Sentences with phrase «oil imports by»

As the president has stated, his goal is to reduce oil imports by a third by 2025 and produce 80 percent of America's electricity from alternative and renewable sources by 2035.

EVWORLD: «Andy Grove on American Energy Resilience» [as noted above, this includes links to video] http://ww.evworld.com/­article.cfm?storyid=1501 He estimates that if the 100 million «large form factor» vehicles that include pick - ups, SUVs and vans where converted to plug - in hybrids, we could cut our oil imports by 50 %.

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He then offered a strategy aimed at, among other things, reducing oil imports by one - third by 2025, partly by increasing domestic production but largely by producing more efficient vehicles and by moving advanced biofuels from the laboratory to commercial production.

Lester R. Brown, «Creating New Jobs, Cutting Carbon Emissions, and Reducing Oil Imports by Investing in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency,» Plan B Update, 11 December 2008.

He says this would cut oil imports by 38 %.

The United States will also improve energy security by cutting oil imports by 2 million barrels daily, or about half of what we import from OPEC today.

The awards, made to 48 projects in more than 20 states after a highly competitive application process, aim to reduce greenhouse gases and oil imports by spurring electrification of the automobile sector and boosting domestic manufacturing of «green» vehicles.

Brent crude, used to price many kinds of oil imported by U.S. refineries, was up 75 cents to $ 110.77 on the ICE Futures exchange in London.

Not exact matches

Oil - importing countries were also set to see a continuation in the growth recovery in 2018, the IMF said, aided by «gains from ongoing reforms, improved domestic confidence in some countries, and a steady upswing in external demand.»

About a half of those imports are heavy naphtha, bought by PDVSA to dilute its extra heavy oil output and make it suitable for export.

By contrast, economic growth in Canada contracted in the first half of the year and business investment — the most important factor in demand for imports — collapsed along with oil prices.

Over 80 % of China's oil imports (by sea) and around 60 % of Japan's total oil imports currently pass through the strait.

China's Sinopec plans to cut Saudi crude oil imports loading in May by 40 percent, an official from the company's trading arm Unipec said.

Meanwhile, U.S. net imports of crude oil fell last week by 1.6 million bpd to 4.98 million bpd, the lowest level since the EIA started recording the data in 2001, reflecting further erosion in a market OPEC has been relying on for decades.

Philadelphia Energy Solutions has already cut its purchases of oil from North Dakota by 80 percent, switching to imports from Nigeria, Chad and Azerbaijan.

China's Sinopec, Asia's largest refiner, plans to cut Saudi crude oil imports loading in May by 40 percent after national oil company Saudi Aramco set higher - than - expected prices, an official from the company's trading arm Unipec said.

Over the same period, American oil consumption steadily grew — to more than 20 million bpd in 2007 — with a larger share every year provided by imports.

If the marginal barrel is moving by pipeline, the difference between oil in Alberta and oil on the east coast is likely to be comparable to the shipping tolls on Energy East, and so running Canadian oil would not save refiners any money at all relative to running imported crude.

In this case, the pipeline expansion was further complicated by the fact that a related Enbridge pipeline involved in oil imports from Canada spilled nearly one million gallons of oil in Marshall, Mich., in July 2010 after tape intended to prevent corrosion on the pipeline failed.

All told, the province's economy stands to gain up to a maximum of $ 10 million a day: up to $ 5 million by not importing as much oil and another $ 5 million by increasing exports of gas.

Saving oil and natural gas through efficiency gains and investment in renewables would also generate profit by allowing BC to import less oil from Alberta and to export more of the natural gas it already extracts.

The study said the carbon tax would lower pollution by 20 per cent by 2050 and prevent oil imports from rising.

The joint statement by the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, the Investor Network on Climate Risk, and the Investors Group on Climate Change also encourages intensive gas users and governments in oil and gas importing regions to consider playing a role in encouraging control of methane emissions.

Corpus Christi, a major refining and oil import / export center that was slammed by the hurricane, is starting to bounce back.

Maduro's administration has pointedly claimed that the people who will be hurt most by the sanctions aimed at stymieing the nation's ballooning debt will be shareholders in the U.S. Indeed, there is outcry that the potential banning of oil imports from Venezuela — the 3rd biggest supplier of oil to the U.S. behind Canada and Saudi Arabia — will dramatically drive up gasoline prices and hurt the U.S. job market.

Refineries in eastern Canada are of course being supplied by imported oil, but it's not coming from Middle Eastern dictatorships or revolutionary regimes in South America.

Refineries around Montreal and Quebec City can be supplied by Alberta oil, instead of relying on imported crude.

It is important for oil and refined product imports and exports, it is an important storage area for oil and refined products, and much of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is close by.

Imports from the U.S. rose 3.1 per cent in March due in large part to higher imports of passenger cars and light trucks, while exports to the U.S. rose 1.2 per cent, led primarily by higher exports of cruImports from the U.S. rose 3.1 per cent in March due in large part to higher imports of passenger cars and light trucks, while exports to the U.S. rose 1.2 per cent, led primarily by higher exports of cruimports of passenger cars and light trucks, while exports to the U.S. rose 1.2 per cent, led primarily by higher exports of crude oil.

