oil executives»

For my book on the troubles of oil, I traveled through Nigeria, meeting oil executives, oil warlords and immiserated fishermen whose livelihood has been destroyed; it was a journey into the carbon hell on the other side of our gas pumps.

And he met oil executives in Scotland to urge them to pump more of the black gold from the North Sea's fast - declining fields — even though his own energy minister, Malcolm Wicks, admitted that this would do nothing to reduce the price of fuel.

Not exact matches

And one night I was at a computer club at a library, and I met a man named John Freeman who was an oil engineer and executive.

But U.S. officials have since received intelligence reports that during that same three - day trip, Page met with Igor Sechin, a longtime Putin associate and former Russian deputy prime minister who is now the executive chairman of Rosneft, Russian's leading oil company, a well - placed Western intelligence source tells Yahoo News.

Executive Director meets with Saudi Energy Minister, H.E. Khalid A. Al - Falih Discussions focus on oil market developments and how IEA can collaborate on increasing renewables, nuclear and energy efficiency in Saudi Arabia 10 April 2018

Consistent with other Trump campaign figures who denied contact with Russians only to later be exposed as liars, apparently Cambridge Analytica met at least three times in 2014 and 2015 with Kremlin - connected executives from the Russian oil giant Lukoil, who «showed interest» in using data to target messaging to American voters.

The prebendal nature of our nation is starkly illustrated in the ritual of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) sitting weekly or fortnightly to approve contracts (in effect distributions from the national purse) and in the monthly Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meetings where the states and federal government gather monthly to share proceeds of the sale of oil!

A statement from the Presidency, signed by Garba Shehu, said that the President will also meet the Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Plc, Mr. Ben van Beurden in connection with Shell and other partners» plan to invest $ 15b in Nigeria's oil industry.

President will also meet the Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Plc, Mr. Ben van Beurden in connection with Shell and other partners» plan to invest $ 15b in Nigeria's oil industry.

A presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, had, earlier, disclosed that: «The President will also meet the Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Plc, Mr. Ben van Beurden, in connection with Shell and other partners» plan to invest $ 15bn in Nigeria's oil industry.

Taking on the role of environmental detective you meet and greet everyone concerned from the native inhabitants to the executives and politicians that are driving the oil business deep in the Albertan countryside.

Tillerson's remarks followed by just a few days a global meeting in Rio de Janeiro aimed at setting up goals for sustainable development to help the very people the oil executive mentioned.

Jan. 17, 2007: A Radio - Canada investigation reveals that shortly after he was elected, Harper's government quietly met for two days in Houston, Texas, with its U.S. counterparts and oil industry executives.

Executive Director meets Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg Discussions ranged from Norway's contribution to global oil supply security to the country's efforts on promoting global access to energy 27 March 2018

Executive Director meets with Saudi Energy Minister, H.E. Khalid A. Al - Falih Discussions focus on oil market developments and how IEA can collaborate on increasing renewables, nuclear and energy efficiency in Saudi Arabia 10 April 2018

OPEC Secretary - General visits IEA for meeting on oil market outlook After the discussions, OPEC chief and Agency Executive Director attend lunch hosted by Indonesian ambassador 22 April 2016

One would think that passage of Keystone XL would also meet with the Sierra Club's approval, as well, for several reasons: Wealthier countries and populaces generally protect their enviroonment better than poorer ones; Sierra Club executives and members inevitable all use petroleum products (unless they are living «off the grid»); and pipelines are a proven safe method of transporting oil.

Shell's chief executive Ben van Beurden was grilled at the oil company's annual general meeting (AGM) today on its controversial plans to drill in the Arctic.

ConocoPhillips (COP) Chief Executive James Mulva had earlier told a New York financial conference that he doubted that world oil producers would be able to meet forecast long - term energy demand growth.

I thought we had already decided it was the oil executives, who meet in smoke - filled rooms, plotting to force everyone to use the greasy stuff.

Don't you think the Alberta government should meet with public groups not just oil company executives?

Given they are now the dominant driver of global oil demand, the issue can no longer be ignored if we are to meet our energy and environmental objectives» said Dr Fatih Birol, the IEA's Executive Director.

According to The Guardian, the meeting's attendees were «across the board from the energy sector including not only coal industry executives but also some from oil and gas industry, manufacturers and supplies of the energy sector generally as well as leaders of the banking and financial industry that follow and impact the sector.»

In announcing his appointment, IEA Executive Director Maria van der Hoeven said that Mr. Millard's work at DECC «resulted in the production of quality data meeting both national and international needs, as well as establishing new approaches for monitoring energy efficiency policies, improving the timeliness of data, e.g. quarterly renewables data, and new analysis such as diversity measures in oil and gas imports».

Alberta's oil sands producers should be allowed to significantly increase their greenhouse gas emissions, even if that means forcing other sectors to take on additional expensive obligations to meet Canada's climate change targets, an industry executive says.

At my first full - time job, as a marketing executive for a local oil and gas company, my boss told me not to speak in meetings — playing dumb was always better than potentially making a mistake, he said.

The Times reports that SCL Group had spoken with the Russian oil giant Lukoil in 2014 and 2015, and that the company «was interested in how data was used to target American voters, according to two former company insiders who said there were at least three meetings with Lukoil executives in London and Turkey.»