Sentences with phrase «oil exploration in»

This highlights unique economic developments over the last several years, including the boom in oil exploration in North Dakota and the growth of Western cities, like Denver, thanks to young people.

The community of Clyde River is fighting to protect marine mammals from oil exploration in Baffin Bay, Canada.

The IWC meeting in Morocco may have seen the failure of plans to compromise on commercial whaling, to bring Japan and other international law objectors back into the fold, but there is some more interesting news coming from Agadir: More whales are being killed by pollution, getting caught in nets and other threats than by commercial whaling; and, Russian oil exploration in the Pacific is threatening critically endangered grey whales.

Then the Los Angeles Times revealed that even as the Exxon board was publicly dismissing climate science as «very unclear,» company researchers were examining whether global warming would facilitate oil exploration in the Arctic Ocean...

«Another situation that requires care is the oil exploration in Peru, which could have an impact on Javari Valley.»

Where has been leadership, for example over oil exploration in the Arctic?

She had been nominated to take a seat about to open up on the Arctic Research Commission, a panel of presidential appointees that helps shape research on issues in the far north, including the debate over oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Shipping and oil exploration in the regions could be at risk, researchers say.

Droggenland is so fascinating and all the artifacts recovered there were only found because of the oil exploration in the North Sea.

These decisions come amid a shifting political backdrop, where the country's recent election could result in roadblocks to new oil exploration in the region.

The event ended with an illustrative session of intense social confrontations in the fight against fracking and oil exploration in Brazil and Latin America, in the United Kingdom and in the fight against coal in Germany, with international representatives from 350.org Brazil, the No Fracking Coalition, as well as from the organizations Reclaim The Power in the United Kingdom, and Ende Gelände in Germany.

OSLO An architect of the Paris climate agreement urged governments on Tuesday to halt oil exploration in the Arctic, saying drilling was not economical and warming threatened the environmentally fragile region.

He has covered a wide range of stories and issues, from two US presidential elections to the Haiti earthquake, AIDS in India to oil exploration in the Arctic, education for displaced children in Colombia to green energy investments in California.

Since then, advances in technology have made it possible to conduct oil exploration in the OCS that is out of sight, protects coral reefs and habitats, and protects against oil spills.

The post doesn't mention the new road to the Pacific or the ethanol plant and sugarcane plantations; or the planned road from Cruzeiro do Sul, Brazil to Pulcallpa, Peru and the multiple big hydro - energy dam constructions it will support; or the new Peruvian oil leases in indigenous reserves; or the BR$ 35 million worth of oil exploration in the Juruá watershed in Acre; or the Madeira River complex of big hydroelectric projects in Rondonia near Bolivia.

Republicans in Congress have proposed several promising bills that would lift the legislative ban on oil exploration in the OCS.

The book also mentions Norway as a shining example regarding the tackling of climate change, but the world is more nuanced; Norway also pushed for more oil drilling in the Arctic, and is involved in tar sands in Canada, as well as oil exploration in Libya.

There's oil exploration in western Acre and across all of eastern Peru.

This developing nation is leading the way by placing its environment front and center and has announced bold legislation to stop oil exploration in all of its waters.

The novel's hero, Alec Milius, is a flawed loner in his early 20s who is recruited by MI5 to sell doctored research data on oil exploration in the Caspian Sea to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Murkowski favors more oil exploration in the region, but she raised another significant issue that could affect the energy industry's push into the Arctic.

Michael Kunz, an archaeologist with the US Bureau of Land Management, stumbled across the camp during a routine survey to assess the possible environmental impact of oil exploration in the area.

The protection of this unique habitat, which is one of the most resource rich regions in the world and the most densely populated area in rural Africa, is uncertain with recent controversy surrounding oil exploration in the Congolese portion of the park.

