Sentences with phrase «on oil companies by»

In fact, the bill Obama voted for raised taxes on oil companies by $ 300 million over 11 years while providing $ 5.8 billion in subsidies for renewable energy, energy efficiency and alternative fuels.

Not exact matches

CEO Rob Peabody said Husky cut back heavy oil production by about 5,000 barrels per day in the first quarter and substituted mainly blended bitumen bought from other Alberta oilsands companies to send to its U.S. refineries in Ohio and Wisconsin or to the refining complex on the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Spending by oil companies fell sharply as oil plunged below $ 30 a barrel in 2016, dragging on U.S. economic growth.

TMS is focused on the Australian offshore oil and gas support industry and was acquired by labour hire company Integrated Group in 2002.

Some states require oil and gas companies to disclose the chemicals and the amount of water they use in fracking operations on FracFocus.org, a website formed by industry and intergovernmental groups in 2011, but the statistics are not complete.

Prior shareholder letters insisted the proposals were misguided or ignored the company's efforts to spell out its position that even a world intent on limiting temperature rises would still need more oil — a position shared by bodies such as the International Energy Agency, which sees oil demand rising for some years to come yet.

The NOCs are being approached by lawyers and investment bankers not just from Calgary but from Houston and Melbourne too, seeking patient capital for long - timeline projects while equity prices for energy companies have been steadily sinking on stock markets despite the high price of oil.

Failure of prices to recover raises the prospect of even deeper cuts to investment by oil and gas companies next year and would likely result in Canada's economy remaining on a slower growth path than the 2.2 per cent pace we are expecting.»

Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for and commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances and operations posed by the environmental, social and economic challenges associated with the oil sands»; a report of «known and potential environmental impacts» and «policy options» to address the impacts of the company's «fracturing operations»; a report of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»; and adoption of «quantitative goals... for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions.»

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»).

The United Nations Security Council blacklisted dozens of ships and shipping companies on Friday over oil and coal smuggling by North Korea, boosting pressure on Pyongyang as leader Kim Jong Un plans to meet with his South Korean and U.S. counterparts.

HARDMAN Resources Ltd received a friendly $ 1.47 billion takeover bid by Irish company, Tullow Oil on Monday.

From the time Enbridge began talking publicly about Northern Gateway almost a decade ago, the oil pipeline project — which is expected to get federal cabinet approval any day now — got off on the wrong foot by the company's lack of a presence in British Columbia.

Build on its record as the first government to achieve an absolute reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by working with provinces to reduce emissions from the oil and gas sectors while ensuring Canadian companies remain competitive.

HOUSTON ConocoPhillips, the world's largest independent oil and gas exploration and production company, posted a bigger - than - expected first - quarter profit on Thursday, helped by rising crude prices and cost cuts.

Based on that logic, Enbridge has warned that oil companies could pay as much as $ 315 - million in additional annual tolls by 2013 if Keystone XL is built, and takes away some of the crude that might otherwise flow through the Enbridge system.

China is placing a 15 % tariff on sparkling wine; steel pipe used by oil and gas companies; and fruits and nuts including apples, walnuts and grapes.

The oil and gas companies both reported lower - than - expected earnings on Friday morning, and their stocks fell 5 to 6 percent by the afternoon — dragging down the entire index, which continued to slump on Monday.

Oil companies operating in Mexico's deep waters must use national suppliers for 8 percent of the projects by 2025, the government said on Tuesday, a relatively low rate meant to Continue Reading

With a fuel duty rise due this summer and the possibility of strikes by fuel tanker drivers, it will be interesting to measure the impact on the oil companies and whether BP and Shell can ensure that any blame attached is shared around equally, rather than disproportionately focused on them.

In the case of an oil spill cleanup, the costs are likely to be directly incurred by an insurance company, but the premiums paid for that insurance come at the expense of the value of the oil transportation service — the higher the expected clean - up costs from oil spills, the higher insurance premiums will be, and this will mean higher pipeline tolls, which in turn implies lower profits, taxes, and royalties on the products shipped.

Contributing to the decreased supply is the Trump Administration's sanctions on OPEC countries boosting reliance on domestic oil supplies and a long - running economic crisis in Venezuela, where oil workers have been «resigning in droves» since their state oil company was taken over by a military leader.

In the short - run, tariffs would benefit U.S. oil companies by raising prices on imported Mexican oil.

NEWSMAKERS: RUSSIA By Kim Iskyan Khodorkovsky: Sentence likely to be extended After months of wrangling, the verdict on the second trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former head of Russia's Yukos Oil Company, is due in mid-December.

If you think oil is on the way up, you can invest by buying stock in an oil and gas company, investing in a limited partnership, or buying the commodity through futures contracts.

Canadian oil and gas companies and investors continue to face opposition on pipeline construction, reducing the ability to get petroleum products to market and reduce reliance on transportation by rail.

To reduce dependence on oil imports and curtail pollution, the Chinese government is promoting what it considers a strategic industry by subsidizing both companies and consumers.

