Roberts notes that as the region has added jobs in more sectors, including biotech, data analytics, finance, insurance and manufacturing, its dependence
on the energy industry has declined to 38 percent of the region's GDP.
Noting that other office - using sectors, including legal services, accounting and insurance, also are somewhat dependent
on the energy industry in the city, David Carter, principal and director of the Houston region with real estate services firm Colliers International, suggests that the Houston office market won't gain much traction until the energy industry begins adding both jobs and space.
We can represent you across multiple commercial business segments, as well as focusing
on energy industry litigation.
Canada is once again delaying emissions regulations in the oil and gas sector, despite major pipeline projects that continue to put intense scrutiny
on the energy industry's environmental track record
Of the 67 deregulatory actions the Trump administration completed last year, 20 lifted requirements
on the energy industry — including scrapping protections of streams and wetlands to ease fossil fuel development and halting restrictions on toxic wastewater discharges from coal plants.
The push for C.C.S. is largely based
on the energy industry's experience with enhanced oil recovery, a technique for pumping carbon dioxide into dwindling oil wells in to force out the remaining crude.
Trump highlighted the Obama administration's regulatory onslaught
on the energy industry — and, indeed, our industry faces dozens of initiatives by agencies across the breadth of the government that could needlessly constrain energy development and derail an energy renaissance that has made the U.S. the world's leading oil and natural gas producer.
Now Exxon has changed its position, recognising the inevitability of some sort of controls on CO2 emissions, and lobbying for a broad approach that will be relatively favourable to businesses like Exxon, rather than one tightly focused
on the energy industry.
For too long, we've been held back by burdensome regulations
on our energy industry.
As regular readers of this column are aware from time to time I will host provocative perspectives
on the energy industry.
Alberta couple with $ 2.8 M net worth worry dependence
on energy industry will spoil their retirement
If deforestation played as great a role as fossil fuels in CO2 accumulation, then responsibility for reducing carbon dioxide emissions would not fall entirely
on the energy industry.
«It will freeze the money to build and renew power stations, freeze the jobs and livelihoods of the 600,000 - plus people dependent
on the energy industry and make the prospect of energy shortages a reality, pushing up the prices for everyone,» chief executive Angela Knight said.
Lisa Percoco was hired by CPV to develop a curriculum and teach classes to elementary school students that put a positive spin
on the energy industry.
Situation: Couple wants to reduce dependence
on the energy industry and stabilize retirement income
Alberta couple with $ 2.8 M net worth worry dependence
on energy industry will spoil their retirement
«For too long, we've been held back by burdensome regulations
on our energy industry.
Blue Pillar, an internet of things (IoT) company focused
on the energy industry, announced a $ 10 million raise from new investors GXP investments and Elevate Ventures alongside EnerTech Capital, Allos Ventures, Arsenal Venture Partners and Claremont Creek Ventures.
Then, through much of the 20th century, the focus in Tulsa's economy
on the energy industry.
(10) The term «industries dependent
on energy industries» means rail transportation and pipeline transportation.
Not exact matches
According to Colin Snow, a California - based independent
industry analyst, the drone market is becoming increasingly specialized, with vendors focusing
on applications such as mapping or
industries like
energy.
He dabbled in other
industries, including film and television, but never left the
energy sector entirely, continuing to sit
on boards for oil companies and teach geophysics.
The import taxes, however, will prove to be the most targeted strike
on the
industry yet and may have larger consequences for the
energy world.
I could have spent the same, if not more, amount of
energy on looking at everyone in my
industry and assessing how I can beat them, surpass them or solicit their business.
«The
industry spends quite a bit of
energy on traceability — the chain of custody,» he says.
Since 2015, the World Bank, via Anita Marangoly George, former senior director of Global Practice
on Energy and Extractive
Industries, has pushed to eliminate «a huge amount of greenhouse gas, equivalent to the emissions of 77 million cars,» by 2030.
The U.S. installed almost 2.4 gigawatts of solar photovoltaics in the second quarter of 2017, an increase of 8 percent year -
on - year, according to a recent report from GTM Research and the Solar
Energy Industries Association.
