Sentences with phrase «of oil rights»

from her Nigerian land purchase with $ 1.9 million of oil rights!

The practice's recent representations include: (i) CONMEBOL in connection with U.S. criminal investigations and prosecutions into allegations of bribery and corruption in the international soccer world; (ii) the Special Committee of Banco BTG Pactual S.A. («BTG Pactual») in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its former CEO and other bank executives, in which we found no basis to support the allegations against the Bank and its employees; (iii) two of the largest construction companies in Brazil in potential civil and criminal investigations and litigation involving the Petrobras bribery scandal (Lava Jato), the largest corruption scandal in Latin American history, involving allegations of over $ 2.5 billion in bribes and kickbacks; (iv) the Government of Brazil in a corruption matter involving former senior government officials and multiple jurisdictions; (v) the General Manager of one of the largest energy companies in Central America in connection with allegations of bribery in Guatemala; (vi) a Mexican high - ranking executive for Wal - Mart Stores, Inc. in connection with DOJ and SEC FCPA investigations against Wal - Mart; (vii) a large Argentinean oil company and its owner, one of Argentina's wealthiest individuals, in connection with high - profile DOJ and SEC investigations involving alleged FCPA violations to secure an extension of oil rights in an Argentinean oilfield; (viii) the United State's largest chemical and industrial products companies in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its Mexican subsidiary; (ix) the Rosenthal family, one of the most prominent families in Central America, in a number of related criminal matters; and (x) a senior executive of one of Venezuela's largest engineering companies in DOJ investigations into corruption and money laundering involving PdVSA.

However, corruption risks continue to be high as long as the law fails to include other safeguards, such as the disclosure of the ultimate owners of oil rights.

I happened to see someone suggest aquafaba in place of oil right before I started.

(Probably due to cous cous) So I used a litlle buckwheat flour and then simply cooked them on an unsticky pan with just a drop of oil right on top of each hamburger.

I happen to have one full of oil right now...

Not exact matches

«If you had a strong track record of finding and developing oil and gas at the right price, you could always raise capital,» Grad says.

Say I'm running Esso right now, and I need to raise my price by 5 cents because the cost of crude oil went up.

Or, as Christine Bader describes in her book The Evolution of a Corporate Idealist: When Girl Meets Oil, corporations including her former employers at BP may well be «advancing human rights in some ways while compromising them in others.»

While the short position Chanos has in Alibaba has not worked out, Yusko was right on one of his most bearish calls in recent years: In early 2015 he predicted oil would hit $ 30 when many thought crude had already hit a bottom.

Carrizo's breakeven point, at $ 60 a barrel, is relatively low among frackers, and the company holds the rights to an unusually strong portfolio of oil and gas fields, which Waghorn thinks make it a likely acquisition target.

That plan was nowhere near as broad in scope as the new Trump oil drilling proposal, which would make available drilling rights in more than 90 % of the continental shelf.

But if we didn't get the right people with the right skills to move, we might solve the problem of restaurant workers, but we wouldn't solve the problem of engineering for the oil sands.»

The new Vito is right - sized, the Shell team hopes, for a world of peaking oil demand.

Unlike Alberta, where major oil and gas firms are based right in Calgary, the managers of the Colorado drilling companies he approached all said that their Houston - based head offices called the shots.

More than 90 % of the continental shelf would be available for drilling rights and only one out of 26 planning areas across the Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic Oceans and the Gulf of Mexico would be entirely off limits to oil drilling under the Trump Administration's plan.

Schenck is also watching Venezuela's snap election in May, which could trigger further US sanctions on the oil producer whose government has been accused of human - rights abuses.

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.

Ahern earned an electrical engineering degree from University of Vermont and with help from an unnamed angel investor who «bet on people heading in the right direction» started a company in 2002 — Industrial Defender, a cybersecurity firm that protects industrial control systems for the electrical grid, oil and gas, and chemical companies — which Lockheed Martin acquired in 2014.

Over the past five years, Imperial Oil, ExxonMobil, BP and Chevron have all pledged hundreds of millions of dollars for drilling rights to parcels of the Beaufort Sea.

All provinces with oil, gas and rocks should — not just for the grandkids, but for the benefit of the economy right now.

Although the intention is to avoid the traditional «sin» stocks, such as tobacco, Mobius said he wouldn't rule out investing in a listing of oil giant Saudi Aramco, depending on how the board was set up: «Yes, if the conditions are right.»

(If you expand your definition of «dirty» to include resources from countries that abuse human rights, disregard labour standards or fund terrorist organizations, as conservative commentator Ezra Levant does in his new tome, Ethical Oil: The Case for Canada's Oil Sands, the range of options shrinks even more.)

Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for and commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances and operations posed by the environmental, social and economic challenges associated with the oil sands»; a report of «known and potential environmental impacts» and «policy options» to address the impacts of the company's «fracturing operations»; a report of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»; and adoption of «quantitative goals... for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions.»

