Sentence examples for oil fees from inspiring English sources
A series of agreements addressing oil fees, borders, and other issues, signed by both countries in September 2012, initially appeared to resolve the standoff, but in reality it continued for several more months because of dissension between the two countries over how to implement some of the terms agreed upon.
A row over undefined borders, oil fees and security brought the new neighbours close to war last year.
They only managed to scrounge up $2.2 billion, as the rest had already been pledged to oil fees, external debt, and infrastructure commitments.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimated that Sudan's economy would get a boost of nearly $500 million 375 millionn euros) this year and about $1.5 billion in 2014 under an agreement between the two countries for South Sudanese oil fees and a package to compensate for the loss of the South's oil at separation.
They noted that the Chinese, unlike many Western oil companies, are willing to accept service contracts at a very low per barrel oil fee without the promise of rights to future reserves.
The long-shot proposal for the oil fee, set to be announced in Obama's fiscal 2017 budget plan on Tuesday, would provide nearly $20 billion a year to help expand transit systems across the country and more than $2 billion a year to support research and development of self-driving vehicles and other low-carbon technologies.
Over the past fortnight the queues have become increasingly common in Juba, South Sudan's capital, as a shutdown of oil production – caused by an oil-fee dispute with Sudan – begins to bite.
Taxes on gasoline vary between states, but are generally quite high because in addition to the federal and state governments excise taxes, there could state sales taxes, gross receipts taxes, oil inspection fees, underground storage tank fees and other miscellaneous environmental fees.
Sudan and South Sudan ended a stalemate last week when they finally reached an agreement on oil pipeline fees.
The U.S. should use its leverage in Sudan and South Sudan to help the two countries come to an agreement on transparent oil transportation fees.
As an added fillip, both bills would provide long-term financing (from oil company fees) for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, the government's main program for acquiring open space.