Since the publication of the QTR the Department of Energy is working seriously on reducing oil demand, other entities are working hard to increase domestic supply, the combination of both leaves us with an incredible scenario in which one the US is predicting to import 2 mbd less from OPEC countries by 2035 and 1 mbd more from Canada.

Excluding oil, the domestic component increased by around 1 per cent in the June quarter, driven by rises in utilities and metal ore prices, while the non-oil-related prices of imported inputs rose by a similar amount.

Like other exporters, Canadian oil and gas producers have worried about protectionist rhetoric employed by Mr. Trump, and a border adjustment proposal in Congress that could effectively place an import tax on goods entering the U.S. market.

The oil - and import - dependent economy also declined by 0.36 percent in the first quarter.

With Asia's rapidly growing need for energy imports in the early 2000s, Canada hoped to reduce its almost 100 % reliance on the United States as an export market for oil and natural gas by expanding to Asia.

In the short - run, tariffs would benefit U.S. oil companies by raising prices on imported Mexican oil.

To reduce dependence on oil imports and curtail pollution, the Chinese government is promoting what it considers a strategic industry by subsidizing both companies and consumers.

India's net oil import bill increases by over 0.3 percent of GDP with every $ 10 per barrel increase in prices, putting pressure on the trade deficit.

(i) Unable to restore the power in a few states for more than 10 + days, since a tornado passed by it (ii) Unable to restore power for 7 + days in a snowy North Eastern state, since a hurricane passed by it (iii) Having no quality in science, math and technology; depending on «imports» to uplift them (or depending on Jesus to save them)(iv) Horrible crime in downtown, ghettos of any major city (v) Unemployment of 23 % (vi) Having a president who believes that the earth is 6000 years old (vii) Having a presidential candidate which believes in subjugating women (viii) Having more than 50 % of its 2012 graduates un / under - employed (ix) No public transport, resulting in hell on earth even for a small rise in crude - oil prices (x) A crappy health care system (xi) A debt of 14Trillion, which corresponds to 50K per US resident.

Tropical Traditions was the first company to import virgin coconut oil from the Philippines in 2002, and it remains one of the only premium coconut oils in the United States that is still produced using traditional methods, rather than being mass - produced by machine.

A recent mapping exercise by Defra shows that animal feed accounts for 20 % and 83 % of the palm oil and palm kernel oil imported into the UK respectively.

My boyfriend recently told me that Costco's Kirkland brand of Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil beat several pricey brands of imported olive oil (organic and non organic) according to a purity test that was done by the University of California: DavOil beat several pricey brands of imported olive oil (organic and non organic) according to a purity test that was done by the University of California: Davoil (organic and non organic) according to a purity test that was done by the University of California: Davis.

This also shows that england is now starting to produce great homegrown talents and not the usual imported by oil rich teams

Some gamesome wights will tell you that they have to plant weeds there, they don't grow naturally; that they import Canada thistles; that they have to send beyond seas for a spile to stop a leak in an oil cask; that pieces of wood in Nantucket are carried about like bits of the true cross in Rome; that people there plant toadstools before their houses, to get under the shade in summertime; that one blade of grass makes an oasis, three blades in a day's walk a prairie; that they wear quicksand shoes, something like Laplander snowshoes; that they are so shut up, belted about, every way inclosed, surrounded, and made an utter island of by the ocean, that to their very chairs and tables small clams will sometimes be found adhering, as to the backs of sea turtles.

The fraction of crude oil consumed in the U.S. that was imported went from 35 % immediately before the 1973 oil crisis, peaked at 60 % in 2005, and then returned to 35 % by 2013 [7] thanks to increased domestic production [8] from the shale oil boom.

There is also a fourth problem with the structure and nature of domestic production in Nigeria - agriculture is sub-modern, dominated by small holders and insufficiently linked with domestic processing, agro-allied and manufacturing; wholesale and retail trade is largely in imported products; and the oil export is of crude, unprocessed oil without a local refining sector and no domestic value - added (meaning no domestic jobs and productivity!)

We have: • normalized the domestic yield curve • issued the country's maiden 15 - year bond in April 2017 • improved external balances, driven by higher export earnings and lower imports • improved gross international reserves to US$ 7.2 billion, equivalent to 4.1 months of imports cover • improved primarybalanceto0.3 percent surplus in September 2017 against a deficit of 1.6 percent in September 2016 • received positive sovereign rating reviews from international ratings Agencies: Fitch, B / stable; Standard & Poor, B - / positive • successfully completed the 4th IMF / ECF program review, and • achieved positive developments in the oil & gas sector — favorable ITLOS ruling, and Sankofa producing 1st oil three months ahead of schedule.

As part of the recommendations in the report by the Senate Committee on Works on the National Roads Fund Establishment Bill 2017, a levy of N5 will be imposed on every litre of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) and Automobile General Oil (diesel) imported or refined in the country.

Seven, Nigeria refineries must be put in good working condition because Nigeria can not continue to spending over 50 per cent of her forex - earning mainly from sales of crude oil to import back petroleum by - products for our local consumption.

«It may soon come to a situation whereby Nigeria will be importing refined oil from small countries like Chad and Niger, if urgent steps are not taken by the government to address the prevailing problems facing the oil sector.»