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«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.

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.

Not exact matches

Hypocrisy aside, it is a preferable sort of regulation in that it aims to set a standard for oil imports to meet, rather than blacklisting an entire producing region.

Geopolitical concerns: Considerable geopolitics always plays a role in oil pricing, especially when they involve conflicts — like those in the Gulf Region, where roughly 60 percent of global oil is produced.

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.

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.

The worst storm to hit the U.S. since 2004 and by some estimates the largest rain - storm in U.S. history, Harvey has had a profound impact on the nation's largest oil - producing and oil - refining region.

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

This regional market has pipelines running both in and out of it, and oil is used by refineries within the region to produce gasoline, diesel fuel and other products.

Canadian heavy oil is perfectly suited for the refineries in the U.S. Gulf Coast, which is the largest motor gasoline producing region in the U.S., producing 90 percent of American gasoline exports.

Above, you'll find a list of how many drilled but uncompleted wells (DUC) can be found in our largest oil - producing regions.

The region is also a major energy producer, the source of 75 % of the state's oil production and 65 % of its gas production.18 Kern County is the third most productive oil - producing county in the U.S., 19 accounting for one - tenth of overall U.S. oil production and three of the five largest U.S. oil fields.20 Kern is also home to the world's second largest onshore wind farm, the Alta Wind Energy Center, 21 and construction is underway there on what will be the world's largest solar PV installation, at Antelope Valley.22

Political turmoil in the region threatens to stunt any equity - market rallies, but the oil - producing countries of the Gulf have strong economies and active sovereign wealth and private equity funds.

Gun violence is common in parts of Nigeria's oil - producing Niger Delta region, where various militant groups take up arms against multinational companies to demand a share of oil proceeds.

Ocean Island Coconut Oil is produced in the pristine and unpolluted regions of beautiful Sri Lanka.

Elaeis Organic Virgin Coconut Oil is produced from Organic Coconuts in tropical regions of Sri Lanka.

The Catalan Region of Spain has a long - standing tradition of producing some of the finest products in the world and Línia has embraced that tradition with their choices of charcuterie, olive oil and the freshest fish from the coast.

Puglia produces some of the best olive oil in Italy, of the deep green, fruity kind, which is used with abandon in the region's dishes.

In a statement by its Executive Secretary, Air Commodore Yusuf Anas (retd), the Centre also called for consultations and negotiations among stakeholders in the region especially the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Traditional rulers of Oil Mineral Producing Communities, TROMCON, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, the Joint Task Force, JTF and youth leaders in the region with a view to identifying the real cause of the recent monumental economic sabotage and to proffer solutionIn a statement by its Executive Secretary, Air Commodore Yusuf Anas (retd), the Centre also called for consultations and negotiations among stakeholders in the region especially the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Traditional rulers of Oil Mineral Producing Communities, TROMCON, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, the Joint Task Force, JTF and youth leaders in the region with a view to identifying the real cause of the recent monumental economic sabotage and to proffer solutionin the region especially the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Traditional rulers of Oil Mineral Producing Communities, TROMCON, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, the Joint Task Force, JTF and youth leaders in the region with a view to identifying the real cause of the recent monumental economic sabotage and to proffer solutionin the region with a view to identifying the real cause of the recent monumental economic sabotage and to proffer solutions.

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 morIn 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 morin the area to desist from destroying oil pipelines has this would only hinder growth in the region and hurt the citizens morin the region and hurt the citizens more.

Speaking at a rally at Anweaso in the Adansi Asokwa constituency of the Ashanti region, President Mahama stressed the NDC is the only party stable enough to govern the young oil - producing country.

«We believe that it is not something that was well thought through because very soon we are going to produce oil in the Volta Region so are we going to shift GNPC from the Western Region to the Volta Region.

The fight between the Icelanders and Greenlanders took place in Sime, a community in the Tai district of Rivers State, a 25 - minute drive from Port Harcourt, the hub of Nigeria's restive oil - producing region.

But for the people of historic Oloibiri and the many oil - producing communities in this state and the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, the blessing of oil paradoxically became a curse or at best a burden.

A survey of a major oil and natural gas - producing region in Western Canada suggests a link between hydraulic fracturing or «fracking» and induced earthquakes in the region, according to a new report published online in the journal Seismological Research Letters.

Fires started by farmers in Indonesia, particularly those producing palm oil and timber for wood pulp and paper, are the main culprits of haze events in this region.

Andersen noted that it is not clear if the degradation of oil at these depths would have occurred in other offshore oil - producing regions.

