Sentences with phrase «oil operations became»

Eventually, Rockefeller's oil operations became so vast that he could fund all of his expansion efforts from his own profits, but there was a point in time in which Morgan was mad as hell that he couldn't get an asset override on Rockefeller's wealth, and you better believe there is a take - home lesson in that anecdote.

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In April, the OGS said most of the state's recent earthquakes were caused by the injection of wastewater from oil and natural gas drilling operations Earth, which has become increasingly common in recent years.

Remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROV) are becoming critical in offshore oil - and natural gas — drilling operations.

Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for and commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances and operations posed by the environmental, social and economic challenges associated with the oil sands»; a report of «known and potential environmental impacts» and «policy options» to address the impacts of the company's «fracturing operations»; a report of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»; and adoption of «quantitative goals... for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions.»

The drop in the international price of oil exposed a large cleavage in the government's finances as past governments became too comfortable and over reliant on these unstable resource revenues to fund the province's operations budget.

But as oil and gas operations have become more controversial in the energy - rich state, Hickenlooper also threw his support behind the stricter air quality rules, calling for «zero tolerance» on methane emissions.

They borrowed far too heavily to aggressively boost their distributions and allowed their operations to become too heavily impacted by the price of crude oil.

(Related: «The Canadian Oil Boom: Scraping Bottom» and Photos: Canadian Oil Sands) Because of the emissions and an array of other environmental concerns, including tailing ponds, water consumption, and risk of leaks, the operations have become a target of environmental activists.

Senator Inhofe (9/14/12) reports: «The letter outlines the Senators» view that «ownership and operation of U.S. business operations by foreign governments via their corporate proxies becomes particularly concerning when critical natural resources such as oil and natural gas are involved.

It would be simply impossible for the airline industry to continue its operations if it became subject to the whims of oil market.