Sentences with phrase «oil fires as»

Islamic State has been using suicide bombers, human shields, road mines and oil fires as well as conventional artillery to defend Iraq's second city, which still has more than a million people trapped inside.

Not exact matches

While the fire has not directly damaged major oil sands production facilities, it has precipitated major disruption to the industry as companies evacuate employees.

Oil's price also has been firming as Houthi rebels in Yemen have increased a campaign of firing missiles into Saudi Arabia, both at oil facilities and civilian areas, but those efforts have so far failOil's price also has been firming as Houthi rebels in Yemen have increased a campaign of firing missiles into Saudi Arabia, both at oil facilities and civilian areas, but those efforts have so far failoil facilities and civilian areas, but those efforts have so far failed.

Those stations will likely be retired under the plan, as would two oil - fired units, one each at the Possum Point and Yorktown power stations, Koonce said.

Isabel Dos Santos, the woman listed by Forbes as Africa's first female billionaire, has been unceremoniously fired from her post as head of Angola's national oil company Sonangol, according to newswire reports.

In Nigeria in 2014, Lamido Sanusi was fired as head of the central bank after trying to track down $ 20 billion that he said had been stolen from that country's state oil company, NNPC.

In 2002, he fired nearly half of PDVSA's workforce, and at times he tasked PDVSA with duties that had nothing to do with the oil business, such as buying and distributing food, or loaning money to farmers.

Crude oil ran into tech trouble as the U.S. tech sector is under fire leading to a sell - off in stocks against a backdrop of rising oil inventory.

The intensity of the explosions and fires at Lac - Mégantic, he said, came as a «big surprise» to him and other researchers, given that the tank cars had been carrying crude oil, rather than a more volatile form like gasoline.

CALGARY — Multiple workers were injured and some transported to hospital on Thursday morning after a fire broke out at Husky Energy Inc.'s refinery in Superior, Wisc. putting the Calgary - based oil producer on the defensive, as it argued there were no known commonalities between the accident and other recent operational mistakes.

If Jesus was like the first Joshua, Jesus would have not only agreed to have this woman stoned, but would have rounded up all her possessions, including Fido the dog, Fluffy the cat, and Mr. Ed the horse, along with the woman's sons and daughters, as well as her little makeshift house, and would have had them all stoned, and then when they were lying there crumpled and broken and bleeding on the ground, would have ordered oil to be poured on them all so they could be set on fire.

As oil in sesame seeds, as butter in cream, As water in river - beds, and as fire in the friction - sticks, So is the Soul (Atman) apprehended in one's own soul, If one looks for Him with true austerity (tapasAs oil in sesame seeds, as butter in cream, As water in river - beds, and as fire in the friction - sticks, So is the Soul (Atman) apprehended in one's own soul, If one looks for Him with true austerity (tapasas butter in cream, As water in river - beds, and as fire in the friction - sticks, So is the Soul (Atman) apprehended in one's own soul, If one looks for Him with true austerity (tapasAs water in river - beds, and as fire in the friction - sticks, So is the Soul (Atman) apprehended in one's own soul, If one looks for Him with true austerity (tapasas fire in the friction - sticks, So is the Soul (Atman) apprehended in one's own soul, If one looks for Him with true austerity (tapas).

Yesterday, in Sunday Superlatives, I included a quote from Mark Twain in which he referred to a snake oil salesman as an «idiot,» but no one left an angry comment warning me of hell based on Jesus» teaching in Matthew 5:22 that «if you call someone an idiot, you are in danger of being brought before the court; and if you curse someone, you are in danger of the fires of hell.»

No wonder Balkan cooking encompasses dishes as diverse as casseroles slow - cooked in wood - fired ovens, stuffed vegetables, spicy meats grilled over open fires, fish fried in olive oil, yoghurt and cheeses made from sheep and goats» milk, flatbreads and puffy breads, and sweets ranging from flaky filo pastries to elegant cream cakes.

