The efforts are being led by Professor Bernard Fichaut, who previously took part in the clean-up operations in the wake of the 1999 Erika disaster and who believes this method is the best available to clear oil quickly, cleanly, and at low cost.
Intellectual-property lawyers said it isn't clear that the oil company's use of the Pixar name could be considered trademark infringement because it is in such a different business, selling such different products.
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Entrepreneurs and con men sunk dozens of wells around Fort McMurray in the second half of the nineteenth century. (One enterprising German immigrant who claimed to have struck oil apparently poured the stuff down the hole himself.) Eventually, it became clear that there was no oil, and attention turned to mining the bitumen.
This is a simple clear action that the oil companies can do today.
One thing is clear: The global oil market cannot be waved away, and voters' tolerance for the ethanol mandate and tax credit will wane as the spread between the two fuels widens.
Although neither Sudan nor its new Southern neighbor are particularly large oil producers, their combined production is only about 500, 000 barrels a day, Russia has a clear economic interest in keeping oil prices at the highest level possible.
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It is not clear how many barrels of oil are expected to be produced.
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From the information given so far, it is not clear how many barrels of oil are expected to be produced.
First, the U.S. and Canada have clear tax schemes that allow oil and gas companies to make a profit from their work.
Most companies would refuse to sign new contracts to buy or sell Iraqi oil without a clear resolution of the issue by the UN.
One thing NOAA's experts seem clear about is that the oil leak will not have a significant effect on the formation of the hurricanes themselves.
Even before he arrived on the scene, Mr. Cameron had made clear his distaste for the oil sands and the havoc they wreak upon the environment.
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When the question is broken apart in this manner, the reason for rising oil prices should be clear.
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But this oil spill has made clear that more reforms are needed.
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The IEA will produce a tally once it has a clear indication of the types of oil that each country will make available.
They could clear up the doubt by opening their oil fields to inspection, but they have not.
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Feeding trout dimple the creek's surface, which is smooth and clear and appears as thick as baby oil.
Aid agencies offer free building materials to those who will help clear up the dead conger eels, oil drums and concrete girders that litter newly drained parts of the town.
As for continuing government tax subsidies to the five most profitable oil companies, Romney is less clear.
But what is clear is that the battle to stop the oil from flowing into the Gulf is just about over.
Now, I want to make clear, we all know that drilling for oil has to be a key part of our overall energy strategy.
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Other countries have also responded: Europe has offered 2m barrels per day of petroleum products from its strategic reserves, though it is not yet clear how this will be divided between crude oil and petrol.
An immutable fact is now clear for all to see: Food prices track oil prices, regardless of how much corn is used for ethanol production.
Less routinely, he foresees a greater role for the private sector in such areas as oil, electricity and telecoms, with clear, court-enforced rules to attract wary foreign investors.
The NDRC has warned some companies about the dangers of inflation, pressuring firms that make products including cooking oil, food and soap to steer clear of rapid price rises.
The plan says that "each party shall maintain a national system for responding promptly and effectively to oil pollution incidents" without requiring any clear details on the number of ships or personnel that would be needed to cope with a spillage.
And I think some executives were on the Hill today testifying from the oil companies, and I just would note that some executives of those oil companies in the past have made clear that they, too, believe that they do not need the subsidies that are provided in the billions of dollars from American taxpayers to their companies.
But there is, as yet, no clear policy on ownership of either the reserves or the oil industry.
He has been very clear about his concern about higher gas prices and higher oil prices, and what that means for American families.
Summarising his report, he said energy efficiency was "undervalued" and Northern Ireland needed a clear strategy to reduce its "heavy dependence on heating oil".
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