Abrams, senior fellow for middle eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, said President Obama has a better chance of effectively employing sanctions against Iran than President Bush did due to two factors: the drop in cost of oil and the possibility of increased cooperation from Russia and China.
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The oil world is gripped by the possibility that vital bits of Saudi oil infrastructure will be targeted.
His decree announcing a review of all existing oil contracts, with the possibility of curtailing some (if not all) oil exports, has substantially heightened anxieties in both the Western oil and credit markets.
With the Philippines, China does seem to be taking a somewhat softer line, pushing the possibility of joint oil-and-gas development.
Second both companies are considering the possibility of an oil pipeline from the vast oil resources of the Orinoco to the Colombian Pacific coast to export oil to China.
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While hardly any shipping, energy production or refining activities have been affected so far, the possibility increases as the oil slick stretches across the Gulf.
This design explores the possibility of living on the oil rig, above and below the ocean level.
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The biggest risk for oil companies like Exxon Mobil is the possibility of the unrest spreading to other OPEC nations, notably Saudi Arabia, U.A.E. and Kuwait.
More within the realm of possibility are the more conventional oil and gas resources on, according to Mulva, 2.4 billion acres controlled by the federal government (I haven't fact-checked that number, but it feels high).
Rising oil and gas prices, environmental concerns and the possibility of domestic gas shortages have drastically increased demand for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) within the United States.
Now, in what seems like heresy in oil-land, some analysts are talking about a possibility of a dividend cut.
Currently, the carbon byproduct is released into the air, but there is the possibility of it being sequestered, which technology oil majors like Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon Mobil are exploring.
The oil giant confirmed its directors would meet on Monday to discuss the possibility, but said no decision had yet been taken.
Rising oil prices and extremely loose monetary, though, also feed the possibility of stagflation, as Philadelphia Fed President Charles Plosser has warned.
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That is to say, I would consider that knowing of it increases my estimation of the possibility that the Saudis will produce ten million barrels of oil a day in July by 0.01%.
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"In the case of oil, speculative activity tends to ensure that a portion of the oil that is currently produced is put aside to guard against the possibility of disruptions or shortages in the future, " Bernanke wrote.
While some federal laws govern oil spills, Davies says, there are clauses that leave open the possibility of also suing in state court.
It is certainly not beyond the realm of possibility that Israeli scientists and engineers could even discover new, untapped oil reserves.
Moreover, the forecast assumes that the impact of high oil prices and an appreciating euro will fade, even though there is a real possibility that one or both will rise instead of fall.
That geographic and infrastructural reality is old news, but up until very recently, the conversation around the referendum focused on the possibility that independence could bring a new class of investors into the south, namely major oil and construction companies who have been cut out by the U.S. sanctions on Khartoum.
Should Sinopec's share price fall as a result of a divestment campaign, some activists are exploring the possibility of mounting class-action negligence suits against the SEC and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, the oil firm's underwriters.
Though its financials are good, oil-exploration companies are usually considered higher-risk deals due to the volatility of energy prices and the possibility that they may not be able to take all their wells into viable production.
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