Following the Gulf oil spill last spring, the Obama administration imposed a moratorium on all new offshore drilling permits.
This year the oil and gasoline markets began their spring surges early.
Trade expanded in 2011 by 5.0%, a sharp decline from the 2010 rebound of 13.8%, and growth is expected to slow further still to 3.7% in 2012, due to a number of shocks, including the European sovereign debt crisis, oil disruptions, and the Arab spring.
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The tension and killings there spring from the economics of oil.
Their action started last spring and the price of crude oil has more than doubled since then.
And he did lobby for oil companies but I think it was the spring when he joined up with the campaign.
Shortly after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in the Spring of 2010, Italian coastal communities and local politicians mounted an offensive on offshore drilling, fearing a similar event in the Mediterranean.
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With the oil price bouncing back up again, nearly a third since spring, and with global food prices showing alarming signs of a surge, the news from SSE's Perth headquarters will not be welcome among those wrestling with Britain's economic woes.
He has interests in metal, oil and gas trading and a large property portfolio, as well as running Highland Spring.
Ditto the little plates at Mediterranean restaurants (a caprese salad consisting of mozzarella, tomatoes, and basil drizzled with olive oil can be 400 calories) and the small plates at Korean restaurants (fried spring rolls and coconut shrimp).
"Bad weather in spring prevented honey bees in many areas from collecting nectar from early flowering crops such as oil seed rape, and the rain continued in many places throughout June and July preventing honey bees from foraging on later crops, " he said.
Elsewhere in our spring Investment Guide we offer the wisdom of Yale professor Robert Shiller on how to insulate yourself from oil-price unpleasantness ( Click here for more).
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