Sentences with phrase «on foreign oil companies»

On top of that, biodiesel drivers don't have to rely on foreign oil companies to set ever - fluctuating gas prices.

Not exact matches

Among the other topics discussed was Saudi Arabia's plans to list state oil company Saudi Aramco on a foreign stock exchange.

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

And we omitted real - estate - investment trusts, oil - and - gas explorers, holding companies, financial institutions, closed - end funds, and foreign entities, on the grounds that including such anomalous structures scrambles data into an apples - and - oranges mà ‰ lange.

Clearly, the first - order effect of falling oil prices for these companies is lower input costs, with the degree of reduction dependent on both foreign - exchange effects and the companies» degree of exposure to oil prices.

Iran is believed to have responded with computer attacks on targets in the United States, including American banks and foreign oil companies.

What's going on is that thousands of oil workers are fleeing the state - run oil firm under the watch of its new military commander, who has quickly alienated the firm's embattled upper echelon and its rank - and - file, according to union leaders, a half - dozen current PDVSA workers, a dozen former PDVSA workers and a half - dozen executives at foreign companies operating in Venezuela.

Most of China's crude imports are bought on long - term contracts between China's major oil companies and foreign national oil companies.

ABU DHABI / DUBAI (Reuters)- Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) has picked a local bank and three foreign lenders as bookrunners for the planned initial public offering of its retail unit that could raise $ 1.5 billion to $ 2 billion, sources said on Thursday.

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP)-- Uganda's government on Tuesday issued eight oil production licenses to two foreign companies, moving the East African country closer to becoming a producer of crude.

Focusing on the United Kingdom, we believe current conditions favor large UK multinational companies that obtain much of their earnings abroad or report their results in foreign currencies (e.g., global integrated oil and gas companies).

China's oil industry began a new era of growth as early as 2008, and from 2009 to 2013 Chinese oil companies were particularly keen on investing in foreign oil assets.

Meanwhile, the Iranian state - owned oil company, the National Iranian Oil Co, would compensate the foreign company depending on the deposit, production volumes, and oil pricoil company, the National Iranian Oil Co, would compensate the foreign company depending on the deposit, production volumes, and oil pricOil Co, would compensate the foreign company depending on the deposit, production volumes, and oil pricoil prices.

The cultural upheaval that comes from the post-colonial presence of foreign oil companies is important to the story, but we see it strictly through its immediate effects on Blessing's life.

But apart from their military duties they were all on the board of directors of several parastatals closely linked to foreign companies, particularly those involved in the exploration of oil and the mining of precious metals.

On those FF subsidies: just the top 4 oil and gas companies paid $ 254.2 billion in taxes to foreign governments plus had a tax liability in the USA of $ 32.1 billion which they paid $ 15.6 billion and deferred the rest until later.

Final word on windfall profits, the US can not tax foreign generated income which is a major component of oil companies revenues especially in the oil services sector.

«Treating this pipeline facility and company differently than all other regulated projects and entities that operate in Vermont would arguably run afoul of federal pre-emption principles that explicitly bar states from regulating oil pipeline safety; potentially constitute an impermissible attempt to nullify the President's exercise of his foreign affairs power under the U.S. Constitution as reflected in the Presidential Permits issued to Portland Pipe Line and potentially impose an unconstitutional burden on foreign or interstate commerce.»

As a result auto companies have started an arms race towards sustainability with less dependence on foreign oil.

This on its face is Enron accounting on steroids, and shocking in a USA where innocent common American millionaires are now facing being forced to pay more tax just so some foreign - owned oil company can dodge a few bucks in business taxes.

Now corporations are pushing for the TTIP to give more «protections» to oil and gas companies, which — based on the NAFTA precedent — would allow foreign companies to circumvent government and court decisions over energy policies, and sue taxpayers over policies that companies deem inconvenient.

Today the House Financial Services Committee is deliberating legislation that would enhance U.S. energy security and curb corruption in poor countries by casting light on payments made to foreign governments by oil, gas and mining companies.

Following years of complaints to international organizations — including the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the industry's leading certification body — these communities remain on the frontlines of a development model that puts people's wellbeing in the hands of private companies and foreign investors.

I'm sure you will ferret out any foreign money involved in lobbying our government on behalf of big oil, the pharmaceutical companies, the insurance interests and the grain industry.

But a closer look at the new realities of the global oil market and at the companies who will profit from the pipeline reveals a completely different story: Keystone XL will not lessen U.S. dependence on foreign oil, but rather transport Canadian oil to American refineries for export to overseas markets.

Baker & McKenzie recently represented Thai Oil Public Company Limited (TOP) on its offering of USD 1 billion dual - tranche senior unsecured fixed - rate notes to foreign institutional investors in accordance with Rule 144A and Regulation S.

During his time at the Fraud Section, he worked on a number of significant Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigations involving companies operating in the commodities, oil services, logistics, and defense industries, and coordinated a multi-jurisdictional investigation resulting in one of the largest FCPA corporate settlements to date.

Advise non-U.S.-based oil and gas corporations and service companies on ongoing basis in connection with review of U.S. export controls, sanctions policies, and foreign ownership restrictions in connection with global operations and specific business contacts with United States.