Sentences with phrase «more oil flowed»

BP's refinements of the process increased by one thousand times the surface area of the crack, meant that much more oil flowed to the wellhead compared with earlier techniques.

Not exact matches

LONDON, May 1 - The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and bond yields were creeping higher again on Tuesday, as the recent rise in oil prices fuelled bets that the U.S. May Day holidays across Asia and Europe meant trading was thinner than usual, though there was more than enough news flow to keep those...

«So every year this company spits out a lot more free cash flow than your typical oil major,» Kirby says.

The array of claims around Alberta's crude is wide and varied: on the one hand, anti-Keystone groups contend that dilbit — i.e. diluted bitumen, thick oilsand crude mixed with light hydrocarbons that will allow it to flow through a pipeline — is more corrosive than other types of oil and sinks in water rather than floating, which makes it harder to clean rivers and lakes after a spill.

That year Enbridge Inc. reversed the flow on an old line it had acquired to bring oil from the Midwest to Cushing — a roundabout solution, but it worked, immediately shrinking the price gap between «Edmonton par» and WTI from more than US$ 10 a barrel to mere pennies.

Figure 11 shows that almost $ 17 billion in equity offerings flowed to U.S. oil companies in the first quarter of 2015, more than in any other period since 2010.

Bloomberg Gadfly suggests Anadarko's predicament is illustrative of a broader problem with oil companies of similar size, who are posting disappointing cash flow figures as they drill more and grow larger.

Opinions on pipelines are flowing around Canada more quickly than the oil.

LONDON Royal Dutch Shell reported on Thursday a 42 percent rise in first - quarter profit to its highest in more than three years on stronger oil prices and production, but its shares fell as the oil major's cash flow missed forecasts.

By connecting land - locked oil deposits in Alberta and North Dakota with world markets, pipelines and railways aren't just letting industry pull more oil out of the ground — they're also connecting those oil flows to world prices.

If Iranian oil and gas resources were flowing more extensively through the global market, it wouldn't be the target of Western ire, an Iranian director said.

It's unclear how oil flowing in a new pipeline, Keystone XL, could get slapped with more onerous treatment than the millions of barrels that already get shipped to the United States on existing lines, such as the initial Keystone conduit and several operated by Enbridge Inc..

He said the rise in the oil price and the resulting stronger cash flows made Santos a more valuable company than it was a month ago and Harbour, which made a $ 13.5 billion indicative takeover proposal in early April, would need to pay up.

As a comparative metric, price per flowing barrel is typically more useful when comparing similar types of oil from similar types of fields.

Shell Oil has more excess profit at its disposal to fund future dividend growth than AT&T does (although AT&T is a non-cyclical stock that can rely upon steady cash flow from which to pay shareholders each year, whereas Royal Dutch Shell is an oil company that experiences low profits for 2 - 3 out of every ten due to the cyclical nature of oil and natural gas priceOil has more excess profit at its disposal to fund future dividend growth than AT&T does (although AT&T is a non-cyclical stock that can rely upon steady cash flow from which to pay shareholders each year, whereas Royal Dutch Shell is an oil company that experiences low profits for 2 - 3 out of every ten due to the cyclical nature of oil and natural gas priceoil company that experiences low profits for 2 - 3 out of every ten due to the cyclical nature of oil and natural gas priceoil and natural gas prices).

European empires were history, the Israeli - Arab conflict had intensified, and more and more oil money was flowing to strongly Muslim Middle Eastern states.

Add about 1/2 cup of the olive oil (or more) depending on how smooth the flow is.

In the decade prior to the APF's creation, the initial $ 900 million windfall from oil exploration licences — equivalent to more than five times the entire Alaskan budget at the time — had flowed into and out of state coffers.

Pilgrim spokesman Paul Nathanson said the New York's review of the pipeline project will «demonstrate to everyone that Pilgrim is a safer, more environmentally friendly and economically efficient way to transport current flows of oil and refined products around the region that are now being transported mainly by river barge.»

