First of all, the vulnerability
of our oil infrastructure is extraordinarily greater — close to double.
I have a story in Science Times on new research showing that these «subsidized predators» are having a significant impact on migratory birds that next within three miles or so
of oil infrastructure.
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday at the State House in Abuja held a high - level meeting with leaders and other stakeholders to seek ways to end the militancy and the sabotage
of oil infrastructure in the Niger Delta region.
Not exact matches
NEW DELHI, May 1 - India asked Japan on Tuesday to help build
infrastructure needed to boost the usage
of liquefied natural gas in India and elsewhere in Asia, India's
oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said after a meeting with Japan's trade minister Hiroshige Seko.
And yes, the Dow has a heavy component
of large industrial and energy companies which have recently soared on expectations that President Trump and his administration will sponsor new
infrastructure spending projects and
oil pipeline expansion.
Olea Australis» managing director Tony Sparks said the proceeds
of the additional placement would assist in current and planned capital projects to expand
infrastructure and operating capacity to meet the increasing levels
of olive
oil production as well as provide additional working capital.
«With the financial support provided by Siva along with the strong base in the Dandaragan operations, the resulting quality
of our extra virgin olive
oil, the establishment
of relationships with key bulk buyers, and the expansion
of infrastructure and operating capacity, the Olea Australis Group intends to achieve its goal
of an on going sustainable business that is a long - term participant in the continued growth
of extra virgin olive
oil in Australia and throughout the world.»
For
oil and gas companies that want to install drilling and pumping
infrastructure there, continuous monitoring
of conditions above, below and at the surface
of the water will be integral, and right now drones are the only feasibly deployable technology that can collect and relay all that data in a cost - effective manner.
It has a relatively evolved CSR
infrastructure, covering everything from procurement
of sustainable seafood to palm
oil to paper.
After a period
of prolonged low
oil prices, many offshore drillers are focusing on tying new wells in the Gulf
of Mexico to existing
infrastructure, rather than investing billions in new offshore platforms, he said.
Some ETFs seek to replicate the performance
of specific sectors, such as
infrastructure or healthcare, while others track particular commodities such as gold,
oil or natural gas.
The speech to the «
Oil and Money» conference in London presents an overall vision for transforming Canada from a continental energy player to a global energy powerhouse, a vision that includes improved trade relations with Asia and a major expansion of infrastructure — pipelines, in other words — to get Alberta oil to far - flung marke
Oil and Money» conference in London presents an overall vision for transforming Canada from a continental energy player to a global energy powerhouse, a vision that includes improved trade relations with Asia and a major expansion
of infrastructure — pipelines, in other words — to get Alberta
oil to far - flung marke
oil to far - flung markets.
Speaking at the CERAWeek by IHS Markit conference in Houston, Cornyn and Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski warned the taxes could hold back investments in
oil and gas
infrastructure, alienate allies and water down the benefits
of tax cuts and deregulation.
He was previously CEO
of oil and gas infrastructure company Gulf O
oil and gas
infrastructure company Gulf
OilOil.
• NuStar Energy (NYSE: NS) agreed to acquire Navigator Energy Services, a Dallas - based provider
of infrastructure services to
oil and gas producers, from First Reserve for around $ 1.5 billion.
In addition to tax changes (more on that below), Trump's plan to grow the economy focuses largely on generating more jobs in the fossil fuel economy (in coal and onshore and offshore drilling for
oil and gas) and as a result
of new
infrastructure projects.
Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations
of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost
of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance
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of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including
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of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology
infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).
Such optimism must somehow reconcile with all the forces conspiring against Canadian
oil: the lack
of pipeline
infrastructure or «takeaway» capacity, the occasionally gaping price discount applied to Western Canada Select, the renaissance in
oil production unfolding in the U.S., rising Canadian production costs and the flight
of investor money out
of commodities.
Spooked investors afraid
of Trump's trade war, slowing economy, technicals lagging, retails lagging, inventory too high, supplies too low, dollar too weak, yen too strong,
infrastructure this, cash flow that, debt too high,
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Backed by a vast network
of equipment, technology and personnel, our unparalleled
infrastructure positions us to provide emergency response, environmental, field and industrial and
oil and gas field service solutions to customers across a wide spectrum
of industries.
Beyond the actual gas project and LNG sales, China's state - run shipping conglomerate COSCO has also secured a 50 percent stake in the four LNG shipping carriers serving Yamal.90 Chinese engineers and workers have been deployed to the Yamal Peninsula to help construct surrounding
infrastructure, which includes a Chinese - produced polar drilling rig.91 Moreover, a Chinese
oil and gas rig producer now provides Russia with about 60 percent
of its imported
oil rig supplies, indicating that China is becoming a dominant player in this sphere.92 Chinese media recently hailed Yamal as an example
of China's construction and engineering prowess and a symbol
of its transformation into an Arctic player.93 In return for China stepping into support the project, senior officials from Novatek, the main shareholder
of the project, announced that the first LNG shipment would symbolically go to China.94 But a British subsidiary
of Malaysia's Petronas purchased the first shipment
of Yamal LNG and sold it to France's Engie, which then shipped the cargo to its Boston import facility for American use.95 Western sanctions on Novatek, Russia's largest independent national gas producer and a company with close ties to the Kremlin, made Yamal's pivot to China possible, as sanctions forced Russia to find an alternative source
of investment and technology.
