Sentences with phrase «oil or gas project»

It would be interesting to see if a state government could block an off - shore oil or gas project solely on the basis of climate - related onshore impacts (for Victorians and the rest of the world).

That doesn't stop Oxfam America, the Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth and the Methodist Church jointly lobbying US politicians to prevent investment in coal, oil or gas projects in Africa.

This means that any new oil or gas projects are unlikely to pay any PRRT at all for well over a decade.

Not exact matches

A 2008 U.S. geological survey pegged oil reserves north of the Arctic Circle at 90 billion barrels — or 13 % of the projected undiscovered oil in the world — and 44 billion barrels of natural gas liquids.

But Exxon has continued to invest heavily in projects that will not produce oil or gas for years.

Probably the most discussed aspect of the NGP Report (see this excellent discussion on CBC's The 180 beginning at around the seven minute mark) is the JRP's treatment (or lack thereof) of «upstream» greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), and specifically the apparent asymmetry between the JRP's decision to consider the need to open markets for projected increases in oil production — the vast majority of which would uncontrovertibly be from the oil sands — but not the GHGs associated with this projected growth.

But the administration has now taken a similar tack on a number of other controversial projects, staying silent rather than approving or blocking them, including a major proposed propane storage project in the Finger Lakes, the construction of new liquefied natural gas storage areas across the state and a crude - oil heating facility at the Port of Albany.

On March 12, the New York State Assembly amended the state budget bill addressing capital projects (A9504b) «for services and expenses related to the design and construction on Sheridan Avenue in Albany of a cogeneration plant and microgrid, to operate on renewable energy, natural gas and / or fuel oil.»

The project involves the development, ownership, operation and management of the 400MW Combined Cycle Plant to be fueled by either Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) or Natural Gas (NG) for a 25 - year period by Early Power Limited in Tema, strategically close to the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR).

And, although a few projects such as the Sleipner gas field in the North Sea or oil fields owned by the EnCana Corporation in Calgary, Alberta have proved that CO2 can be pumped underground and remain trapped below cap rock, they are aimed at enhancing recovery of the fossil fuels in those fields rather than permanently storing the greenhouse gas.

The Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is awarding $ 10.8 million to six new projects to develop new technologies, processes, or procedures that could result in improved understanding and management of systemic risk in offshore oil and gas operations.

A decade ago, no one projected the growth in shale gas or tight oil in the US or anywhere else in the world.

As was discussed here last Friday, President Obama has proposed using a tiny portion of federal revenues from offshore oil and gas production to build an «Energy Security Trust» to pay for the kinds of tough or longer - term energy research projects that the private sector tends to neglect.

Without the safeguard, REDD monies projected to help developing countries protect their remaining forests and reduce the 25 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions caused by deforestation, forest degradation and peatland destruction could instead allow industrial - scale logging and replacement of tropical forests with pulp or palm oil plantations.

Retirements of inefficient units fueled by natural gas or oil, generally involving primary steam cycles, are also projected to rise.

«Lead by issuing no further leases or permits for new oil and gas extraction projects or related transportation infrastructure.

In particular, we call on Parliament to ban any further public or private investment in projects that will make the climate emergency worse, such as coal, oil, and gas projects.

Our elected representatives are choosing to allow corporations to put us all at greater risk of dangerous climate impacts every time they approve new climate - damaging projects, like new coal, oil, or gas projects.

As a first step, this «no more bad investment» legislation should ban all new coal, oil, and gas projects and all new logging or clearing that degrades and destroys natural carbon sinks (including renewals of expiring regional forest agreements).

Reduce dependency on (imported) fossil fuels (balance of payments, reliance on potentially unfriendly or unstable nations as suppliers, high cost at the pump, all problems as seen from US viewpoint): — encourage nuclear power generation (cut red tape)-- encourage energy savings and improved efficiency projects (tax breaks)-- encourage basic research into new (non fossil fuel) resources (subsidies)-- encourage imports from friendly neighbor, Canada (Keystone pipeline)-- encourage local oil and gas exploration («drill, baby, drill»)-- encourage «clean coal» projects (tax incentives)-- set goal to become energy independent within ten years

-- Instruct the new Energy Secretary to work with oil and gas industry to put together and implement an energy independence plan, with the clear goal of making the USA a net exporter of energy products within four years, at the same time creating millions of new jobs — Instruct the EPA Director to work with coal burning companies to encourage «clean coal» projects (eliminating pollution), by offering tax incentives for those who invest in these projects — Instruct the new Energy Secretary to set up a special task force to encourage the expansion of nuclear power and ease the permit procedure for new or expanded plants, with the goal of increasing nuclear power generation from 20 % to 25 % within four years

Around 20 % -25 % of oil and gas majors» potential investment is in projects that will not be needed in a 2 ˚C scenario, and cancelling them would mean seeing very little or no growth (known as ex-growth).

Freeze further leases or permits for new oil and gas extraction projects or transportation infrastructure that would incentivize additional exploration.

SA can develop new climate - safe exports to make up for forgoing potential future export income that might accrue from drilling for oil in the Bight or from future new gas extraction projects.

Instructs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) establish a competitive grant program for oil and gas producers to implement projects to inject carbon dioxide to enhance recovery of oil or natural gas while increasing carbon dioxide sequestration; and (2) assess and report to Congress on the economic implications of the dependence of Hawaii on oil as its principal source of energy.

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BNP Paribas recently announced that it was restricting financing for oil and gas projects from shale and / or oil from tar sands as well as exploration and production projects in the Arctic.

«A new study called Solar Vision 2025, issued by the Canadian Solar Industry Association and prepared by consultants Ernst & Young, reports the cost of solar power projects will be cut by more than 50 % before 2025, making the solar electricity competitive with electricity generated by oil, gas, hydro or nuclear plants,» said Dr. Shawn Qu, CEO and President of Canadian Solar.

Quite simply: The Bank finances a fossil fuel project, involving oil, natural gas, or coal, in Poor Country A. Rich Country B asks the Bank to help arrange carbon credits so Country B can tell its carbon counters it's taking serious action on climate change.

We have developed 103 - landfill gas to energy projects over the past 20 years, which generate nearly 500 megawatts of power - the equivalent of providing energy for over 400,000 homes or replacing nearly seven million barrels of oil each year.

Some industries — notably chemical, mining, public transportation and oil and gas — will see a whole new array of criteria for projects ranging from mandatory review to higher or lower applicability thresholds depending on the location and environmental footprint of projects.

His work focuses primarily on large or complex energy and mineral related projects and transactions, such as power plants, pipeline projects, oil & gas transactions, mining projects, and wind energy projects, with his work involving various aspects, including due diligence, permitting, transaction agreements, condemnation, financing and financing opinions, and generally assisting clients complete projects and close transactions.

«We had previously said that project could hit commercial operation as soon as 2018 but given what's going on here and the fact many of those projects are being delayed somewhat because their commercial operation dates are also dictated by demand in oil or natural gas or natural gas liquids, we're keeping an eye on the market to see how soon we need to bring that on.

The traditional sources of funding for oil and gas projects have always been debt and equity or IPOs.

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As the pressures on the Earth's resources intensify, indigenous peoples bear disproportionate costs or resource - intensive and resource - extractive industries and activities such as mining, oil and gas development, large dams and other infrastructure products, logging and plantations, bio-prospecting, industrial fishing and farming, and also eco-tourism and imposed conservation projects.