Oil production involves heavy upfront costs associated with exploring and developing oil fields, in addition to the lifting costs incurred.
The directors' report blames them on the increased costs of developing and promoting the new A-levels.
Developing advanced healthcare products costs tens of millions of dollars before revenues begin.
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The immense fixed costs of developing and manufacturing vehicles mean that making profits from cars goes with making lots of them.
Electric car makers have struggled with financing and profitability given the costs of developing new technology and difficulty achieving economies of scale.
And because of the expense of that land, and the costs of developing on it, new entrants do not enter the market.
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More importantly, the subsea smart grid set the stage for large-scale subsea processing, which would reduce the costs of developing deep-sea fields dramatically.
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There is no question that the costs of developing new medicines has spiraled out of control, with companies reporting late-stage studies for some medicines costing billions of dollars.
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Mr Biggs said he was assured six weeks ago that a deal was imminent but there was still haggling over costs of developing the land and existing debts.
"There's plenty of oil, but the costs of developing major new reserves in hard-to-get-to places are 100% higher than a decade ago, " says analyst George Gaspar at Robert W. Baird.
Russian natural gas giant Gazprom announced yesterday that it had indefinitely shelved the Shtokman project in the Barents Sea because the costs of developing it would simply be too high.
"There's plenty of oil, but the costs of developing major new reserves in hard-to-get-to places are 100% higher than a decade ago, " says analyst George Gaspar at Milwaukee, Wisconsin investment bank Robert W. Baird.
Purcell acknowledged at an investor presentation in January that share growth and other performance measures had lagged those of peer companies in the last year, and he promised to devote more attention to holding down costs and developing high-growth businesses.
If all goes as planned, GM hopes that the coordinated global strategy will shave 30% to 50% off its engineering costs, which account for as much as half of the costs of developing a new vehicle, according to James Queen, GM's engineering head.
If all goes as planned, GM (nyse: GM - news - people ) hopes the coordinated global strategy will shave 30% to 50% off its engineering costs, which account for up to half of the costs of developing a new vehicle, according to James Queen , GM's engineering chief.
In general, developed countries rank as more expensive than developing ones because their wage costs are higher.
Mortimer is quick to point out that he believes such challenges are inevitable in developing new technologies and that costs would fall and efficiencies improve as the fledgling industry develops.
In the 1990s, competition from developing countries with lower production costs (such as India and Brazil, as well as China) and the emergence of steel suppliers from the former Soviet Union led to gluts and deflated prices.
Although even a low-cost could be an issue for those living on a dollar a day, or less, Professor Cloete believes that a small surcharge to sales in the West could help subsidize costs in the developing world.
Players will also have to manage teams of quirky personalities, placating superstar designers while keeping labor costs under control and developing new talent.
Moon Express is developing a smaller, lighter system that costs a tenth of comparable current NASA technology.
China also claims that the EU's policy transgresses UN climate-change agreements which ordain that mitigation costs should be lower for developing countries than rich ones.
Engineers were telling the services they could greatly improve Humvee features for about half the estimated cost of a new joint vehicle, and while it might not last as long as a new vehicle, refurbishing the existing systems would eliminate most of the costs and delays associated with developing a new system.
Aside from buying a stake, Amgen also reserved the right to collaborate in developing ViaCell products, paying half of development costs.
Developing the necessary support infrastructure implies one-time costs for customized vessels, port and harbor upgrades and new manufacturing facilities.
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Developing mother tongue learning materials and its attendant many costs is a major issue that needs to be addressed by the Government of Nepal.
The World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) have made significant strides in developing an understanding of violence more broadly and its costs.
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If producers directly bear the cost of recycling, they are more likely to want to drive down costs by investing in recycling technology and developing appliances that are easy to recycle.
As the sole customer for the two engines, the government must cover all the costs of designing a second engine, developing and testing it, equipping and manning a second production line, funding a second supplier network, and sustaining a parallel maintenance and support infrastructure across the lifetime of the program.
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