A downturn in oilsands projects will have a major impact on manufacturers in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Ohio - not just Alberta. The strategic reason for developing the oilsands is pretty simple - the US needs about 10 mbpd of crude imports to keep the economy running. And, the reliablity ...
metals, energy, and other resources devoted to this sport at your local level, then all the way up to the major Pro Tournaments with their cameras on cranes. From the steel in golfcarts and course maintenance machinery, to the titanium and graphite in clubs, to the rare earth elements ...
Indeed, high electricity cost helps to make Jamaican industries uncompetitive and is a major drag on the economy. Part of the problem is that a large chunk of our electricity-generating capacity is old and inefficient. More critically, our power plants are fired by expensive oil. The most ...
result in major transportation savings for the 79% of Americans in urbanized areas, also saving oil, greenhouse emissions, land and 66% of the US trade imbalance which goes to imported oil. w_smith on September 17, 2012 - 8:14pm Permalink | Parent | Comments top Not just the unemployed...
Western oil major’s bid marks breakthrough for troubled Iraqi industry The prospects for Kurdish oil were given a boost yesterday when DNO, a Norwegian explorer, said that a big oil company had offered $700 million (£351 million) for its licence in Kurdistan. Jordan to resume importing ...
"The Supreme Court today upheld a major land reform program in Hawaii, ruling 8 to 0 that a state may use its power of eminent domain to break up large estates and transfer land ownership to the estates' tenants. ... The state law had been challenged by the Bishop Estate, Hawaii's la...
No, there are about 60 oil producing nations, with about half that number counted as major producers, and they each have their own numbers. In addition to all all these nations reporting their numbers we have Middle East Experts, Platts, Rigzone, IEA, EIA, Tanker Trackers, Import Talliers,...
Legal Scramble over Egg Prices:A class action against 13 major egg producers contends that a supply-restriction scheme triggered a nearly 50% price jump in the past two years The average retail price of a dozen eggs, which had been stable for the better part of a decade, soared to $2.20...
A few months ago we had a major wind storm. This storm came earlier than is typical around here, and the trees still had leaves (think big sails). Power was knocked out in many parts of Anchorage. At my house it was three days or so before power was back up. No big deal for us...
refining capacity and high oil prices to turn Panama into a major center for energy distribution. Plans include building of refineries, petrochemical plants and a 56 mile (90 km) long oil pipeline that would follow the route of Panama's inter-oceanic canal. The project, which would spread ...