Developments in the oil sector

Gabon Movement in the Petroleum sector Global Voices

Though Venezuela s non oil sector has been growing, oil still provides the vast majority of its dollar earnings.

East Timor Tasi Mane Petroleum Infrastructure Project Global Voices

The Nigerian government insists that the deregulation of the petroleum sector is not only a panacea for development but also a means of strangulating corruption in the industry.

At the same time, maintaining the flow of funds into the Iraqi oil sector is essential, not only for its growth, but for its very survival.

(b) Recovery in non oil sector activities in the Gulf (including banking, manufacturing and trade), as well as capital inflows (including capital repatriated during the Gulf crisis)

A purchasing policy would also be extremely useful but is primarily a matter for multinational companies in the oil sector.

I would like to ask the Commission what the effect was of the original proposal, because it seems to me that as we have already adopted the amount of ECU 200 000 in the supplies directive, for the sake of consistency, we ought to adopt ECU 200 000 in this directive.

Shell and BP are being expelled from the oil industry at the very moment that Russian oil production is declining dramatically.

Meanwhile, the oil sector expressed its concern about the credibility of the country's institutions.

Syria is one of the world's developing countries the agricultural sector accounts for about 27 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), the industrial sector for about 7 per cent and the oil sector for about 20 per cent.

an unloaded oil tanker is proceeding to a port of repair.

Most importantly, ongoing instability in the Middle East will deter foreign investment (other than in the oil sector).

1.1 The two critical factors which will shape the future of the oil industry over the next decades are

Of the 2,300 companies involved in the Global Compact, 60 were from the oil and gas sector and 62 from mining and metals.

To combat the impact of such dependence, they spend oil revenues on other sectors, leaving the oil sector with little investment.

The meager representation of American oil giants in Iraq's opening oil industry surprised analysts.

You gave up your job in the oil and gas sector to volunteer in India, that's really inspiring.

There are a number of other questions however.

So one could say that the development of this oil sector has raised the stakes for the peace negotiations.

As a result, most of the value chain for the fossil fuel and mining sectors continues to be outside the continent.

Allocating most of our intellectual and financial resources to the petroleum sector obstructs moving to a non oil economy after oil and gas reserves are used up in 13 years.

Aframax oil tanker

Aframax tanker

We can only be thankful that this time it was a coal ship not an oil tanker.

And Nigeria, with the oil sector, had the reputation of being corrupt and not managing its own public finances well.

A further decree of 2004 on social and economic development has focused on the development of the provinces, with one of the main goals being support for the non oil sector. This has the objective of establishing 600,000 new jobs.

As in the oil and gas sector where tapping unconventional sources, such as shale and tar sands, has proved a game changer the water sector must adopt all unconventional options, including recycling wastewater and desalinating ocean and brackish waters.

The money allowed Iraq to begin to address security, production, and technology issues throughout its oil system.

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Has Oil Production Peaked?

Another Oil Shock?

Has Oil Production Peaked?

Another Oil Shock?

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European Union's oil supply

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the tanker is proceeding en route

4 container ships 48880 NT 1 oil tanker of 41316 NT 1 oil tanker of 105889 NT

The Middle East has a 266 commercial surplus of oil, and the US a 65 deficit.

Informal Sector

Much of this growth is derived from the region apos s oil sector, oil production having continued to expand in Kuwait and other countries.

The key to oil security is peace, not military occupation and puppet regimes.

Continuing economic diversification policies have made it possible for the Gulf Cooperation Council countries to channel oil gains into expanding domestic demand. However, the long term sustainability of their current expansionary economic phase is still in question, given that greater expansion in non oil sectors is required.