Sentences with phrase «new oil boom»

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Dina Cover of TD Bank was sure we would see an economic boom from new oilsands investment given «the notion that oilsands are a safer method of oil production (than Gulf Coast offshore).»

Since 2011, the rail industry has voluntarily adopted tougher safety standards for all new cars, but with literally only a handful of tank car - makers in North America and a huge boom in oil - by - rail shipments, demand far outstrips supply.

The quasi-state-controlled oil company has new leadership and its stock has been crushed amid the shake up and corruption charges, down as much as 70 % from its peak during the boom years.

As detailed in the first three installments of Power Shift, an NBC News / CNBC special report, the United States is experiencing an energy boom created by new drilling technologies that have unlocked vast domestic oil and natural gas reserves.

The US has certainly experienced house price cycles in the past, although they tended to be more localised events such as the oil - related boom - bust in Texas property in the mid 1980s, New England in the late 1980s / early 1990s and the tech - related property cycle in California around 2000 (Case, Quigley and Shiller 2003).

As I said before I do not believe that there will be another boom in the oil business as we are fast moving towards a new type of economy all over the so called developed world.

If the new east African producers are not to repeat the mistakes of the established ones, then, they should heed the lessons of Africa's last oil boom.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has written to President Obama requesting immediate action to enhance rail safety as the state experiences a boom in rail transport of explosive Bakken crude oil.

This is especially significant because the U.S. oil boom of the last decade — and the resulting demand for skilled workers — caused salaries for entry - level petroleum engineers to double, making them the highest paid of all new college graduates.

Joel Berger, a biologist at the University of Montana in Missoula and the Wildlife Conservation Society, headquartered in New York, and lead author of the study, says that the work was inspired by an older study that found increases in wildlife poaching in oil and gas boom towns.

While some see the new energy boom as benefiting the local economy and decreasing U.S. reliance on foreign oil, others fear the potential health and environmental consequences that come along with fracking.

March 12, 2012 • New drilling technologies and rising fuel prices have generated a boom in U.S. oil and gas drilling.

The oil boom has brought thousands of new residents to the town, almost all of whom work in the Bakken oil fields in Montana and North Dakota.

The North American shale boom led to a glut of new oil on the market, driving down prices.

A natural gas boom in many parts of Africa (such as recent oil & gas discoveries in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Cote d'Ivoire, and Ghana) suggest that new power investment will rise.

«We are planning a new line of food products made with American - farmed hemp seed and oil, to capitalize on the booming U.S. market for nutritious foods made with hemp seeds.»

«The Bakken boom is a perfect example of how new and improved technology is allowing industry to tap previously inaccessible or unknown energy resources to create jobs, decrease our dependence on foreign oil and grow our economy.

The bill proposed putting hundreds of billions of anticipated new oil and gas revenues (and that even before the shale gas boom) into a trust fund to accelerate clean energy innovation.

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Denver Business Journal: The boom in oil and natural gas production in North America, largely due to the new technologies of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, is changing the balance of power across the world, former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice told attendees at the Vail Global Energy Forum.

More on Peak Oil and Hubbert's Curve See Peak Oil for Yourself The Ultimate Race: Peak Oil vs. Global Warming Ascent of Peak Oil The Boom in Doom: Peak Oil in the New York Times

Michael Levi's new book, The Power Surge, is very likely to be one of the best things you'll read about the ongoing oil and gas boom in the United States... [T] he book is filled with detailed on - the - ground reporting and carefully reasoned observations about how the oil and gas uptick could have all sorts of unexpected impacts on everything from U.S. foreign policy to climate change to transportation.

The question is whether shale oil and unconventional techniques like fracking can unleash a new California oil boom.

The oil boom has resulted in many New Mexico truck drivers and residents to begin traveling long distances for employment.

Since the oil boom in New Mexico and Texas, there has been an increasing number of trucking accidents and a higher percentage of fatalities.

The survey found that the largest price increases over the past year occurred in Saskatchewan, where jobs in the booming oil and gas, grain and potash industries are attracting record numbers of new residents.

Real estate, though cyclical, is being influenced by new parameters that have to be weighed in the balance — including demographics and preferences of aging baby boomers, the economic impact of ever - increasing oil prices and the like.