That is something that we can achieve. (Applause.) We can cut our oil dependence -- we can cut our oil dependence by a third.
But Renard, 42, believes the oil-producing country can reproduce the form that saw them rub shoulders with the world's elite at the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany.
Unlike Azerbaijan, where signs of the oil-fueled prosperity can be seen even in remote villages, the Georgian countryside appears to have been in economic decline ever since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Yet while the statements about aspirin have to be cushioned in the vaguest generalities, snake oil flim-flam can be huckstered in the most truth-defying way, thanks to a 1994 law coaxed through Congress by the people who make these drugs.
Mr. Monis doesn't salt or oil fish ahead of time because salt draws out precious moisture and oil can cause flare-ups that mar the meat's delicate flavor.
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History has shown that oil-based power politics can be used as a valuable weapon.
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Sakhalin may soon offer all of Russia a foretaste of what large-scale oil investment can mean.
But as any oil-producing developing country can attest, such profits can create problems as well as solve them.
As Rockefeller discovered, even the best-organised oil firms can be undermined by politicking.
Oil prices have been rising all year, but Cosan, which sells the only oil-alternative that cars can run on, is up only 0.4%.
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And while the state-backed oil giant can tap one of the most dynamic growth stories in the world, Petrobras faces the dual problem of pricing restrictions and mounting inflation.
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Mawii asked for a 17-liter can of cooking oil, which she split into small polyethylene bags for sale door-to-door.
Clever snake-oil salesmen like Mercola can easily circumvent the FDA with a few simple edits to their websites.
When an offshore oil rig is outdated, or can no longer cost-effectively pump oil, most countries require that the oil rigs be wholly decommissioned.
Rather, the oil-for-food programme can be and has been improved.
High oil-yielding strains of algae can be grown and dried and the oil extracted from the dry algal mass, before being similarly converted to biodiesel in a process called transesterification.
But in a pinch he figures he can sell oil--up to 20, 000 barrels a day--to a refinery he'll help build for the Kurds, or hawk it straight out of the ground.
You start with a pretty basic feed stock - oil or natural gas - but with a little work you can turn out a whole bunch of flavors.
What the Gulf states want and need is a transfer of technology and know-how from long-term foreign investors so they can build up their non-oil economies.
As for the other incidents that have beset the type over the past few months -- a fan shaft failure on an engine, an oil leak, a windshield crack -- all can safely be put down to teething problems.
Some scientists believe that the reason BP is so big on the idea of using dispersants -- well, first of all, they say they believe that the oil can do just as much damage below the surface as it can do above the surface after being -- even after being dispersed.
On drilling rigs and in oil-sands mines a small mistake can easily result in injury or death.
So, any uncertainty over who controls the oil taps can make markets jittery - the last thing the world wants now in times of global economic troubles.
"It is important we support medium-size companies, together with programs from national development banks, so they can access credit and be suppliers to Pemex, and make sure over the next few years that we develop a strong oil-servicing industry in Mexico that can grow and be regionally competitive, " he said.
"It is important we support medium-size companies, together with programs from national development banks, so they can access credit and be suppliers to Pemex, and make sure over the next few years that we develop a strong oil-servicing industry in Mexico that can grow and be regionally competitive, " he said, speaking in English.
Also, oil and gas companies have to be careful about investing in long-term projects because if oil and gas prices fall, those projects can quickly become money-losers.
By using olive oil, you can decrease your total-cholesterol levels while maintaining your HDL levels, thus decreasing your risk for heart disease.
The idea is that by pushing carbon dioxide in, you can get more oil out - so making money for the taxpayer.
The refineries can receive oil via sub-sea pipeline infrastructure, and currently commercial stockpiles are relatively high (national stockpiles are at 1.1 billion barrels).
Expect future cars to help motorists garner maximum mileage by leveraging technology like the eco-tutoring systems found in many hybrids, wider use of tire-pressure, oil life and engine-tuning monitoring systems and more-sophisticated GPS guidance that can select less-congested routes.
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