Sentences with phrase «used oil and oil»

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Fracking is part of the problem, but the report states that most human - induced quakes are caused by the oil and gas industry's use of injection wells to dispose of wastewater - the contaminated liquid that gets pumped out of the well during oil and gas extraction.
It's easy to see why we should produce our own energy — relying on other countries for oil, natural gas, and coal (the biggest sources used today) can get complicated.
These bio-fuels — which are clean burning with a high oil content, according to Kay — are then sold to businesses in the U.K. and used to power both buildings and transport.
SUPERIOR, Wis. — The mayors of the Lake Superior twin port cities near last week's oil refinery explosion and fire are calling on its owners to stop using a toxic chemical compound at the site.
5 Floating Production Storage and Offloading unit, a vessel without a propulsion system, used to process and store oil and gas produced offshore.
Enbridge Inc., which used to control Canadian oil exports to the U.S., has become the largest gas distributor in Ontario and invested in wind farms.
The world's «easy oil» has been depleted, Grantham argues, and current high inventory levels will be used up sooner than the market expects — assuming reasonable global GDP growth.
But the reality is corporations — including Cenovus Energy, Suncor Energy and Enbridge — have been using their capital funds to invest in oil and gas startups in Canada for years.
Demand is rising too: Goldman says China and other emerging markets are using more oil than analysts had anticipated, while low gas prices are encouraging American consumers to drive more than ever.
Fifty per cent of the oil and gas used in Canada is imported.
The company tells Beth that it uses a locally - sourced lubricant made of 100 % medical - grade silicone oil to coat its condoms, and claims that some suppliers use lubricants mixed with other additives, including industrial - grade silicone.
Forte Oil said proceeds from the divestment would be used to expand its downstream fuel distribution business and to invest in storage infrastructure.
The Obama administration considered opening some of the affected areas to oil exploration, but abandoned the idea in 2016 because of concerns from states, coastal residents and the military, which uses waters that would be affected.
With easy - to - use business tools, omni - channel technology is about buying a great cupcake and a delicious olive oil.
Perth - based data management company Tape Ark has completed a world first for the oil and gas exploration industry by demonstrating real - time seismic data acquisition using cloud storage rather than traditional tapes.
For example, refining margins tend to expand when oil prices decline as the savings refiners reap from using cheaper crude to make gasoline and other products aren't immediately passed on to consumers at the pump.
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.
US oil exploration companies have flocked to the superrich Permian Basin in recent years and used shale - drilling technology to create an oil boom that simultaneously helped trigger a price crash two years ago.
That's because it replaces some of the saturated fats and other stabilizers and emulsifiers commonly used to bind oil and water in ice cream.
Canada supplies about US$ 66 million of pipe annually to the U.S. for use in oil and gas pipelines.
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.
Obama had used the Antiquities Act more than any other president, his White House said in December, when he designated over 1.6 million acres of land in Utah and Nevada as national monuments, protecting two areas rich in Native American artifacts from mining, oil and gas drilling.
In northwest Louisiana, as the production rush began in the Haynesville Shale in 2009, the state water agency ordered oil and gas companies to stop pulling groundwater from the local aquifer that also supplied homes and businesses, and use surface water instead.
The six secondary sources used by OPEC are the International Energy Agency, oil - pricing agencies Platts and Argus, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), consultancy Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) and industry newsletter Petroleum Intelligence Weekly (PIW).
«Just knowing that oil and gas is a boom - and - bust industry, we are trying to not get used to it as a source of revenue because we know it won't last.»
I can't use previously purchased food besides essentials like butter, salt, pepper, garlic, and olive oil.
Despite a rapid growth approach to new markets, Sim says that the company made a strategic decision to defer entry into more challenging markets, such as China, where many domestic oil - and - gas firms already use similar software programs.
Recent examples include Chick - fil - A for its stated company - wide stance on same sex marriage, BP for the oil catastrophe in the Gulf and American Apparel for using Hurricane Sandy to promote sales.
And considering that transportation represents more than half of all oil use in the world, the type of vehicles we're driving will have a huge impact on that industry.
The firm even built its own oil barrels and employed scientists to find new uses for petroleum by - products.
Slats in the steel allow grease and oil to drip through when you're using it to lift shallow - fried foods, and a flexible build allows you to maneuver easily and get proper leverage even in a crowded pan.
Williams's confidence may come from his predecessor, Rick George, who used periods of low oil prices to snap up assets, exploit economies of scale and accrue shareholder value.
Henry Huttleston Rogers came up with the machinery by which naphtha could be separated from crude oil and was also the guy who thought of using long pipelines to transport oil instead of railway cars.
UAF has worked extensively with both institutional and commercial partners in Alaska and in recent years, using drones to monitor sea lion populations in the Aleutian Islands, conduct ice flow and environmental surveying missions for NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, inspect pipelines for oil and gas giant BP and assist a Russian tanker during a dangerous late - season fuel delivery to the remote Alaskan outpost of Nome.
If you want your organization to function as a well - oiled machine, you need to get everyone using the same platform and using it consistently.
The Northern Gateway project consists of two pipelines (one to ship oil west, the other to import lighter oil products used to dilute oil sands bitumen) and a marine terminal.
A reasonable assumption, as used by Patricia Mohr at Scotiabank, is that you can get Canadian oil to the Gulf Coast for $ 6 to $ 8 per barrel and to the West Coast for $ 3.50 to $ 5 per barrel.
The plan is to launch an oil futures contract on the Shanghai International Energy Exchange (INE), but there are obstacles in convincing large oil producers and consumers in using the yuan and investing in the Shanghai benchmark.
My Dad used to say that, if you were offered an oil and gas deal in New Jersey or a share of a thoroughbred in Toledo, you should flee as fast as you can.
Over the past decade or so, Keller has refocused all of Cascade's business units around the dual themes of reducing customers» use of oil and helping them move to zero waste.
«Oil is used primarily for transportation, and alternatives for transportation fuel needs to be found,» according to one CEO.
In light of the tug - of - war in the crude oil space, where prices have traded between the low $ 40s and low $ 50s since March, Cramer used the charts to try to foresee the commodity's future.
«This ain't your daddy's oil», the ad says, in what API described as «a modern look at how oil is integrated into products consumers use now and in the future supported by bold visuals.»
Schneider confirmed that the incident had occurred and that it had issued a security alert to customers of the technology, which cyber experts said is widely used in the energy industry, including at nuclear facilities, and oil and gas plants.
* Depending on the other project parameters and oil prices (I've used the U.S. Energy Information Administration 2013 reference case as well as a $ 15.00 differential between WTI and diluted bitumen), the foregone royalties and taxes can even be slightly larger than the foregone profits to the operator.
Tulsa, Oklahoma - based Summit ESP makes pumps used to maintain well pressure to increase oil and gas production in aging wells.
A number of coal - and oil - fired power plants will likely be retired, and while Virginia's four existing nuclear units will remain in use, plans for a fifth reactor remain shelved, for now.
Summit ESP makes pumps used to maintain well pressure to increase oil and gas production in aging wells.
It must be produced entirely by mechanical means without the use of any solvents, and under temperatures that will not degrade the oil (less than 86 °F, 30 °C).
Saudi Arabia used to be a quiet giant in the Middle East, more than happy to be the world's largest source of oil, minting petrodollars and spreading the wealth, internally, to keep the powers that be in charge and the populace placated.
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