If the team's estimate is correct, and the flow has been more or less consistent, approximately 1.3 million to 1.5 million barrels, or 53.6 million to 64.3 million gallons, of oil have emerged from the well since the April 20 blowout.

Academic scientists quoted in stories late last week by NPR and The New York Times suggested that the amount of oil spewing out from the broken pipe on the gulf floor may be much more than 5000 barrels (794,936 gallons) per day — the official estimate of both BP and the government for the first 3 weeks of the crisis, before BP made any progress in stanching the flow.

Plus, this cofferdam effort preempted an ROV effort using sonar and acoustic sensors that would have more precisely measured the flow of oil and natural gas into the sea.

He adds that only few projects have been implemented and highlights the ones based on nitrogen injection to maintain pressure in the Cantarell and Ku - Maloob - Zaap complexes and the use of steam at Samaria Neogene to lower the viscosity of extra-heavy oil which allows it to flow with more ease, plus some pilot tests with chemicals and gas fields.

So far, BP's alternative response technology (ART) team has received more than 116,500 submissions for suggestions and engineering innovations to help stem the flow of oil or mop up the damage.

However, as the UK has shifted focus from coal - and oil - fired electricity generation to being more reliant on natural gas as the fuel of choice (irrespective of wind, solar, nuclear and other alternatives), this makes the electricity grid somewhat vulnerable to accidental and incidental problems with the flow of data and to malicious manipulation for the sake of sabotage, criminal or online military / terrorist action.

The engine also has a new coolant - flow system so it warms up more quickly, and it uses 0W - 20 oil for minimal friction.

Then as the bearing quickly wears down, the oil flow will be much more due to there being a much larger clearance and an easy path for the oil to follow.

I'm considering getting a power washer for the purpose of cleaning engines, bays and car / engine undersides of built up dirt and oil and was wondering what the minimum PSI and flow rate required are to accomplish this task, as I don't want to buy a more expensive washer than I have to.

The benefits of changing it hot are the that oil is less viscous, so it flows better, allowing more of the old oil to drain.

Since the 5w won't flow as quickly as the 0w would, you are keeping the engine without oil flow longer, causing more wear.

This has several key benefits including guaranteeing oil flow even when the car is subjected to extreme lateral acceleration, preventing «oil surge», which allows the engine to operate more efficiently while the lack of an oil pan allows the engine mounted lower, lowering the car's center of gravity and improving handling.

It provides a quicker oil flow to critical parts of the vehicle resulting in faster starts and better overall engine protection over a wide variety of temperatures - more stability under a wide range of temperature conditions

[75] A lighter, more free - flowing oil (0W - 20) is also used, reducing friction energy loss and oil pump power requirements.

What's more, the controlled oil pump reduces the oil flow rate and, therefore, consumption.

Key elements include: - Aluminium block with built - in reinforcements High - flow intake ports and high - speed, high - lift valvetrain to enable high engine speed and power Compact intake fuel surge tank to increase engine response Oil scavenge pump, to ensure stable oil supply in even in high G - force bends Liquid - cooled oil cooler for more efficient temperature control during high - load driving Weight - saving hollow camshafts, which carry oil to the cylinder heads D - 4S (Direct - injection 4 - stroke gasoline engine Superior version), combining direct and port injection Electrically - driven VVT - iE on intake, with mechanical inlet and hydraulic outlet valOil scavenge pump, to ensure stable oil supply in even in high G - force bends Liquid - cooled oil cooler for more efficient temperature control during high - load driving Weight - saving hollow camshafts, which carry oil to the cylinder heads D - 4S (Direct - injection 4 - stroke gasoline engine Superior version), combining direct and port injection Electrically - driven VVT - iE on intake, with mechanical inlet and hydraulic outlet valoil supply in even in high G - force bends Liquid - cooled oil cooler for more efficient temperature control during high - load driving Weight - saving hollow camshafts, which carry oil to the cylinder heads D - 4S (Direct - injection 4 - stroke gasoline engine Superior version), combining direct and port injection Electrically - driven VVT - iE on intake, with mechanical inlet and hydraulic outlet valoil cooler for more efficient temperature control during high - load driving Weight - saving hollow camshafts, which carry oil to the cylinder heads D - 4S (Direct - injection 4 - stroke gasoline engine Superior version), combining direct and port injection Electrically - driven VVT - iE on intake, with mechanical inlet and hydraulic outlet valoil to the cylinder heads D - 4S (Direct - injection 4 - stroke gasoline engine Superior version), combining direct and port injection Electrically - driven VVT - iE on intake, with mechanical inlet and hydraulic outlet valves

