OIL PRICES AND THE EURO AREA ECONOMY This box describes oil price developments in 2004 and their effect on the euro area economy .

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Pointe Noire is also known for its fishing industry, which is often at odds with the oil development.

Before we used to just budget on whatever oil we bring in, because oil is the biggest, most revenue earning sector in the economy 70 percent of our revenues come from oil.

Economy Russia has a developed, high income market economy with enormous natural resources, particularly oil and natural gas.

The oil price shock of October 1973 following the Yom Kippur War in Egypt caused significant damage to the South Vietnamese economy.

The large amount of oil in the region created conflict, as oil was a major component of the Nigerian economy.

Oil is the basis of the Angolan economy and agriculture doesn't really go much further than subsistence.

Although a number of core elements of Dubai's trading infrastructure were built on the back of the oil industry, revenues from oil and natural gas currently account for less than 5 of the emirate's revenues.

Bottom up economic growth will arise even with an economy that depends on oil as the main source of revenue.

Climate Economy Before the discovery of oil, the economy of the Qatari region focused on fishing and pearl hunting.

Since the first oil crisis in the early 1970s , major slowdowns in the world economy have often been associated with the lagged impact of sharp oil price increases .

Box 5 details the impact of oil price developments on the euro area economy .

CJITL shared his inaugural speech , in which he emphasized the need to diversify the country's oil dependent economy.

The recovery of oil prices after 2001 boosted the Venezuelan economy and facilitated social spending.

Today, oil fuels the economy and revenues from petroleum products have enabled Oman's dramatic development over the past 30 years.

Economy East Timor has a market economy that used to depend upon exports of a few commodities such as coffee, marble, oil, and sandalwood.

The decrease was attributed to the slowdown in Japan's economy since the first oil crisis in 1973 and to advances made in air transport facilities and longer range sea transport.

Saudi Arabia has an oil based economy with strong government control over major economic activities.

The strong performance of the global economy in the course of 2000 was increasingly affected by the continued increase in oil prices .

What you see in this top drawing is a schematic of how petroleum gets used in the U.S. economy.

Supported by rising oil output and prices, Kazakhstan s economy grew at an average of 8 per year over the past decade.

However , markets also appeared in this period to be increasingly concerned about the impact of oil prices on economic activity in the euro area and the global economy .

Transmission of oil price changes to euro area output growth There are primarily two channels through which oil price shocks affect the real economy .

Oil in the Gulf of Guinea represents more than 80 of Equatorial Guinea's economy, though supplies from current reserves are predicted by some sources to run out before 2020.

He was well positioned to take advantage of postwar prosperity and the great expansion westward fostered by the growth of railroads and an oil fueled economy.

The Mexican economy showed little contagion from the difficulties in South America , but economic activity decelerated markedly in response to developments in the United States and the moderation in oil prices , given that Mexico is a net oil exporter . ECB Annual Report 2001

Economy Chukotka has large reserves of oil, natural gas, coal, gold, and tungsten, which are slowly being exploited, but much of the rural population survives on subsistence reindeer herding, whale hunting, and fishing.

The country's economy is based largely on agriculture, but industry, mainly food and beverages, chemical manufacturing, aluminium and petroleum production, is growing.

Oil prices plunged.

Petrobras commenced its activities with the collection it inherited from the old (Conselho Nacional do Petróleo, CNP), which, however, preserved its inspection function for the sector.

Large reserves of petroleum and natural gas were discovered in the 1960s, which led to a boom in the economy.

As a result , the net external position of euro area MFIs ( excluding the Eurosystem ) exhibited a swing from net liabilities at end 2001 to a net asset position at end 2002 .

However , since 2001 , OPEC 's oil dependent trade surpluses have remained relatively moderate compared with previous periods of high oil prices , despite the strong rise in both oil prices and oil export volumes .

However, Canada is unusual among developed countries in the importance of its primary sector, in which the logging and petroleum industries are two of the most prominent components.

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Four decades of oil flow

We have to get off of oil purchased from the enemy.

Because they have an entire economic system that's dependent on that oil foreign oil, oil from other parts of the world that they don't own.

A good example is the effect of the perceived probability of any widespread Middle East conflict on oil prices which have ripple effects in the economy as a whole.

OIL BILL RECYCLING AND ITS IMPACT Oil price increases and rising production volumes have generated substantially higher oil export revenues for oil exporting countries since 2002 .

Now I know some of you may be thinking, Oil, oil, oil.

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In this energizing talk, Amory Lovins lays out his simple plan for weaning the US off oil and revitalizing the economy.

In this eight year period, 1977 to 85, when we last paid attention, the economy grew 27 percent, oil use fell 17 percent, oil imports fell 50 percent, oil imports from the Persian Gulf fell 87 percent.