Over the weekend a pipeline owned by the al - Waha oil company, feeding the port of Es Sider, was set on fire causing the loss of between 70,000 and 100,000 b / d.

As is the case at many energy companies, growth is being driven by oil and liquids, while management limits spending on lower - return natural gas projects.

The ATO's attack on Exxon comes as unions continue a public campaign seeking to highlight the perceived lack of tax paid by the oil company.

Companies including Anadarko Petroleum Corp, ConocoPhillips and Occidental Petroleum Corp have saved millions on drilling and fracking wells in Texas, Colorado and North Dakota since the oil price slide started by demanding that oilfield service companies slash prices by 20 percent to 30 percentCompanies including Anadarko Petroleum Corp, ConocoPhillips and Occidental Petroleum Corp have saved millions on drilling and fracking wells in Texas, Colorado and North Dakota since the oil price slide started by demanding that oilfield service companies slash prices by 20 percent to 30 percentcompanies slash prices by 20 percent to 30 percent or more.

The Kuwaiti government gave the go - ahead to a request by the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) to create what would be the country's largest oil company, according to ArabianBusiness.com on Continue Reading

Mergers and acquisitions involving Russian companies, including Morgan Stanley's planned sale of its global oil - trading unit to Rosneft, are threatened by Western sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis.

An agreement signed with Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp (JOGMEC) in 2011 saw the Japanese company earn a 30 % stake by spending $ 5.4 million on feasibility work.

Boehner is manipulative and a hypocrite — actually helping the oil companies by handing out their campaign checks for them right there on the house floor (you couldn't make this up) before a related vote.

Lying on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, the one - time backwater was transformed by an economic boom as the winding down of the conflict and a spike in commodity prices drew oil companies and multinational agricultural interests to areas that were previously off limits.

At the immersion, beginning at cockcrow, the bishop was assisted by presbyters and deacons, one of the latter going into the water naked with the neophytes After the neophytes had dressed themselves and joined the larger company, the bishop confirmed them with the laying on of hands and anointment with consecrated oil.

The Kraft Heinz Company is also working on sustainable palm oil sourcing by collaborating with the Rainforest Alliance and joining the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPoil sourcing by collaborating with the Rainforest Alliance and joining the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPOil (RSPO).

Practically every conceivable dimension of aluminum closure can be manufactured by the company, which also advises on packaging solutions to clients producing wine, spirits, non-alcoholic beverages, olive oil and pharmaceutical products.

The ACCC found that Ms Beer's slogan, Maggie Beer: A Barossa Food Tradition, which figured on the packaging of products including ice - cream, aged red wine vinegar and extra-virgin olive oil, suggested that the products were made in South Australia when they were actually made by other companies in Queensland and Victoria.

The Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG) is a collective of progressive palm oil companies and brands together with environmental and social NGOs that are working to build on the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil standards and commitments by both demonstrating innovation to implement RSPO existing standards as well as additional critical issuOil Innovation Group (POIG) is a collective of progressive palm oil companies and brands together with environmental and social NGOs that are working to build on the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil standards and commitments by both demonstrating innovation to implement RSPO existing standards as well as additional critical issuoil companies and brands together with environmental and social NGOs that are working to build on the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil standards and commitments by both demonstrating innovation to implement RSPO existing standards as well as additional critical issuOil standards and commitments by both demonstrating innovation to implement RSPO existing standards as well as additional critical issues.

RSPO's plans for 2018 build on a milestone 2017, where the first ever RSPO Next — that is, a stricter variation of RSPO rules that prohibit deforestation and peatland development, among other things — was attained by Malaysian firm United Plantations and Colombian company Daabon; and zoos and aquariums all over the world started a movement to educate consumers on sustainable palm oil.

The Colombian - based DAABON Group, an early pioneer in organic palm, banana and coffee farming and production, has become the first company in the world to become certified under the RSPO NEXT scheme operated by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)

The pledge comes after the global food company fared poorly in a recent scorecard on palm oil policies released by the Union... Read more»

However, Ghana is a member of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), which requires countries with a heavy dependence on oil, gas, and mining industries to accurately report taxes, royalties, and fees paid by extractive companies.

Managers of Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) operating in the Northern Region have backtracked on their decision to shut down their fuel stations in protest of recent attacks by robbers, after a meeting with the Northern Regional Security Council (REGSEC).

A compelling point also we must not forget is the call by stakeholders on all other oil companies to emulate the Chevron Nigeria Limited template in community engagement.

The statement signed by the IYC President, Eric Omare, on Wednesday, however lamented the non-implementation of the 16 - point demand presented to the Federal Government during a meeting to stop attacks by the Niger Delta Avengers, particularly the demand for the relocation of headquarters of oil companies operating in the region.

«The drastic slump in total export receipt is largely due to shut in of about 300,000 barrel of oil per day (bopd) at Forcados Terminal following the force majeure declared by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) on 15th February, 2016.

By the time Leonard Spano took over the business, the company's focus was on oil.