Sentences with phrase «other than crude oil»

The widest expansion this year was made by none other than crude oil, the worst - performing commodity of 2014.

Not exact matches

The banks says the long - oversupplied oil market is tightening up more quickly than expected as global economic growth fuels demand and output cuts by OPEC, Russia and several other producers eat into the world's crude stockpiles.

The array of claims around Alberta's crude is wide and varied: on the one hand, anti-Keystone groups contend that dilbit — i.e. diluted bitumen, thick oilsand crude mixed with light hydrocarbons that will allow it to flow through a pipeline — is more corrosive than other types of oil and sinks in water rather than floating, which makes it harder to clean rivers and lakes after a spill.

Charged with testing the technology in the real world is none other than an Alberta company, Western Hydrogen of Calgary, which will experiment with it in using crude from the oil patch.

No other oil - producing region risks losing more capital spending due to lower crude prices than Alberta.

The Fuel Quality Directive has attracted a great deal of attention here in Canada because it would assign a higher emissions rating to Alberta oilsands than to other sources of crude oil, and I have -LSB-...]

Next week, the EU is expected to vote on the Fuel Quality Directive which would assign a higher emissions rating to Alberta oilsands than to other sources of crude oil, including some which may or may not actually have higher emissions than oilsands oil.

The intensity of the explosions and fires at Lac - Mégantic, he said, came as a «big surprise» to him and other researchers, given that the tank cars had been carrying crude oil, rather than a more volatile form like gasoline.

Gold, on the other hand, has not reacted to the extent that crude oil has to the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, although the precious metal, which is still considered a hedge against political instability, is up by more than 10 percent this year.

But the administration has now taken a similar tack on a number of other controversial projects, staying silent rather than approving or blocking them, including a major proposed propane storage project in the Finger Lakes, the construction of new liquefied natural gas storage areas across the state and a crude - oil heating facility at the Port of Albany.

Canadian crude is dirtier than most other oil, but the environmental impact of its use may be more local than global

By linking Canadian fields to refiners in the Gulf Coast, the 1,200 - mile (1,900 - km) Keystone XL pipeline would be a boon to an energy patch where oil sands are abundant but that produce more carbon pollution than many other forms of crude.

Still, the report states, «Bakken crude oil does not pose risks significantly different than other crude oils or other flammable liquids authorized for rail transport.»

In MCX trading the products are divided into three segments i.e. Precious Metals which includes gold and silver, Base Metals which includes Zinc, Lead, Aluminum, Copper, Nickel and Energy which includes Crude oil and Natural Gas, other than these their are also various other products but in India major trades are done in products in these segments only.

That is likely because crude oil prices are sensitive to factors other than production, such as geopolitical risk and inventory levels.

Of course, the fact that bitumin, rather than floating, sinks in water, unlike other forms of crude oil, doesn't help.

Environmental groups say that's one of several reasons why dilbit corrodes pipelines more easily than conventional crude oil, although the oil industry says dilbit poses no more risk than other oils.

But just 32 percent of American oil comes from offshore sources, and total U.S. production of crude oil and liquid fuels in 2011 is expected to stay near 2010 levels, which were higher than any other year in the past decade.

According to several news reports (for example, by the Times Picayune, Sept. 9), the Associated Press collected raw data from state regulatory agencies and other sources and performed an analysis which revealed that more than 30 fuel and chemical storage tanks at facilities in the region collapsed or otherwise failed during Hurricane Harvey, releasing more than 600,000 gallons of crude oil, gasoline, and other fuels and chemicals.

The oil that would have flowed through the Keystone pipeline, extracted from a large sedimentary basin that includes the well - known oil sands of Alberta, has a higher carbon footprint than other, lighter crude.

The EU tried to label tar sands oil as more carbon - intensive than other crude sources, and a public message from Archbishop Desmond Tutu and other African leaders accuse Canada of contributing to famine and drought (studies have shown tar sands are likely to devastate agriculture in Africa).

Louisiana is America's energy center, producing more crude oil than any other state and second in natural gas production.

American reserves of crude oil and natural gas have risen for six consecutive years, although the U.S. produced more oil and natural gas than any other country in 2014, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.