More specifically, do your regional findings give a clue as to how much of what you see from energy sector is from drilling as opposed to
other oil and gas operations?
Not exact matches
The Russian steelmaker is a big employer in the Saskatchewan capital,
and has
operations in half a dozen
other communities in Western Canada, where it is an important manufacturer of the pipe used in
oil and gas pipelines.
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 Board has concluded that Mr. Nickerson is qualified to serve as a Director because, among
other things, he has over 30 years of experience in
oil and gas operations, with a focus on midstream asset development
and management, a critical element of the Company's current strategy.
Other companies, like Falkland
Oil and Gas, are pressing ahead with deeper drilling
operations as the search for hydrocarbons continues.
The mandate is «to protect
oil and gas infrastructure, deter
and prevent sea robbery, crude
oil theft
and other criminality within the joint area of
operation that could impact negatively on economic activities in Niger Delta»
«A gap in satellite coverage could jeopardize everything from agriculture
and aviation safety, to the
oil and gas industry, to wildfire response
and other search
and rescue
operations.»
At issue are draft rules that require annual greenhouse
gas reporting from an estimated 13,000 sites, including refineries,
other oil and gas sites, power plants,
and many
other types of industrial
operations, such as cement
and metals production.
Murkowski, a Republican, introduced a bill on Wednesday that would create an
oil and gas exploration program on the refuge's coastal plain, letting prospectors build any roads
and other infrastructure they deemed necessary inside the refuge to carry out their
operations.
The study, conducted by researchers at Purdue
and Cornell universities
and other institutions, is one of numerous studies conducted over the past several years that have discovered methane leaking from
oil and natural
gas wells, pipelines
and hydraulic fracturing
operations.
Other activities include: • pushing for stricter environmental standards for offshore
oil and gas projects • engaging a local energy company regarding their
operations • running a public campaign to raise awareness regarding the threats posed by the Sakhalin offshore
oil and gas projects
True, the new law states that
oil and gas operations in «protected areas» will reduce poverty
and contribute to Bolivia's development,
and requires «fragile ecosystems» to be taken into account
and the use of the most up - to - date technology, among
other things.
Various Updates In a move that environmental campaigners had sought for years (as had I), the Environmental Protection Agency has issued final rules that could substantially cut emissions of heat - trapping methane, smog - forming volatile organic compounds
and toxic air pollutants such as benzene from new, rebuilt or modified
oil and gas wells
and other infrastructure
and operations.
But there is still huge untapped potential for capturing emissions from
gas wells,
oil tanks, coal mines, landfills, livestock
operations and other sources.
At retirement, I was President of a sizable energy company that included a stable of 23 renewable energy plants, an
oil and gas drilling
and production subsidiary, a natural
gas trading subsidiary
and various
other diverse
operations including such unlikely endeavors as airliner leasing
and even a large pistachio farm.
No
other technology has been proven successfully for
oil and gas operations.
The remainder is methane (9 %, from landfills, coal mines,
oil and gas operations and agriculture); nitrous oxide (5 %, from burning fossil fuels
and from certain fertilizers); refrigerants
and other «engineered» chemicals (2 %);
and carbon dioxide from
other sources (2 %).
Landfills were the major source of CH4
and accounted for about 38 % of total emissions of about 3.7 Mt..
Other major sources of CH4 were:
oil and gas operations 29 %, livestock 27 %, coal mining 4 %,
and miscellaneous 1 %.
Dirty energy lobbyists, including those of Chevron, could effectively use hypothetical arguments of TTIP illegality to chill government action on both sides of the Atlantic to curtail hydraulic «fracking» for natural
gas, deny permits for liquefied natural
gas export terminals, close coal - fired power plants,
and prohibit new coal mining,
oil drilling,
and oil /
gas pipeline
operations, among
others.
The letters from Gates
and members of the House call on the SEC to prevent energy companies from diluting the rules, one of which is supposed to require all
oil,
gas and mining companies reporting to the SEC to disclose their tax
and other payments in every country of
operation.
South Texas, Louisiana
and other states along the Gulf Coast are especially rich in natural resources, which makes this region a target for large - scale
gas and oil operations, as well as corporations looking to profit from the mineral riches by drilling deep into the soil.
Over the course of his career, Darin has worked on lease priority disputes, surface use agreements, farmout agreements, joint operating agreements, unit
operations, royalty disputes, drilling contracts, joint interest accounting, NEPA compliance,
and various
other aspects of
oil and gas operations in the Rockies, in addition to general commercial litigation.
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