Sentence examples for extracting and refining from inspiring English sources

Even for simple activities such as burning a litre of petrol, which releases a known amount of CO2, there are still uncertainties about the emissions caused by extracting and refining the petrol before it was burned.

Now we're extracting and refining these reserves, draining our savings as fast as we can.

All of those countries have been hit by protests in recent weeks, prompting fears that social strife will interfere with the work of extracting and refining oil.

Because of the vulnerability of both oil extracting and refining capacity in the Gulf of Mexico, storms led to speculative spikes in the price of crude oil.

Extracting, transporting and refining it, however, is energy intensive, producing 15 percent to 80 percent more carbon emissions over its life cycle than average petroleum products.

But a State Department environmental impact report issued Friday notes that extracting, shipping and refining the Canadian oil would produce measurably more greenhouse gas emissions than other types of oil.

It has to be created before it can be extracted and refined.

Tar sands is one of the most polluting, energy intensive forms of oil to extract and refine.

India, Brazil, and Malaysia also extract and refine significant quantities of these materials.

Oil sands, harder to extract and refine, they say, will also put more carbon in the air, accelerating climate change.

At Lake Magadi, on the other hand, soda ash, which is among Kenya's leading mineral exports, is extracted and refined.