Sentences with phrase «oil activity in»

Belize, home of the largest barrier reef in the western hemisphere, permanently suspended oil activity in its ocean waters.

«Not only has its government listened to calls to protect the Belize Barrier Reef, which only last year was under threat from seismic oil exploration, it has stepped up to become a world leader in ocean protection by ending all oil activity in its waters.»

Interesting news from The Guardian this week: oil giant Shell worked with the Nigerian military and with mobile police to suppress protests against its oil activities in the 1990s, according to court documents that were

Not exact matches

At the same time the sudden decline in oil prices caused a slowdown in fracking activity.

(New throughout, updates prices, market activity and comments) NEW YORK, April 30 (Reuters)- Oil prices rose on Monday, bouncing off early losses as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had proof that «Iran lied» about its nuclear weapons capability, and that he was sure U.S. President Donald Trump would do «the right thing» in reviewing the country's nuclear deal with western powers.

That could throw a wrench in plans for the oilsands, which require high oil prices to remain profitable, and crimp much of the manic exploration activity in mining.

«According to the most recent assessment, the steady oil price recovery since summer 2017 and renewed interest in growth opportunities has led to oil majors catching up in terms of exploration activity this year, both in the shale industry and offshore deep water,» OPEC said.

Otto Energy says the sale of its Galoc oil field assets in the Philippines to Singapore - based energy company Risco Energy Investments for $ 113.4 million will help fund exploration activities for two years and return capital to shareholders.

Merger and acquisition activity in the oil and gas sector dropped to less than $ 1 billion in the first quarter of this year — the lowest since 1994, according to figures recently published in The Globe and Mail.

Marine services company MMA Offshore's net loss has widened to $ 144 million on the back of a previously flagged impairment and reduced activity in the oil and gas sector.

By cultivating relationships with oil and gas companies now, UAS manufacturers like Insitu and Aerovironment are positioning themselves to continue supplying the industry with hardware and operational expertise as exploration activities in the Arctic expand.

OSLO, April 18 - Offshore oil driller Seadrill plans to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in late June or early July to catch the rising wave of rig market activity, its chief executive told said on Wednesday.

Oil prices gave up earlier gains as rising U.S. output loomed over markets, despite a slowdown in rig drilling activity.

«WPX's 2014 financial highlights include $ 190 million higher oil sales, $ 106 million higher natural gas sales, and a 68 % increase in net cash provided by operating activities vs. 2013 results,» it said.

«You're going to have spills when you have more activity,» Ron Ness, president of the North Dakota Petroleum Council, told a reporter with the investigative journalism organization Pro Publica, which documented more than 1,000 accidental oil spills in North Dakota in 2011.

Companies in this industry lease out equipment for activities related to air, sea, and rail transport, as well as construction of highways, roads, tunnels, bridges, and oil drilling.

CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis discusses the morning activity in the commodities markets after oil surges on reports of an OPEC production deal.

OSLO, April 18 (Reuters)- Offshore oil driller Seadrill plans to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in late June or early July to catch the rising wave of rig market activity, its chief executive told said on Wednesday.

«All year this reading has been in focus as activity in the US manufacturing sector, particularly driven by a decline in oil - related activity and the strengthening of the US dollar, has slowed,» Business Insider markets editor Myles Udland reports.

The bulk of the declines in activity related to lower energy prices has run its course, baring another significant down leg for oil prices.»

In North America, we see several meaningful differences from prior cycles, including a high level of oil - directed activity.»

Sharp drops in oil production and real estate activity weighed on the Canadian economy in January.

The BOS indicator illustrates the slowdown in business activity in late 2014 triggered by the oil price shock.

Yet in the 21st century, we live in a first - world country with a third - world economy built on oil, minerals and trees and the banks needed to finance this activity.

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Jeff, what is your take on recent oil exploration activity in the Caribbean... Repsol in Cuba, Bahamas, Jamaica and also, Guyana?

The world's 50 biggest investment banks made revenue of $ 1.6 billion from trading, selling derivatives and other activities in metals last year, compared to $ 1.4 billion in oil, according to Coalition, a financial industry analytics firm.

«We've seen reduced client activity (in oil), reduced hedging from the corporates as well as low prices at the start of last year and low volumes.»

Specifically, lower oil prices have resulted in marginally less activity at some of the domestic shale oil fields.

Any stabilization in the crude oil market in coming months could provide positive support to overall economic activity,» OPEC said.

Importantly, the payment difficulties do not stem from oil revenues, but largely from tourism and financial activity, as those are Dubai's chief industries (Dubai is home to the tallest building and the largest man - made islands in the world, for example).

The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has released its September Energy Indicators, outlining the activity in oil and gas in Texas.

From a strictly legal perspective, the relevant question is not whether there is a sufficient connection to any particular existing or proposed oil sands development or other production activity, and certainly not whether such projects or activities were included in the Terms of Reference (ToR), but rather simply whether the GHGs associated with the production of bitumen that will be transported by the NGP are an «environmental effect» of that project (see NGP Report, Volume II, Appendix 4, Terms of Reference, which defines «environmental effect» very broadly to mean «any change that the project may cause in the environment.»

Mayan Energy, the AIM listed oil and gas company, has announced a new gas discovery at Stockdale field, in Wilson County, Texas, as part of its ongoing development activities at the Morris 1 well.

Virtually every Permian county saw permitting activity fall in 2014, as diving oil prices squeezed producers.

Fueling the company's stronger - than - expected results was an increase in oil and gas activity levels around the world.

Canadian investors account for about 15 % of the worldwide financing activity in oil & gas exploration.

Recent data on oil rig activity and the capital expenditure plans of oil and gas firms suggest that investment in the sector has begun to increase this year.

After falling for four consecutive months, support activities for mining and oil and gas extraction rose 9.9 % in April, as both rigging and drilling services advanced.

Excluding residential construction, from 2009 through 2014, 73 % of the increase in Canadian capex is attributable to oil and gas extraction and support activities.

Refining and production are, for the most part, separate activities — they don't benefit much from integration in the physical sense (oil sands upgrading from mines is a bit of an exception, since the waste heat from the upgrader can feed the extraction plant).

The Trump administration wants to ease restrictions on oil and gas leasing and other activities across a huge swath of the American West that were put in place to protect an imperiled bird.

Market Focus Middle East Investment Banking Although investment bankers remain cautious about Middle Eastern prospects in the wake of falling oil prices, M&A activity and debt issuance remain bright spots.

If there's a bright spot for the province, however, it's that the ongoing disruption of Alberta oil sands production — estimated by the Conference Board of Canada to be about 1.2 million barrels a day, comprising nearly $ 1 billion in economic activity — has contributed to a rally in global oil prices that could give producers, and therefore the Alberta economy, a badly - needed lift once production is finally back on - line (assuming, of course, the fires are eventually extinguished and oil sands operations escape serious damage).

This could be positive for a commodity price (such as in Oil), as the increased economic activity will likely lead to greater sales of energy products.

The Midstream segment is engaged in the gathering and compression of natural gas, oil and NGL production of, and in the provision of water services to support the well completion activities of, Rice Energy and third parties.»

«The economic outlook in the region is closely linked to global developments, primarily through the impact of global economic activity on oil prices,» Beyhum says.

While oil majors are already cutting back on exploration activities in Nigeria, the decision by Shell indicated that keeping a large part of its oil and gas reserves in the ground would be risky.

The deal required that the Middle East oil producer curb its nuclear activities in return for the easing of sanctions on Tehran.

Anadarko's international operations include oil, natural - gas and NGLs production and development in Algeria and Ghana, along with activities in Mozambique.