Sentences with phrase «oil producing region»

In Latin America, the second largest palm oil producing region in the world after Asia, RSPO has been engaging growers on sustainability through measures such as a regional conference for growers, piloting a «jurisdictional approach» to RSPO certification in Ecuador — whereby entire landscapes are certified, rather than individual plots — and a workshop for growers, government officials, and non-governmental organisers to facilitate this.

Venezuela's plunging output comes amid strong demand as well as concerns that supplies from the Middle East, by far the world's biggest oil producing region, could also be disrupted, especially should the United States in May re-impose sanctions against OPEC - member Iran.

Despite the unrest in the world's most important oil producing region, the price of Brent is now actually 16 percent lower than it was in June.

«We are engaged in the largest transfer of wealth in the history of the world, from the industrialized countries into oil producing regions,» FedEx chairman Fred Smith said.

With gasoline prices approaching $ 4 / gallon, fossil fuel shortages, unrest in oil producing regions around the globe and mainstream consumer adoption and adoption of the hybrid electric car (more than 140,000 Prius» sold this year), this story couldn't be more relevant or important.

Libya's production increases, which have been questioned by insiders, have proven to be unsustainable due to fighting between militias and government forces in oil producing regions.

First, as Levi puts it, oil is far from the only reason for U.S. military involvement in oil producing regions.

Following the visit of the acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo to the oil producing region in the country, the Niger Delta Non-Violence Youth Leaders Assembly, (NDYLA), a peace advocacy group, has commended his action describing it as a morale booster.

In his second leg visit to the oil producing region of the country, Nigeria's acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has on Friday urged militants in the area to desist from destroying oil pipelines has this would only hinder growth in the region and hurt the citizens more.

During the visit of a delegation of FOSTER, a group consisting of NGOs involved in different issues in the Niger Delta area, Osinbajo restated government's commitment to the development of the oil producing region.

But not all fossil fuels, oil producing regions and individual projects will be threatened equally.

«Our past, present and future environmental management actions — including the fact that Alberta already has a price on carbon and was the first place in North America to legally require all large industry to curb emissions — are unmatched by any oil producing region in the world,» Premier Alison Redford said in a companion statement.

This paper looks at oil production data from 139 oil producing regions (at a range of scales).