When you're cooking lamb at home, keep in mind that although lamb may be cooked the same as beef, it's best when marinated with olive oil, garlic and herbs and then slow - cooked over an indirect fire until it reaches an internal temperature of 145 degrees F (about 20 minutes per pound plus 25 minutes for a boneless leg).

Once he's fired, the talk will die down as he will go into the folklore of worst Oil GM's in history.

Your oven, if it's electric and not oil - fired, is also a good source of heat, as well as other domestic appliances like slow cookers and even halogen lightbulbs.

You need to turn down the thermostat to 16C (if you can) to use as little oil as possible and don't use your oil - fired water heating if you have an immersion heater.

With light and heat coming only from candles, oil lamps, lanterns, and fireplaces, 19th - century families gathered around the fire and played music, games, or listened quietly as someone read aloud by candlelight.

Every resurgence of the conflict adds oil to the fire of Muslim anger against the Jewish state — thus severing relations between the US and Arab states such as Saudi Arabia, which benefits Iran.

Sequestration, as envisioned in the report, involves capturing the CO2 from coal - fired power plants, compressing it into a liquid and injecting it deep beneath the earth into old oil fields or saline aquifers.

Whereas there were likely widespread fires as shown in the film, they would have been caused by toppled oil lamps rather than flaming projectiles.

The technology was developed at WPI by a team led by Ali Rangwala, professor of fire protection engineering, as an outgrowth of research funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior aimed at assessing the feasibility of using in - situ burns to clean up oil spills in remote locations in the Arctic, where harsh weather can make it difficult to quickly mobilize clean - up equipment and crews.

The Electric Power Development company says its experimental power plant in Kitakyushu has a generating efficiency of 35 per cent, far better than the 20 per cent achieved by other waste - burning plants and as good as an oil - fired plant.

However, as the UK has shifted focus from coal - and oil - fired electricity generation to being more reliant on natural gas as the fuel of choice (irrespective of wind, solar, nuclear and other alternatives), this makes the electricity grid somewhat vulnerable to accidental and incidental problems with the flow of data and to malicious manipulation for the sake of sabotage, criminal or online military / terrorist action.

The research team also cites multiple studies showing a link between veterans» neurological problems and exposure to the nerve - gas agents sarin and cyclosarin, as well as to oil well fire emissions.

Chemical engineers use a helicopter equipped with a flamethrower — known as a helitorch — to set fire to a test spill of crude oil in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, in 1994.

Wessely, like many researchers in the field, believes that Gulf War illness arose from a combination of the stress of war, the use of experimental vaccines, and possibly exposures to environmental hazards such as oil - well fires.

Someday, RoboBees might track fast - changing events such as forest fires, oil spills or chemical plumes.

Oil and gas companies in New Mexico produce as much climate pollution as approximately 12 coal - fired power plants.

Hence, insulin fires up your oil pumping machine twice as hard, and cinnamon can combat that well.

The entire cast is quite good, but the film is clearly Candy's as he barges through his short stay with his young relatives, chomping on a cigar (the first step in his 5 - month program to quit smoking) and driving an oil - burning, back - firing, floating sofa of a car.

Starring as John R. Ingram, Robinson is the everyday family man who runs a business that specializes in putting out oil fires.

Other notable films that will screen at TIFF include Tom Ford «s «Nocturnal Animals,» with Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams; «Whiplash» director Damien Chazelle «s musical «La La Land,» with Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone; Peter Berg «s «Deepwater Horizon,» a true - life drama about the oil spill, starring Mark Wahlberg and Kurt Russell; Werner Herzog «s «Salt and Fire,» a drama in which Michael Shannon and Gael Garcia Bernal face ecological disaster in South America; Ewan McGregor «s Philip Roth adaptation «American Pastoral,» the actor's directorial debut; Denis Villeneuve «s sci - fi drama «Arrival,» formerly titled «Story of Your Life,» with Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner; Juan Antonio Bayona «s «A Monster Calls»; «Denial,» Mick Jackson's drama starring Rachel Weisz as a historian sued by a Holocaust denier; Irish director Jim Sheridan «s «The Secret Scripture,» with Vanessa Redgrave and Rooney Mara playing two different ages of a woman who keeps a diary of her time in a mental hospital; and «Mascots,» Christopher Guest «s comedy about the world of sports mascots.

