Sentences with phrase «of soaring oil prices»

Looking for something, well, boring to invest in at a time of soaring oil prices, Middle East unrest, concern about inflation and so on?

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Thiel's peak - oil thesis did well by Clarium until mid-2008, as the price of oil soared from about $ 40 a barrel in 2002 to nearly $ 140.

Many economists worried that the state was in for a recession along the lines of the oil shock of the 1980s, when real estate prices plunged and unemployment soared.

The price drop is an unexpected turn of events for an industry that for decades has operated under the assumption of Peak Oil — geophysicist M. King Hubbert's theory, first proposed in 1956, that the United States» then soaring oil production would peak and begin to decline around 19Oil — geophysicist M. King Hubbert's theory, first proposed in 1956, that the United States» then soaring oil production would peak and begin to decline around 19oil production would peak and begin to decline around 1970.

Crude oil prices soared after we are seeing the reduced risk of a trade war but increasing risk of heating up the real war in Syria.

That just puts the price of oil that much farther out of U.S. motorists» reach, while a soaring Yuan would give China's motorists a big currency - adjusted discount at their pumps.

Oil prices are soaring on the OPEC deal news, and as of 10:50 AM (EST), WTI Crude was surging 7.21 percent at US$ 48.49, and Brent Crude was soaring by 7.65 percent at US$ 50.94, staying above the US$ 50 mark for a couple of hours now.

He was one of the first economists to accurately predict soaring oil prices back in 2000 and is now one of the world's most sought - after energy experts.

After a delayed reaction to turmoil raging in the country, oil prices soared as open warfare between rebel forces — threatening a reconquest of the country barely...

The price of oil, one of Canada's major exports, fell as soaring U.S. production undermined a 10 per cent rally from December lows.

Last Thursday saw oil prices soaring once again a day ahead of the OPEC meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Global airline stocks are currently soaring as a result of low oil prices, increased seat capacity and more fuel - efficient aircraft.

In the past, military conflicts in the Middle East and the attendant threat of supply disruptions would send oil prices soaring.

On CNBC, a Wall Street veteran was asked on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange how it was that the price of oil had not soared because of the missile war in our region, and he replied unhesitatingly, «Because there are no oil wells in Gaza».

With oil prices soaring and concerns about global warming and climate change growing, the pressure is on to find new ways of managing the current and future energy supply.

Before oil prices soared in 2008, massive pavement - pounders were the personal vehicles of choice.

Worse, after the supply crunch of 2008 that sent the price soaring to $ 147 per barrel and was widely mistaken for the global peak, the world is now swimming in oil once more, and the price languishes at around $ 50.

A couple of years later, after the industry was turned upside down by soaring oil prices and economic turmoil, governments began mandating tough new limits on fuel economy and carbon - dioxide emissions.

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Soaring demand of oil and rise in oil prices will make sure that these stocks give better returns this year too.

But, he continued, soaring oil and gas prices, the increasing vulnerability of energy supply routes and ever - increasing emissions of climate - destabilising carbon dioxide are «symptoms of a considerable malaise in the world of energy.»

As the price of oil has soared, Textisur's operating costs have skyrocketed.

Oil prices soared to a record of nearly $ 150 a barrel in July last year.

â $ ˜A WEAKER US dollar can not be blamed for soaring oil prices as policymakers around the world tussle with the twin specters of rising inflation and slowing growth, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said overnight.

Time to buy a bike: Gasoline prices in North America will soar over the next four years to $ 7.00, causing a massive jolt to the continent's manufacturing base not seen since the oil shocks of the 1970s, a leading economist is warning.

Steiner said governments and individuals should not ignore climate change because of current crises over soaring food and oil prices.

When petrol prices soared to around $ 2 per litre in 2008, I expected a deluge of articles in favour of this turn of events, as the rise in oil prices was a good simulation of the precise type of policy response required to reduce emissions — that is, a large (and almost overnight) tax on fossil fuel use.