The southwest is touched by subtropical influences, and that remarkable variety is completed by the desert climate prevailing on the eastern shore.
See articleMeanwhile, underlining the repercussions of cheap oil on energy companies, Royal Dutch Shell cancelled plans for a $6.5 billion petrochemicals project in Qatar because it is "commercially unfeasible" in the "economic climate prevailing" in the industry.
In a joint statement yesterday they said: "The decision came after a careful and thorough evaluation of commercial quotations from engineering, procurement and construction bidders, which showed high capital costs rendering it commercially unfeasible, particularly in the current economic climate prevailing in the energy industry".
Also, selection of years was based on a number of factors including the wave climate prevailing during the considered period.
The abundance of fluvial channels in the Euphrates region indicates a large water discharge during the deposition of the Mulussa F formation because of the wet climate prevailing during the Upper Triassic.
Nearly all studied samples are confined to evaporation domain, indicating that the composition of dug and tube well water of Khipro region is mainly controlled by evaporation process in consequence of the hot and arid climate prevailing in the region (Fig. 4).
Shell, for example, announced in January that it had abandoned plans for a $6.5 billion petrochemical plant in Qatar, citing "the current economic climate prevailing in the energy industry".
The current climate prevailing towards Muslims and Islam particularly behooves us to act to the best of our ability in the service of others far beyond writing cheques or wiring money.
First of all, in the description of its role and its operational responsibilities, it is very much taking as a point of departure its mandate, which is important, of course, but with the competitive climate prevailing now, it is not enough to be able to show only the mandate.
In drier climates the prevailing theory has been that termites build them, much like the African Macrotermes termite species that build large conical structures up to nine metres high.