Because humor is in the funny bone of the beholder, here's a litmus test, in case you're interested in watching it: As Navin is working at a gas station, a crazed gunman, for reasons not apparent (he chooses Navin as his intended victim randomly out of a phone book), begins to open fire on him with a rifle, missing him, and striking some cans of motor oil next to NaviAs Navin is working at a gas station, a crazed gunman, for reasons not apparent (he chooses Navin as his intended victim randomly out of a phone book), begins to open fire on him with a rifle, missing him, and striking some cans of motor oil next to Navias his intended victim randomly out of a phone book), begins to open fire on him with a rifle, missing him, and striking some cans of motor oil next to Navin.

As Katniss and her squad — including love triangle members Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) and Gale (Liam Hemsworth)-- progress from District 13 to the Capitol on a mission to kill President Snow (Donald Sutherland), they encounter «pods» aka invisible tripwires that release all manner of awfulness: machine gun fire, black oil, mutts.

In contrast, a vegetable omelet with a cup of coffee or tea provides ample fuel to keep the brain firing all the way to lunch, when recharging with a palm - sized portion of protein such as chicken or fish, along with a colorful salad topped with an olive oil - based dressing, can keep you rolling strong.

Identify and describe various technological developments to control fire, water, wind, and soil, and to utilize natural resources such as trees, coal, oil, and gas in order to satisfy the basic human needs for food, water, clothing, and shelter.

As soon as I fire up the MultiAir four, the dash warns me that at 14,530 miles, it's time for an oil changAs soon as I fire up the MultiAir four, the dash warns me that at 14,530 miles, it's time for an oil changas I fire up the MultiAir four, the dash warns me that at 14,530 miles, it's time for an oil change.

Good news for me as it gave me an opportunity to rush into the pits where the team discovered that in all the chaos the engine had been over filled with oil and the resultant pressure had fired the dipstick out of its housing.

As I was standing in the back - straight bleachers at my very first Indianapolis 500, I caught sight of the field firing out of Turn 2 during the first lap, a hail of oncoming bullets like bright - colored cans of motor oil.

there's also the risk of fire as oil might accumulate in the turbocharger and subsequently flow into the combustion chamber

I have a vision of the article's author sitting in a rough hewn chair by a fire, an oil lamp at his elbow as he writes his article using a quill dipped into an ink pot.

The living area has a woodburning stove as well as the oil - fired central heating.

While sailing on the Morrigan, players will encounter enemy ships which can be attacked with cannon fire and other upgradable weapons such as burning oil and the Puckle gun.

It's been a couple of years since I played it, but as I recall my strategy was pretty much use my main character to begin each fight with oil followed by lightning (which combine into a field of fire), then get Morrigan to do something else awful, having arrow chick picking off whoever she could.

Highlights include Daniel Gordon's disorienting collage portraitures and the zany upstairs pairing of Peter Saul's hilarious and terrifying oil painting of a cartoon duck dressed as Rembrandt and an Oldenburg fire hydrant sculpture.

First it soars in bold fire - engine red in Mercer's Stop, a major painting made in 1971, then dives under the monochrome and textured surface of Nu Nile (painted two years later) and passes even more subtly under the «roller» marks (as he calls them, for the tool that made them) of Midnight Oil, from 1979.

ANDY REVKIN received by email and posted: Hi Andy, in my talks and papers I have mentioned many times that it does not make sense to go after every last drop of oil, and I have noted that one useful thing that citizens can do, in addition to helping block coal fired power plants, is to keep oil companies out of places such as Arctic National wildlife Refuge, deep and off - shore areas.

Here are the main elements, which focus, naturally, on the extraordinary oil - fire disaster that befell the small Quebec community of Lac - Mégantic in July (there's an excellent video overview, as well):