Improvements to U.S. energy security despite rising tensions in oil - producing regions have prompted questions about whether the United States needs to continue enforcing the provisions of the Carter Doctrine that require Washington to maintain a large and costly military presence in the Persian Gulf.

Long - range hurricane forecasts are eagerly awaited in U.S. financial and energy markets, which quiver every time a storm bears down on the U.S. oil and gas - producing region of the Gulf of Mexico.

«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.

Rich in protein, oil, and starch, the marama bean is a tuber - producing perennial legume that could serve as a sustainable crop in subsistence regions.

[166][167] A 2010 study conducted at Argonne National Laboratory reached similar findings, concluding that PHEVs will reduce oil consumption but could produce very different greenhouse gas emissions for each region depending on the energy mix used to generate the electricity to recharge the plug - in hybrids.

Mid-Con Energy Partners LP owns, operates, acquires, exploits and develops oil and natural gas producing properties in North America, with a focus on the Mid-Continent region of the United States.

Recent events in this region, which produces about one third of the world's oil supply, have pushed oil prices above $ 120 per barrel.

On the way back to the camp we take an interesting and educational stop to see Argan Oil being produced by hand in the centuries old tradition of the region.

I travel from the legendary artist town of Marfa in the southwest to Houston in the third biggest oil - producing region in the world, and from there to Austin, Boomtown of the USA.

In the summer of 2013 she relocated back to the oil - producing Niger Delta to create a major body of work about the region that will be shown in a number of US - based museums in 2015/2016, which will include her first solo museum shoIn the summer of 2013 she relocated back to the oil - producing Niger Delta to create a major body of work about the region that will be shown in a number of US - based museums in 2015/2016, which will include her first solo museum shoin a number of US - based museums in 2015/2016, which will include her first solo museum shoin 2015/2016, which will include her first solo museum show.

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.

Considering the risks inherent in nuclear power, the chronic political instability gripping some key oil - producing regions, and the climate volatility and pollution - related disease resulting from continued fossil fuel use, Japan's current energy economy is far from secure.

Analyzes LST from the thermal band of a Landsat image and produce a high - resolution surface temperature map (30 m) for the lowlands of the Jambi province in Sumatra (Indonesia), a region which suffered large land transformation towards oil palm and other cash crops over the past decades

«What it's carrying is oil that is produced in Alberta, Canada's tar sands, or sometimes called the oil sands region.»

«This plan will make one of the world's largest oil - producing regions a leader in addressing the climate change challenge,» he said.

Palm oil has been produced in the region since 1911, and plantation expansion boomed in the 1970s with growth rates of more than 20 % per year.

The region has the capacity to produce 2.5 million barrels of oil per day — and in the process, as TreeHugger has explained before, extraction produces up to eight times the emissions of conventional oil and operators are allowed to use twice the amount of fresh water that all of Calgary uses in a year.

In the drive to produce more palm oil, for use in food and health products or in biodiesel, more and more forest is chopped down — in the process releasing vast amounts of stored carbon in the soil and reducing the carbon storage potential of the region, as well as destroying habitat for orangutans and other endangered specieIn the drive to produce more palm oil, for use in food and health products or in biodiesel, more and more forest is chopped down — in the process releasing vast amounts of stored carbon in the soil and reducing the carbon storage potential of the region, as well as destroying habitat for orangutans and other endangered speciein food and health products or in biodiesel, more and more forest is chopped down — in the process releasing vast amounts of stored carbon in the soil and reducing the carbon storage potential of the region, as well as destroying habitat for orangutans and other endangered speciein biodiesel, more and more forest is chopped down — in the process releasing vast amounts of stored carbon in the soil and reducing the carbon storage potential of the region, as well as destroying habitat for orangutans and other endangered speciein the process releasing vast amounts of stored carbon in the soil and reducing the carbon storage potential of the region, as well as destroying habitat for orangutans and other endangered speciein the soil and reducing the carbon storage potential of the region, as well as destroying habitat for orangutans and other endangered species.

Hopefully these measures that are being taken to address the increased dangers reduce the amount of accidents and deaths in New Mexico's oil - producing regions, but the increase in traffic will probably increase the danger on certain New Mexico roads permanently.

Zell, founder of Equity Group Investments Inc., made an investment in the region two days ago and sees «awesome» prospects for the oil - producing area, he told Alix Steel, David Westin and Jonathan Ferro in a Bloomberg TV interview Wednesday.