Sentences with phrase «transporting oil products»
Environmental groups and elected officials have expressed concern in recent years about the potential for a catastrophic oil spill involving barges that transport oil products up and down the Hudson River from Albany's port.
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For TransCanada, the financial imperative to build Keystone may have fallen off recently amid a sharp drop in oil prices that could make extracting and transporting the product much less lucrative.
I expect, however, that there will be three first - order effects that will be very similar to those that followed the BP spill: 1) increased public consciousness of the dangers inherent in transporting oil and oil products and more aversion to having these products moved nearby; 2) increased calls for alternatives to oil rather than alternative means of transporting oil; and 3) decreased trust in regulators» and firms» abilities to sufficiently mitigate risks from transporting oil.
The current owner of the pipeline, American energy giant Kinder Morgan, recently expanded capacity to 300,000 barrels per day»... to transport growing volumes of product from Alberta's oil sands.»
Kinder Morgan is an oil pipeline, meaning it serves customers who want to transport their products from the tar sands to international markets.
The Downstream segment comprises refining of crude oil into petroleum products; marketing of crude oil and refined products; transporting of crude oil and refined products by pipeline, marine vessel, motor equipment, and rail car; and manufacturing and marketing of commodity petrochemicals, plastics for industrial uses, and fuel and lubricant additives.
Or, as pointed out by the federal environment minister McKenna in a letter Thursday to B.C. environment Minister George Heyman, that Canada already has a mountain of regulation to ensure a world - leading regime to transport oil and products, including: the Railway Safety Act, the Pipeline Safety Act, the National Energy Board Act, the Canada Shipping Act, 2001, the Marine Liability Act, the Fisheries Act, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, and that Ottawa has pledged to spend an additional $ 1.5 billion to protect its coasts and marine environment.
Most of the 75 ships transport oil and gas products worldwide, presenting a conflict of interest for the commerce secretary as he negotiates trade deals.
The rights to return the goods under the Distance Selling Regulations will not apply in the following circumstances: * in the event that the product has been used or returned incomplete * accommodation, transport, catering or leisure services * package travel * food, drinks or other goods delivered regularly to the consumer's home or workplace by a «regular roundsman» such as a milkman or domestic oil supplier * goods made to the customer's specification * goods that are perishable or can't be returned, such as frozen food and fresh flowers * audio or video recordings or computer software that the consumer has opened * newspapers or magazines * betting, gaming and lotteries * premium - rate telephone and website services We will not issue refunds for any items lost or stolen in transit to us.
Today's product range covers in addition to storing and transport containers also plastic pallets, industrial tanks, heating oil tanks, rainwater tanks and Industrial Bulk Containers (IBCs).
One pipeline would transport crude oil south while the other pipeline would carry refined products north.
Pilgrim spokesman Paul Nathanson said the New York's review of the pipeline project will «demonstrate to everyone that Pilgrim is a safer, more environmentally friendly and economically efficient way to transport current flows of oil and refined products around the region that are now being transported mainly by river barge.»
He said the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) which had collapsed had been revived and making giant strides, while the Bulk Oil Storage and Transport (BOST) Company was up and running, exporting petroleum products to Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.
Kelly says crude oil is one of several products being transported.
The pipeline would transport an estimated 200,000 barrels per day of Bakkan crude oil going south and the same amount of refined petroleum products going north.
The decision by the Bulk Oil Storage and Transport Company Limited (BOST) to compete with the private sector in the downstream petroleum products distribution sector has resulted in huge losses for the state - owned company.
The team's results suggest that further research on the air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions costs of transporting crude oil and other petroleum products is necessary.
Transport that oil prequel, using more energy, to specialized refineries that can deal with heavy oil, which is again a more intensive process with more emissions, and you get products like diesel fuel.
In addition to oil and natural gas exploration and production, Chevron also transports and refines petroleum products for delivery to retail, commercial, industrial and marine customers through a network of pipelines, ships, refineries and service stations.
It owns and operates pipelines and terminals that transport natural gas, gasoline, crude oil, carbon dioxide and other products and stores petroleum products, chemicals and handle bulk materials like ethanol, coal, petroleum coke and steel.
I expect, however, that there will be three first - order effects that will be very similar to those that followed the BP spill: 1) increased public consciousness of the dangers inherent in transporting oil and oil products and more aversion to having these products moved nearby; 2) increased calls for alternatives to oil rather than alternative means of transporting oil; and 3) decreased trust in regulators» and firms» abilities to sufficiently mitigate risks from transporting oil.
These higher costs eventually transfer to other products that most of us consider essential: food because it uses much oil in growing and transport; electricity because it is associated with pollution controls; and metals for basic manufacturing, because they also use oil in extraction and transport.
One would think that passage of Keystone XL would also meet with the Sierra Club's approval, as well, for several reasons: Wealthier countries and populaces generally protect their enviroonment better than poorer ones; Sierra Club executives and members inevitable all use petroleum products (unless they are living «off the grid»); and pipelines are a proven safe method of transporting oil.
The BLUE Map scenario is very challenging for the transport sector and requires significant decarbonisation of transport, which is likely to be costly in a sector dominated by oil products and the internal combustion engine.
Proponents say it is a necessary, safe, effective way to transport crude oil to refineries that produce fuel for vehicles and raw materials for countless petrochemical products.
In 2014, 500,000 miles of liquid and natural gas transmission pipelines transported 16.2 billion barrels of crude oil and petroleum products and 27.3 trillion cubic feet of natural gas throughout the country at a safety rate of 99.99 percent.
The current owner of the pipeline, American energy giant Kinder Morgan, recently expanded capacity to 300,000 barrels per day»... to transport growing volumes of product from Alberta's oil sands.»
Reforms in many countries often focus in the first instance on oil products used for transport.
For example, a separate analysis conducted by the WEO team in 2017 on subsidies in the Asia - Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies showed that the value of subsidies to oil products for transport has fallen by more than half since 2010, mostly due to pricing reforms.
One of CSPW's major criticisms of the QER under President Obama was its treatment of natural gas as a «bridge fuel» to a renewable energy future; since the infrastructure used to extract, process, and transport natural gas to market is essentially the same as that for oil and petroleum products, continued reliance on natural gas only delays the transition to clean, renewable energy and has only marginal CO2 - reduction benefits in the near term.
The study is not a life cycle analysis, so it is also important to remember that fossil fuels used to transport oil palm products and emissions from the processing plants also produce greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.
We have an extensive track record in the financing of the production, export, transport, warehousing and sale and purchase of commodities including oil and oil products; bio fuels; chemicals; precious and base metals; soft commodities such as coffee, sugar, cocoa, grains, paper, cotton and textiles; and related assets such as carbon credits.
A pioneer of group actions for consumers in disasters of all kinds — financial, transport and product liability — he was instrumental in many landmark cases, e.g. Equitable Life, the Herald of Free Enterprise and Marchioness sinkings, the Kings Cross fire, Piper Alpha oil rig explosion, Lockerbie air disaster and Benzodiazepine product liability.
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