Not exact matches
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.
The energy
industry — oil,
natural gas, and coal
producers — will undoubtedly dismiss the report as alarmist.
In July 2017, the Canadian Association of Petroleum
Producers (CAPP) published A competitive policy and regulatory framework for Alberta's upstream oil and
natural gas industry.
These include warm summer weather, which drives up use of air conditioners and electricity, the increased popularity of
natural gas (versus coal) among power
producers (partly reflecting the low price of the former), and cutbacks in production by some players in the
natural -
gas industry.
The
natural gas industry is losing in New York, where a political wall has been erected to stop fossil fuel, which is not only costing
producers opportunities to grow, but blocking nearby states from receiving vital supplies.
But unlike many of the
industries capitalizing on the low price of
natural gas, ammonia
producers don't use it primarily as a fuel source.
It provides essential services to oil and
gas producers in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin through its integrated network of infrastructure, which includes gathering pipelines,
natural gas processing plants,
natural gas liquids processing, transportation, and storage facilities, and an
industry - leading condensate handling system.
With power
industry restructuring in the 1990s, the construction of new power plants was dominated by independent power
producers who favored
natural gas generation due to short construction times and low capital costs.
Today the United States is the No. 1
producer of oil and
natural gas on the planet, thanks largely to innovations in the decades - old technique of hydraulic fracturing coupled with advances in horizontal drilling and the dedication of millions of women and men in the oil and
natural gas industry.
Over two days this week the Energy and Power Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee heard concerns from scientists, poultry
producers, automakers, drivers, restaurant owners, tool makers, store owners, environmentalists and the oil and
natural gas industry about problems with E15 and / or the current Renewable Fuel Standard.
Trump highlighted the Obama administration's regulatory onslaught on the energy
industry — and, indeed, our
industry faces dozens of initiatives by agencies across the breadth of the government that could needlessly constrain energy development and derail an energy renaissance that has made the U.S. the world's leading oil and
natural gas producer.
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Industry will continue to be a leader in environmental stewardship as it maintains our country's leadership position as the top
producer of
natural gas.»
The US Chamber of Commerce's Board of Directors represent a wide range of companies with representation from energy companies, coal / oil /
natural gas producers, pharmaceutical companies, chemical manufacturers, and the tobacco
industry (see below).
While Maryland isn't among the country's leading
producers of oil and
natural gas, the
industry's employment and economic impact in the state is significant.
Research shows that the
natural gas industry could save $ 1.5 billion annually if all
producers adopted these best practices.
Angola, Africa's second largest oil
producer, had a GDP of USD 130 billion in 2014, while gold discoveries have combined with Mozambique's growing
natural gas industry, making it increasingly interesting to overseas investors.
The state has been experiencing rapid gross domestic product growth, thanks to becoming a major
producer of energy, through
natural gas and oil, and also high tech
industries such as biotechnology.