Sentences with phrase «oil prices drop by»

Canadian energy company shares are trading at levels not seen since the depths of the 2008 crisis, levels that can only be justified if the global economy falls into another recession and oil prices drop by half.

Over the two years ending April 30 of 2016, oil prices dropped by $ 53.82 per barrel, to $ 45.92.

Not exact matches

In 2015, revenue for the 500 largest global corporations dropped 11.5 % to $ 27.6 trillion, owing to falling oil prices and in part by the surge in value of the U.S. dollar, which has stalled economic growth worldwide.

However, there is considerable uncertainty about the speed with which this sequence will evolve and how it will be affected by the drop in oil prices.

The region in recent years has seen investor sentiment rattled by developments such as the drop in oil prices, the war in Syria and a sudden corruption purge from Riyadh.

In response to a question about whether a rate cut amounted to pouring gasoline on the overheated housing market, Poloz said «We admit that these conditions are likely to cause financial imbalances,» in some cases, but that the Bank's primary goal is to ameliorate the «financial shock» to the economy caused by the drop in oil prices.

Suncor is Alberta's biggest company by assets, but a near 50 % drop in oil prices in 2015 hit the company hard.

Although much of the recent drop in oil prices has been due to the prospect of higher exports from Iran in the coming months (the International Energy Agency forecasts an extra 300,000 barrels a day by the end of March), the dumping of stored oil is essentially a short - term factor, and its influence on crude prices should logically pass quite quickly.

There are any number of theories explaining the sudden drop in crude oil prices after two years of stability: America's increasing supply, the world's faltering demand, an undeclared price war being waged by Saudi Arabia, the rising U.S. dollar.

The energy sector was certainly hard hit by the sharp drop in oil prices.

Omar said Malaysia was suffering particularly because it was an emerging market at a time of capital outflows, it was a net exporter of oil and gas at a time of a significant drop in prices, and it was perceived to be badly affected by the Chinese slowdown as China was its largest trading partner.

The once - prosperous nation continues further into a recession started by the drop in global oil prices in 2014.

MILAN (AP)-- Italian gas and oil company Eni says first - quarter profits dropped slightly as production grew by 4 percent amid rising oil prices.

Finally, much of the recent drop in inflation expectations is being driven by lower commodity prices, particularly oil.

If news breaks that a deal is in hand, oil prices will sink on the expectation of this future volume, potentially dropping by $ 5 to $ 10 per barrel.

Commodities - paced by US sanctions on Russia's Rusal and Saudi Arabia's push for higher oil prices - have almost recovered from their February drop.

Oil prices have already dropped to around $ 80 a barrel and, according to a recent forecast by Goldman Sachs, could average only $ 75 by the second half of next year.

Bakersfield relies heavily on the oil industry, which has been hit by the drop in oil prices, reported the Los Angeles Times in early 2016.

Therefore, other than a drop in oil prices, the only way they'll cut back is if shareholders demand that they do by turning up the heat on capital returns.

The new contracts will come when oil is roughly half that price, a drop in value that could reduce pipeline operating revenue by millions of dollars a day and ruin the pipeline's business strategy.

Canadian producers battered by the dramatic oil price drop that began in 2014 will likely be keen to take up space on the new pipeline, if it goes ahead, he said.

Business columnists highlighted a 6 % to 8 % drop in share price at MEG Energy, Trilogy and Cenovus, but they failed to mention that Suncor, Husky and Imperial dropped less than half that amount (about 3 %) and that all energy stocks were up by the close of business Friday due to higher crude prices and «a more positive sentiment for things oil - related these days.»

Teekay Tankers was primarily negatively affected by the severe drop in crude oil prices sending tanker rates to the lowest levels in more than three years, as well as some temporary oil production outages in markets the company's tankers serve.

I hope the world takes this chance to recove and invests in renewbale energies because after this drop the decline rate of existing fields will take oil prices back to +100 $ / barrel after being conpensated by full production in the middle east and new offshore production combined with unconventionnal production.

Venezuela is mired in a deep economic crisis triggered mainly by a fall in crude oil prices and a drop in oil production.

Bouroudjian at Index Financial Partners added that any instability in emerging markets this time around would be countered by one important element — the sharp drop in oil prices, which is putting money back into the pockets of consumers and businesses globally.

The Mexican government is cutting spending to help the economy, which has been hurt by a sharp drop in world prices for oil exports.