According to its website, this is the «largest energy
infrastructure in North America,» owning interest or operating more than 80,000 miles
of pipelines that transport natural gas, crude
oil and more.
«The Achilles heel
of the industry may be that people are very resistant to construction
of necessary
infrastructure,» stated the report, which was sponsored by half a dozen
oil and gas companies and two law firms representing them and included a list
of the type
of people opposing pipelines and their motivations.
A lack
of oil - moving
infrastructure to handle the rising volumes
of crude from western Canada put domestic
oil on sale.
Florida has little to no supply - side
infrastructure — negligible levels
of oil production and refining capacity.
Moreover, because Canada is a landlocked market with
infrastructure that only allows for the export
of crude
oil to the U.S., the U.S. does not have to compete with any other customers for heavy
oil from Canada.
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«The region's
oil transport
infrastructure is already overbuilt, with some 60 percent
of its capacity currently unutilized.»
In the case
of oil, pipeline and
infrastructure politics continue to limit Canada's access to
oil markets in both the United States and Asia.
The letter, which goes on to call the development project «vital
infrastructure», was written in response to the filing
of a B.C. reference case that will question whether the province has the power to regulate the flow
of oil and gas across provincial borders.
Porter also said he is frustrated by the lack
of progress on energy
infrastructure — particularly on the Energy East project, a pipeline proposed by TransCanada Corp. (TSX: TRP) that would ship 1.1 million barrels
of Alberta
oil per day to refineries in Eastern Canada.
No
infrastructure existed that was capable
of moving the immense new quantities
of oil to refineries and shipping depots.
Rather than follow a disastrous road taken by some
of her predecessors, and slash funding to government services while the price
of oil is low, the NDP government is taking an opportunity to invest in much needed public
infrastructure when the economy is slow and the price is right.
India asked Japan on Tuesday to help build
infrastructure needed to boost the usage
of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in India and elsewhere in Asia, India's
oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said after a meeting with Japan's trade minister Hiroshige Seko.
According to Mr. Prentice, it is because there are currently more sellers than buyers in the
oil patch (and with the new Investment Canada restrictions, Canada has just ruled out an important set
of prospective buyers); because Canada has an
infrastructure deficit (not enough facilities to get the product to the right markets — Keystone XL etc); and due to the impact
of foreign investment rules.
Separatists groups in the Niger Delta have been wreaking havoc on Nigeria's
oil infrastructure and output over the past couple
of months.
This will have a catastrophic effect on the
oil industry through price collapse (an equilibrium cost
of $ 25.4 per barrel), disproportionately impacting different companies, countries,
oil fields and
infrastructure depending on their exposure to high - cost
oil.
However, Libya is certainly the only example
of an
oil - rich Arab country where the periphery remains dominant; usually the economic requirements
of the extractive industries necessitate nationwide
infrastructure and coherent chains
of command.
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The militants have damaged what little
infrastructure existed in the country's underdeveloped north at a time when the government is facing a cash crunch as a result
of the free - falling
oil price.
«The government is spending more on
infrastructure than previous administrations, despite earning barely half
of what the country earned from
oil between 2011 and 2014 when the product was selling for an average
of $ 110 per barrel.
In the light
of the crash in global crude
oil price, which is Nigeria's main foreign exchange earner, the devastating actions
of aggrieved militants on
oil and gas
infrastructure in the
oil - rich Niger Delta which has resulted in lock - in or leakages
of crude
oil, sometimes in excess
of one million barrels that could have been exported daily, and the consequential rapid decline in the well - being
of the masses, the urgency to fix the Nigerian economy by changing tactics from sole reliance on
oil, becomes more poignant and urgent, hence the need for international experts to aid diversification efforts
of the government.
For months, the United States has been frustrated by the Islamic State's ability to keep producing and exporting
oil — what Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter recently called «a critical pillar
of the financial
infrastructure»
of the group — which generates about $ 40 million a month, or nearly $ 500 million a year, according to Treasury Department estimates.
It is time to not only ban fracking, but halt new investments in fossil fuels and related
infrastructure, including pipelines, gas - fired power plants, fracking waste dumps, fossil fuel storage depots in the salt caverns by Seneca Lake, LNG exports at Port Ambrose, crude
oil «bomb trains,» and a tar sands
oil heater at the Port
of Albany.
«For years, through a campaign
of scare tactics and misinformation, the
oil and gas industry has made expanding fossil fuel
infrastructure seem like the only choice,» he said.
However, in spite
of oil prices being an average
of $ 100 per barrel and about 2.1 m barrels a day, that great piece
of luck was squandered and the country's social and physical
infrastructure neglected.
As Nigeria's economy suffers a near recession due to the falling
oil prices, with 27 States out
of 36 states in the country needing bail - out funds to offset salary arrears, Lagos has been witnessing an unprecedented influx
of people from far and near, thereby putting pressure on social
infrastructure and security.
On May 20, 2015, nine days BEFORE the government was inaugurated, I laid out «Policy Prescriptions» - diversification
of production, government revenue, and exports; imperative
of a strong and credible economic team and cabinet; targeting «opportunity sectors» (solid minerals, refining and petrochemicals, a new and realistic fiscal regime for upstream
oil and gas, private sector investments in power and
infrastructure, agro-processing, retail and construction); freeing «up resources from downstream petroleum sector deregulation» emphasizing «an economic reality in which hard decisions including some previously rebuffed by the opposition will have to be taken» a clear reference to the petrol subsidy which government waited a full year before countenancing the critical decision!