Within the world of Western media, Iran rarely grabs headlines for topics outside of politics, oil sanctions, human rights violations, or the quest for nuclear energy.

«The growth environment is clearly supportive, with an extension of the economic growth cycle and rising oil demand creating the right conditions to revive the OPEC cartel,» Societe Generale said.

Agreement has been reached with Coogee Resources (Ashmore Cartier) Pty Ltd, which gives Coogee the right to earn a 20 % interest in exploration permit AC / P 32 by funding 27.5 % of the upcoming Magnolia oil exploration well.

Opponents of the pipeline fear potential oil spills along the B.C. coast and argue that Indigenous communities have not given their consent to the project, violating their constitutional rights.

As our «System Overload» cover in April explained, every energy source is tainted right now, with oil and nuclear at the top of the list.

His argument is basically that Canada's oil is ethically preferable to the oil produced in other places, considering especially places with serious histories of human rights violations.

For example, crews needing to repair a complex mud pump on an oil rig could simply activate step - by - step visual instructions right in front of their eyes, hands - free, and in real time.

The facts are not right here, energy is cheap that means the cost of manufacturing and transporting of goods is low, food and consumers staples already more affordable, so what if a few American oil companies going out of business.the cost of producing oil in middle east is less than $ 10 / bl and we were paying more than $ 140 / bl for it, with that huge profit margin the big oil companies and oil producing nations became richer and the rest of us left behind, with the oil price this low the oil giants don't want to reduce the price at pump even a penny, because they are so greedy.worst case scenario is some CEOs bonuses might drop from $ 20 million to $ 15 millions I am sure they will survive.in terms of the stock market it always bounces back, after all it's just a casino like game.

Taylor believes oil will be higher at then end of 2016 than where it is right now and that will lift the loonie as well.

They were in the process of renovating their modest but beautifully situated home on tree - canopied Carter Road when land men from Houston - based Cabot Oil & Gas, a midsize player in the energy - exploration industry, came knocking on their door to inquire about leasing the mineral rights to their three and a half acres of land.

Right now, oil revenues make up a whopping 90 percent of the country's budget.

The growth of oil sands had previously put the loonie in a good position, but those massive oil sands projects are struggling to stay alive right now — at best.

«BP is continuing to plan for a lower oil price world,» chief executive Bob Dudley said on Tuesday, adding that «I'm not expecting big shifts in prices anytime soon and a price of $ 50 a barrel looks like the right number to plan on for the rest of the decade.»

And right now doesn't seem to be the time to try to raise capital to extract some of the highest cost oil in the world.

«BP is continuing to plan for a lower oil price world,» chief executive Bob Dudley said earlier this month, adding that «I'm not expecting big shifts in prices anytime soon and a price of $ 50 a barrel looks like the right number to plan on for the rest of the decade.»

The judge said in a 91 - page decision that, while the Army Corps substantially complied with the National Environmental Policy Act, federal permits issued for the pipeline violated the law in some respects, saying in a court order the Corps did not «adequately consider the impacts of an oil spill on fishing rights, hunting rights, or environmental justice.»

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington said the Army Corps did not adequately consider the effects of a possible oil spill on the fishing and hunting rights of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.

And unless that economy started to wean itself off an ever - depleting supply of affordable oil, there would be other recessions to follow as economic recoveries would simply push oil prices right back into triple - digit range.

So Europeans and Asians see U.S. companies pumping more and more dollars into their economies, not only to buy their exports in excess of providing them with goods and services in return, and not only to buy their companies and commanding heights of privatized public enterprises without giving them reciprocal rights to buy important U.S. companies (remember the U.S. turn - down of Chinas attempt to buy into the U.S. oil distribution business), and not only to buy foreign stocks, bonds and real estate.

It wants a straight, perfectly positioned, well - drilled drain hole right down the identified sweet spot of the reservoir being targeted, one that, when completed, will yield the maximum amount of oil over its economic life at the lowest possible cost.

Looking at the sharp declines of home prices and oil prices in the last few days it seems like I won the bet, if you can call being right in the middle of the double dip «winning».

At present, almost all Canadian exports of oil and gas go to the U.S., which is becoming once again a major producer in its own right, and a potential competitor for offshore markets.

Today is, not coincidentally, the 21st anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, and on the heels of the ad came an announcement from the Coastal First Nations (an alliance of nine nations from the central coast to Haida Gwaii) declaring that»... in upholding our ancestral laws, rights and responsibilities... oil tankers carrying crude oil from the Alberta Tar Sands will not be allowed to transit our lands and waters.»

Right now, U.S. oil reserves are almost in parity with those of Saudi Arabia.

So, she was not surprised when an agent of Mammoth Oil Company approached her with an offer to purchase drilling rights on her farm.

It is therefore crucial that the Canadian government require Canadian mining, oil and gas companies operating overseas to conduct enhanced human rights due diligence, especially in regions where human rights and environmental laws (and enforcement of those laws) are lax.