Sentences with phrase «when oil prices decline»

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.

Not exact matches

Terex's crane sales declined 7.5 % in 2014, falling most steeply in the latter half of the year — when oil prices were collapsing — and coming in below the company's own forecasts.

Wondering how an oil storage and pipeline company could grow revenue 73 % during a year when declining crude prices crushed most companies in that industry?

When asked about contagion effects from the decline in oil prices, Yellen said that «leverage in the financial system in general is way down» from levels before the crisis, and said it isn't a «major» concern that some entities would be effected by the decline in oil prices.

July 2016 Oil and Gas Prices Global crude markets showed resilience in June when both Brent and WTI rallied to a 2016 high above $ 51 / bbl, due to continuing outages in Nigeria and Canada, as well as a 1.7 % decline in U.S. production.

The US oil - rig count plateaued near the highest level in three years and showed signs of declining in late March (to 797), though it still stood 50 rigs above the year - end 2017 total.2 This contributed to expectations for a further increase in American crude production, which has topped 10 mb / d each week since early February, when WTI prices began to recede from their intra-quarterly high of US$ 66.14 a barrel.3 The amount of crude in US storage occasionally exceeded weekly estimates given the higher domestic output and fluctuating net import figures, reigniting fears that US production may thwart OPEC's efforts to clear global oversupply.

When listening to the conference call, Carroll said management's tone seemed «ok,» despite the recent decline in oil prices.

We continue to hear plenty of rhetoric about the decline of the «Alberta Advantage» but the reality is the biggest economic and financial advantage our province has only exists when the international price of oil is high.

One of the things we learned when oil collapsed a couple of years ago was that there was a positive feedback loop embedded in declining oil prices.

Traditionally, when oil futures decline, prices in the physical markets tend to rise because crude is becoming cheaper and hence more attractive to refiners.

When, for example, he attracts criticism for saying he admires Vladimir Putin in a magazine interview, Alastair Campbell is blamed for having «trapped» him into saying it; when he loses the first TV debate it's because he allowed himself «to be persuaded to act out of character»; and when it comes to the declining value of Brent crude Salmond writes breezily that «no - one really knows what the price of oil is going to be in the short term», despite having spent several years arguing precisely the contrWhen, for example, he attracts criticism for saying he admires Vladimir Putin in a magazine interview, Alastair Campbell is blamed for having «trapped» him into saying it; when he loses the first TV debate it's because he allowed himself «to be persuaded to act out of character»; and when it comes to the declining value of Brent crude Salmond writes breezily that «no - one really knows what the price of oil is going to be in the short term», despite having spent several years arguing precisely the contrwhen he loses the first TV debate it's because he allowed himself «to be persuaded to act out of character»; and when it comes to the declining value of Brent crude Salmond writes breezily that «no - one really knows what the price of oil is going to be in the short term», despite having spent several years arguing precisely the contrwhen it comes to the declining value of Brent crude Salmond writes breezily that «no - one really knows what the price of oil is going to be in the short term», despite having spent several years arguing precisely the contrary.

«If somebody is being short - changed then I think we have to ask the relevant questions but 27 percent at this time when crude oil prices is declining... I think is asking too much of Ghanaians,» Mr. Assibey Yeboah said.

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.

The integrated oil and gas giant has refining operations that do better when crude prices decline, partly offsetting its exploration and production losses.

When we first decided to buy Shell's stock in August 2015, the oil price decline was still in full swing.

When possible, waiting to list until oil prices rebound (and jobs return) may help to mitigate any potential loss due to a declining housing market.

The increments offered by ANWR and offshore are useful but aren't going to do much to bring down the price of oil or lessen our dependence on the Saudis and Russians — certainly not now, and probably not much in the future, when those increments come online and do little more, probably, than offset declines in older American fields.

I remember when high - level clowns in the Bush administration were pointing to the decline in carbon emissions in the mid-2000s, but of course not taking credit (or blame) for the higher oil and gas prices that most agreed lay behind those declines.