«Due to global warming, oil exploration in the Arctic has become feasible along with the shipment of oil through the Northwest Passage, the water body between Canada and the Arctic that used to be frozen throughout the year, but has now become open for navigation in the summer,» noted Boufadel, a professor of civil and environmental engineering who specializes in the impact of oil spills on coastal regions and, more generally, on oil behavior in diverse environments.

Osinbajo recalled that it was in Oloibiri in the state that the history of oil exploration in Nigeria began and the source of the country's wealth was discovered.

General News of Thursday, 10 May 2018 Source: atinkaonline.com The residents protested against oil exploration in the area Some people have kicked against the impending oil exploration in...

This video was created in response to the numerous environmental problems and human rights violations that have occurred in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria since Shell began oil exploration in the region decades ago.

The governor said he also seized the opportunity of the meeting to brief Buhari on possible oil exploration in the Sokoto Basin.

The Municipal Chief Executive for Keta, Seth Yormevu, says the residents of Keta who demonstrated against an onshore oil exploration in the Keta Basin by a Swiss firm, will be probed and addressed accordingly.

General News of Saturday, 12 May 2018 Source: citinewsroom.com Angry residents protest oil exploration in Keta basin The Municipal Chief Executive for Keta, Seth Yormevu, says the residents of Keta who demonstrated against an onshore oil exploration in the Keta Basin by a Swiss firm, will be probed and addressed accordingly.

The Executive Director of the Centre for Natural Resources and Environmental management Koshi Kwawu Kumi told Joy News» Volta Region correspondent Ivy Setordzie «oil exploration in the fragile ecosystem will not in any way benefit the citizens of Anlo land.»

Tens of angry residents in the Keta Municipality have hit the streets in protest over oil exploration in the region.

The residents, wearing red attires and bands hit the streets in protest over the oil exploration in the region.

Ishiguro's parents initially assumed their move to England would be temporary (his father worked in oil exploration in the North Sea) but they remained, and gave their son what he describes as a «very typical... southern English upbringing,» although only Japanese was spoken at home.

Execs also rated the likeliness of benefits for oil exploration in North America as a 5.1.

Not exact matches

Jeffrey Gundlach, one of the world's most closely watched investors, recommended a short position in social media giant Facebook Inc and a long position in the SPDR S&P Oil and Gas Exploration ETF.

The oil exploration method allows oil engineers to dig up oil in locations that would have been unthinkable just years ago, and oil trains are the most efficient way to get natural resources from the field to the refinery.

WESTERN Australia's «energy gold rush» is overshadowing minerals exploration as investment in searching for oil and gas reaches a figure more than double that spent looking for minerals.

California Resources Corporation is the largest oil and natural gas exploration and production company in California on a gross - operated basis.

He launched Canadian Hunter Exploration in 1973, a year characterized by an oil crisis abroad that led to shortages at gasoline pumps in the U.S. Closer to home, confrontations intensified between the federal and provincial governments over managing Alberta's energy resources.

Wren founded Petrel Consultants in 1978, a year when oil prices were rising, the provincial government was introducing incentives to promote exploration and Calgary, awash in money, was the place to be.

The photographs portray oil from exploration in swamp and desert to consumption in car and Flit gun.

Among the biggest issues oil - and - gas - exploration companies face in the search for new sources of hydrocarbons is putting humans or high - value assets at risk.

The Obama administration considered opening some of the affected areas to oil exploration, but abandoned the idea in 2016 because of concerns from states, coastal residents and the military, which uses waters that would be affected.

US oil exploration companies have flocked to the superrich Permian Basin in recent years and used shale - drilling technology to create an oil boom that simultaneously helped trigger a price crash two years ago.

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.

In California, oil companies are pressing for further exploration of the massive Monterey Shale, a 1,750 - square - mile area extending from the agricultural Central Valley to the Pacific Ocean that federal energy officials say could ultimately comprise two - thirds of the nation's shale oil reserves.

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.

Quadrant Energy will pay $ 10 million to withdraw from a joint venture with Buru Energy and Mitsubishi Corporation, which together own oil and gas exploration permits in the Canning Basin.