«We are climbing very, very slowly out of a very tough period for the
industry,» said BP Plc CEO Bob Dudley.Less predictive were ministers betting
on a quicker recovery for oil and the wider
energy industry.
Many
on the right, including the current and past prime ministers, parrot the lies and PR language of the
industry -
energy poverty, coal is cheap, clean coal is possible, 10,000 jobs, etc..
The
energy sector is recovering and no longer weighing so heavily
on economic growth (it's not likely the
industry will help drive GDP any time soon, however).
On Oct. 28, post-budget, it's not hard to imagine her waking up and looking at her to - do list: (1) Fulfill life and campaign pledges to rein in growth in energy industry and take dramatic action on climate chang
On Oct. 28, post-budget, it's not hard to imagine her waking up and looking at her to - do list: (1) Fulfill life and campaign pledges to rein in growth in
energy industry and take dramatic action
on climate chang
on climate change.
Marathon Petroleum's purchase of fellow refiner Andeavor stands to capitalize
on some of the biggest trends in the
energy industry.
It might seem odd to spend money
on a degree for work in an
industry that has retrenched, but MBA programs with
energy or resources themes are seeing a boost in applicants.
But Trump's upset victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton in the Nov. 8 presidential election has cast doubt
on the future of a federal tax break for renewable
energy seen critical to the
industry's continued growth.
The Solar
Energy Industries Association, before the election, provided Trump staffers with information about the investment tax credit and its impact
on jobs and the economy.
For GE, the deal will help it focus more
on the oil and gas sector, especially in North America, while shielding the parent company's earnings from the
energy industry's boom and bust cycles.
The day after Trump won, the American Wind
Energy Association released a statement touting its contributions to the economy including the fees developers pay to farmers who agree to host wind turbines
on their land and the jobs the
industry creates.
• Clearlake recapitalized Knight
Energy Holdings, a Santa Monica, Calif. - based firm focused
on the oil and gas
industry.
The home of Canada's once go - go
energy industry has suffered this year from lower oil prices, putting a drag
on incomes.
OPEC was meeting with rival U.S. shale producers
on the sidelines of the annual CERAWeek
energy conference for a second year in a row, in an effort to learn what the
industry can do to avoid the type of painful downturn faced in 2015.
Tumbling oil prices spell bad news, both for overall growth and the financial position of the government, which is reliant
on tax revenues from its
energy industry to fund the budget.
Rick George, who helped pioneer Canada's oil - sands
industry during two decades at the helm of Suncor
Energy Inc., died
on Tuesday after a year - and - a-half battle against acute myeloid leukemia.
Confident, articulate and extremely well - connected, Kennedy - Glans has experience in
industry (she was Nexen Inc.'s first female executive vice-president), philanthropy (she founded Bridges Social Development), and corporate social responsibility (she's advised global
energy operators
on the non-technical risks of their projects).
McDermott has served the
energy industry since 1923, and shares of its common stock are listed
on the New York Stock Exchange.
Support for Clinton wasn't strong as residents — many who are blue - collar workers in the petrochemical
industry — were concerned whether her environmental and
energy proposals would ultimately have a negative impact
on their jobs, said Brandon Rottinghaus, a political science professor at the University of Houston.
A new
energy source is
on the horizon that could be disruptive to Canada's
energy industry.
They argue that possible sanctions
on the Venezuelan
energy sector would harm the U.S.
industry, and cause it to scramble for heavy crude supplies from elsewhere, which would result in higher fuel prices for consumers.
The economic slowdown that still grips much of the globe is keeping a damper
on many
industries — the moguls heavily invested in commodities or
energy were more likely to be laggards this year — but telecom, real estate and consumer staples performed well and pushed many members» net worth higher.
His
energy policy will likely favor the fossil - fuel
industry, and his EPA will probably back off
on the higher fuel - economy standards that are mandated for automakers — and that have spurred electric - car development.
He seems ready to cut his losses in two more: BGOV and Bloomberg New
Energy Finance, a data provider on the clean - energy ind
Energy Finance, a data provider
on the clean -
energy ind
energy industry.