But more specifically, viscosity determines an oil's resistance to flowing in liquid form as well...

It provides a quicker oil flow to critical parts of the vehicle resulting in faster starts and better overall engine protection over a wide variety of temperatures - more stability under a wide range of temperature conditions.

As investors have become more knowledgeable about the markets and the influences on asset classes, the futures markets have become a guide for investors on the likely direction of commodities, stocks and indexes on a given day, with crude oil futures, gold futures and the the Dow Jones reflecting investor sentiment towards the respective instruments and the direction based on the flow of information that influences supply and demand dynamics.

Shell Oil has more excess profit at its disposal to fund future dividend growth than AT&T does (although AT&T is a non-cyclical stock that can rely upon steady cash flow from which to pay shareholders each year, whereas Royal Dutch Shell is an oil company that experiences low profits for 2 - 3 out of every ten due to the cyclical nature of oil and natural gas priceOil has more excess profit at its disposal to fund future dividend growth than AT&T does (although AT&T is a non-cyclical stock that can rely upon steady cash flow from which to pay shareholders each year, whereas Royal Dutch Shell is an oil company that experiences low profits for 2 - 3 out of every ten due to the cyclical nature of oil and natural gas priceoil company that experiences low profits for 2 - 3 out of every ten due to the cyclical nature of oil and natural gas priceoil and natural gas prices).

a) news of zero measurable oil flow after 60 days of testing and months of ramping; b) realisation that cash was diminishing fast; c) confirmation of more expensive testing to come; d) an RNS which forgot to ramp.

Tactile traces of the brush add to the illusion of watery flow as created in the more viscous mineral matter of oil paint.

Fracking (hydraulic fracturing) rock fracturing with pressurized liquid creating cracks in deep - rock formations through which shale gas, oil, tight gas and brine will flow more freely... major part of the Golden Age of Gas

Sassoon said this dynamic exists, and shifted the chat toward the pipeline of the moment, the proposed Keystone XL pipeline extension that would allow more Canadian oil to flow to American refineries:

Thus, you have it that this system guarantees that MORE money will be flowing out of the pockets of the consumers and straight into the bank accounts of Big Oil.

One pipeline doubles the oil flowing to US refineries, generates more market, generates more capital to develop more oil sands, then demand for more pipelines and... well you get the picture.

Of course BP has run through all other options now for stopping the oil and gas flow (it still plans one more method to catch much of the escaping oil); does that mean conventional blasts might end up back on the table?

As I read reports about the release of more than 11,000 tons of radiation - laced water into the sea from the damaged nuclear plant in Japan, I recalled reporting I did more than a decade ago on the many uses of silt barriers — essentially curtains suspended in water — to hold back everything from oil slicks to the bursts of polluted runoff flowing into coastal waters from city storm drains after heavy storms (the water can be pumped and treated once the system is not overloaded).

Murray Edwards, the billionaire vice-chairman of Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., said that with oil sands production expected to expand from 1.5 million barrels a day to as much as 4 million barrels in the next 25 years, Alberta oil is much more likely to flow into the U.S. - even if overall U.S. crude demand continues to stagnate.

Although the 1970s «back - to - the - land» movement (which coincided with historic energy crises) largely fizzled, perhaps due to cheap oil flowing from the North Sea and Alaska during the 1980s and 1990s, we may be on the cusp of similar, more widespread, and possibly more desperate trends today.

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