High inflation mostly reflects the steep climb in commodity prices, particularly oil and food.
If serious growth returns, the resulting resource price spikes, particularly oil and food, will soon kill it again.
But Metcalf also confirmed the finding that many fossil fuel activities, particularly oil drilling, get very favorable tax treatment.
For Interface, the EPD process has encouraged it to reduce energy and material consumption (particularly oil), waste generation and emissions.
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It could be a region where there was heavy extraction of resources, particularly oil, or ferrous metals as in the case of Chukotka.
There will be further upwards price pressure from investors looking to cycle back into commodities, and particularly oil after the start of the New Year.
It said it expects inflation to remain subdued for some time, but removed prior warnings that inflation would fall to undesirably low levels, perhaps a nod to increasing commodities prices of late, particularly oil.
Still, many gas producers are happy enough with the archaic pricing structure, particularly when oil prices are high.
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The wild price movements mentioned above are part of a common dynamic in commodity markets, particularly crude oil and its derivatives.
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The resulting inflation has triggered higher commodity prices, particularly in oil.
Private investment, particularly in oil and gas but also in telecoms, transport and, soon, in power distribution, is beginning to reshape the economy.
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But supply surprises have also played a role, particularly in oil, where the supply response to higher prices has been sluggish even by its standards.
Commodity speculation is reaching white-hot proportions, particularly with oil.
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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O'Leary said while Ryanair was affected by the current economic climate, and particularly by high oil prices, the airline tended to do well during economic downturns.
Doubters and disbelievers are simply stooges of big oil, particularly ExxonMobil , he harrumphed.
The price increases of recent months have stemmed from a marked drop in stockpiles of oil, particularly in America.
Commodities like oil are particularly sensitive to the value of the dollar, while U.S. demand is important for global demand.
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No doubt investors will carefully gauge consumer reaction to the switch to trans-fat free oil, particularly on the taste on its signature fries.
Under these circumstances, it is not enough simply to talk about the need to reduce U.S. consumption of oil and particularly that obtained from overseas.
When you think about Chad, you should think about oil and you should think about the richness of the oil, particularly in the southern part of the country in Chad.
But what is the rationale, especially since they are not exporters of oil and the fact that when other countries that do export oil, particularly like in Nigeria, gas prices go up -- why now?
The oil industry is particularly focused on the report because the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has regulatory oversight over offshore operations.
This could contribute to regional rivalries in the longer term, particularly once Libya's oil economy recovers and billions of dollars in revenue start to flow.
In one particularly dismal case, a oil and gas license round last year saw only two of ten bids claimed, one of which came from Sonatrach itself.
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What Gray and other experts do expect to see are more acquisitions of smaller oil companies, particularly the ones with unique reserves or technologies that can fill out the portfolios of the majors.
Russia is extremely dependent on energy exports, particularly on the export of crude oil.
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But the bird, which dives into the water to grab fish, is particularly susceptible to getting covered with oil.
And the economy is particularly vulnerable to the unpredictable world oil price.
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