Sentences with phrase «when oil prices»

Venezuela borrowed against their oil reserves when oil prices were high.

Energy prices have dominated inflation dynamics since mid-2014 when oil prices began their collapse.

Even with the Alberta economy taking a hit in late 2014 when oil prices dropped, commercial and retail investments continue to perform well.

Alberta needs the investment funds that flow in when Oil prices rise.

Robert Clay, president of Houston - based Clay Development & Construction Inc., says his firm was building millions of square feet of crane - served buildings per year during the recession, when oil prices were at more than $ 100 per barrel.

The economic situation in Alberta and Ontario appears strikingly similar to the mid-1980s, when oil prices collapsed and tens of thousands of Albertans moved to Ontario.

Then it all seemed to go away when oil prices dropped, but this is only a temporary respite, and the auto industry should use it to retool, something I wrote about yesterday: Retooling the Auto Industry for a Smaller (Yet Profitable) Future.

Although this situation had been developing for a few decades, it was not until Hurricane Katrina in 2005, when oil prices jumped above $ 60 a barrel and U.S. gasoline prices climbed to $ 3 a gallon, that the situation came into focus.

In the 70s and 80s, when oil prices climbed, prices for recycled materials followed, but when things slowed down, the recycled market followed.

The oil price environment over the last few years has forced a conservative view on project sanctioning; do they continue with this and crystallise value for shareholders when possible, or will temptation prove too much if and when oil prices rise in future?»

The unpopularity of the BC carbon tax — which, Jones points out, boosted fuel costs when oil prices were at a record high — could put a similar crimp on the provincial party.

Price of Oil: When oil prices were low, the vast amount of additional water and energy (and greenhouse gas pollution) needed to scrub and process these sorts of hydrocarbons into something suitable for market was simply uneconomical compared to conventional sources of crude.

Although that deal ultimately failed because of tensions between Congo and Angola, this price — agreed when oil prices were about half today's level — gives a good indication of the minimum value of the 2012 sale.

The demand for subsidies has momentarily gone dormant but will return unabated when oil prices rise — as they surely will if the right steps are not implemented to preserve reform.

This was the case in Japan when faced with the oil shocks in the 1970s and early 1980s when oil prices doubled overnight.

Over the last decade or so, when oil prices have been high, the ratio of the oil price to the natural gas price has been consistently higher than any of the standard rules of thumb.

what drivel... the timing couldnt be better (for Rs) when oil prices are sky high and here is AlGo, the quintessential hypocrite who burns more fossil fuels and consumes more power than most would in a lifetime, propgandizing to the opposite...

We'd hear a lot of urgent talk in Washington when oil prices went up, then we'd see politicians rush to the local gas stations --- I remember going to gas stations — holding press conferences, announcing new legislation.

(And when oil prices do jump, that prompts conservation in rich countries but real economic hardship in poor ones, so it's not something to be wished for.)

We enjoy fantastic bargains when oil prices are low.

These surcharges stem from a time when oil prices were high, and airlines wanted to offset the cost of fuel.

When oil prices were lucrative and the industry was booming, many Canadians joined the ranks to cash in; including a high volume of workers from the east coast.

The firm didn't miss a quarterly increase when oil prices plunged in 2014 and 2015.

We all expected massive price drops when oil prices plummeted, but, in the end, Calgary real estate didn't suffer all that much.

But this drop means there's room for future appreciation and realtors expect prices to pick up in this southwest community when oil prices eventually start to recover.

One might, for example, trade oil futures as a hedge on a position in transportation stocks; when oil prices rise, trucking and airline companies suffer in the short term as their margins get squeezed due to fuel costs.

It also sold some assets in the $ 70 range and tapped its credit facilities, as the company now carries $ 26 billion in cash (when oil prices were over $ 100 per barrel, Shell carried $ 9 billion in cash).

So, then when oil prices started to plummet, then a few big question marks started to cloud the otherwise rosy picture.»

When oil prices fall, it can rely on strong amounts of natural gas, its transporting division, and its chemical division to provide the profits to continue the dividend growth.

But when oil prices are low, profits shrink, and capital expenditures consume a large portion of the company's retained earnings, which places a strain on the ability to increase the dividend payout.

But, when oil prices are high, a company like Conoco should see its earnings per share increase 10 - 15 %, and this should give the stock price a nice boost.

The first, Awilco Drilling, was a darling of the value investing community until 2 years ago when oil prices tanked and the stock cratered, dropping almost 90 %.

The Federal Reserve stopped hiking interest rates in July 20016 because that's when oil prices stopped rising (so inflation stopped rising).

When oil prices started to go up again in January 2007, the U.S. economy had deteriorated to the point where the Fed couldn't raise rates.

Oil fears were continuous from the beginning of 2006 to July 2006 when oil prices soared.

In late 2014, MLPs found themselves overleveraged at a time when oil prices were falling and investors were getting skittish.

We did well when oil prices crashed since many ETFs just lump refiners in with the general oil sector.

Barr highlighted the fund's distressed debt investments in the energy sector, which were entered into earlier in 2016 when oil prices sold off dramatically.

For example, the Vanguard portfolio holds the broadest array of energy stocks, meaning it holds more of the smaller companies that could face real trouble should oil decline further but are likely to surge when oil prices reverse.

But when oil prices fell and the economy turned south in the Southwest, the assumption of continuing inflation proved to be wrong.

What happens when oil prices fall, as they have many times in the past?

One thing you don't hear as much about when oil prices are down is buying a hybrid car, a diesel vehicle, or other alternative - fuel vehicle.

Exxon Mobil is undervalued, and we believe that today's investors should be handsomely rewarded when oil prices revert to their historical means.

Contract drilling is a great place to be, when oil prices are so high.

It might be a revelation that when oil prices and government borrowing are running rampant, interest rates can go UP during a recession (1974).

For every dollar increase in oil prices, high yield spread in energy only moves two - thirds as much as it would have before 2017, when oil prices were in the same range.

Their development was put on hold in early 2008, when oil prices shot up and killed off the big, V - 8 truck business, even before the September ’08 Lehman Brothers collapse culminated in GM's ’09 bankruptcy.

When oil prices inevitably swing the other way, Chevy buyers with the first - and second - highest household - income levels — Corvette and Suburban owners, respectively — might consider one of these.

That deal, done as a way to keep labor peace, unexpectedly turned costly when oil prices shot up, pulling inflation and interest rates along with it.

When oil prices dipped in the 1990s, the tide went out on all types of renewable energy.