Sentence examples for curtailing supply from inspiring English sources

But taxing oil companies could discourage exploration and investment, curtailing supply and driving oil prices up.

In January, the E.P.A. proposed more specific limits on domestic production for the coolant, in the hope that curtailing supply would force "more recovery and reuse of HCFC-22 in large systems, as well as encourage transition to HCFC-22 alternatives".

Oil companies and dealers responded to the Administration's insult by curtailing supply, limiting customers to half a tank's purchase, shutting down early and closing on Sundays.

While not dead, OPEC is certainly limping, and with oil prices unlikely to rise significantly anytime soon, it could enter the ICU, especially if structural factors rather than transitory or one-off policy changes or unexpected disturbances continue to further soften demand while not appreciably curtailing supply in the short run.

Analysts say the increase is being driven by investor expectations of an economic recovery, the recent fall of the dollar against other currencies and, to a lesser extent, the success of oil-exporting countries in curtailing supplies.

The drop occurred despite the looming threat of hurricanes and tropical storms that could curtail supply.

Energy stocks rose on reports that the members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries might agree to curtail supply in efforts to reverse the recent slide in oil prices.

The price-hike strategy attempts to curtail supply by targeting producers and traffickers.

The U.N. Global Commission on Drug Policy is correct in stating that "criminalization and repressive measures have failed to effectively curtail supply or consumption". It's a lose-lose situation, and funneling non-violent drug users into prison instead of into treatment programs only turns them into criminals and perpetuates the cycle.

Regulators ordered utilities to curtail supplies to big commercial users that have agreed to cut consumption in times of shortage.

For 70 years it has bought and hoarded competitors' stones to curtail supplies in the $7 billion uncut-diamond market.