Already Buhari has started giving excuses for the abysmal performance.He attributed the quagmire to drop in the price of oil globally and cleverly laid the blame on the doorsteps of all Nigerian accusing them of relying solely on oil.All renowned rating agencies including fitch continue to downgrade Nigeria ever since Buhari took over and it is projected that Nigeria will not be able to repay its debt obligations.Fitch for instance downgraded Nigeria's longterm foreign currency issuer default rating to B + from BB - and longterm local currency IDR to BB - from BB.The general position expressed by almost all the Briton wood institutions is that Nigeria's fiscal and external vulnerability has worsened under Buhari and it is projected that the government's general fiscal deficit could grow up to 4.2 % by the end of 2016 after averaging 1.5 % under the previous regime.A recent capital importation report by Nigeria Bureau of Statistics confirms that, last year, the country recorded total inflow of capital into the economy stood at $ 9.6 billion which was a 53 % drop from previous year and the lowest recorded total since 2011.

GHANA is set to lose a whopping $ 13billion in oil revenues if the price of the commodity drops and remains below $ 50 for the next two decades, a report by the World Bank Group has revealed.

Checks by Citi Business News at some major Oil Marketing Companies showed that petroleum prices dropped by less than GHc1 at the pumps after Parliament passed the Special Petroleum Tax Amendment Bill to reduce that much - criticized tax from 15 percent to 13 percent.

With the government removing fuel subsidies and oil marketers refusing to sell diesel at pump prices, the cost of doing business in Nigeria is expected to double over the next three months especially as oil hits a benchmark price of $ 38 per barrel with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicting a further drop to $ 20 per barrel by mid-year.

«To the point where competition among the Oil Marketing Companies remains high, market price for both Brent crude and refined oil dropping in average price terms, added to the appreciation of the Cedi against the U.S. dollar, and increasing national fuel stock; the Institute for Energy Security (IES) believe that there is enough positive momentum and fundamental justification to move the prices of Petrol and Diesel lower on the local market,» IES said in a release signed by Gilbert Richmond Rockson, Principal Research AnalyOil Marketing Companies remains high, market price for both Brent crude and refined oil dropping in average price terms, added to the appreciation of the Cedi against the U.S. dollar, and increasing national fuel stock; the Institute for Energy Security (IES) believe that there is enough positive momentum and fundamental justification to move the prices of Petrol and Diesel lower on the local market,» IES said in a release signed by Gilbert Richmond Rockson, Principal Research Analyoil dropping in average price terms, added to the appreciation of the Cedi against the U.S. dollar, and increasing national fuel stock; the Institute for Energy Security (IES) believe that there is enough positive momentum and fundamental justification to move the prices of Petrol and Diesel lower on the local market,» IES said in a release signed by Gilbert Richmond Rockson, Principal Research Analyst.

During the first «Pricing window» for the month of June 2016, Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) increased their prices by an average of 2 % which IES contested, resulting in a sharp response by Goil of some 0.79 % drop on a litre of petrol.

They have shown understanding of the situation we are, even as we try to mitigate the consequences of the shortfall in revenue occasioned by a drop in the price of crude oil.

Increased exploration spurred by high oil prices paired with that drop in demand led to two decades of low oil prices.

But with the price of oil dropping — by an average of 2 percent a year since the peak in 1980 — «that could push off the date for economic feasibility by as much as 25 years,» says Lynch.

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What if during that same period, oil prices dropped dramatically or the median income of potential car buyers rose by 4 %?

Ironically, the drop in breakevens, which seems to have been overly influenced by the fall in crude oil prices, has occurred against a backdrop of rising core inflation.

VTI has dropped by 2.7 % but VCE kept pretty well considering significant uncertainty over oil price fluctuation, I think the market held pretty steady.

Given the benefit of retrospect everybody seems to agree this price drop was inevitable, brought on by oversupply from additional shale oil production.

Continued active issuance, which added to supply, and the same energy names that were affected by the drop in oil prices in the high - yield index combined to detract from the performance of the leveraged loan sector.

Lower oil prices have reduced demand for the company's pit liners and a drop in corn prices have depressed investment by agricultural producers.

It's certainly true that perhaps 70 % of the dispersion of returns over a 5 - to - 10 year period are driven by macro-economic factors (Putin invades - > the EU sanctions - > economies falter - > the price of oil drops - > interest rates fall) but that fact is not useful because such events are unforecastable and their macro-level impacts are incalculably complex (try «what effect will European reaction to Putin's missile transfer offer have on shadow interest rates in China?»).

Today's sobering story on how economic turmoil could blunt climate - friendly energy plans, by Elisabeth Rosenthal, implies that a new kind of climate and energy trance may indeed be nigh — not one created just by dropping prices for coal and oil but also by the urgency of a global economic retreat.

The first - of - its - kind proposal asked Chevron to increase dividend payments to shareholders instead of spending so much on unconventional oil, tar sands and other projects that could be rendered unprofitable by future climate policies or a related drop in oil prices.

US shale production has prompted increased volatility in the oil markets, as exemplified by the 50 % drop in prices during the...

A rising carbon price drives down coal use by a jaw - dropping 75 per cent in a single decade while oil use is barely affected.

Hi Jim2 Price of oil dropped by about 40 %.