All these provocations add upward pressure on oil prices, enriching the Iranian government.

The fight to control oil and gas revenues is paramount in this regard.

Since June 10, IS has taken control of five oil fields in Iraq.

Significance By observing the mercury in the column while releasing the air pressure with a control valve, one can read the values of the blood pressure in mm Hg.

Oil was not the cause of the Iraq War in the simplistic sense that American control of Iraqi oil would make it more secure.

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

Control of blood pressure and treatment of the original disease, whenever feasible, are the broad principles of management.

True, China cannot entirely overlook US pressure and the staunch opposition of its top oil supplier, Saudi Arabia, to Iran s nuclear program.

During his campaign, Morales made clear his intention to increase state control over national gas and oil.

These questions have led to pressure for audits of the Fed s actions, and for greater political control over its decision making.

The spread of renewable energies can also help to reduce pressure on the biomass, thus enhancing the effectiveness of desertification control.

Lee also must confront factors beyond his control, such as soaring oil prices and the global credit crunch.

Even then, pressure from Moscow may result in joint Russian Georgian control of the pipeline, if not its outright sale to Gazprom.

The high price of oil was governed by the market and was beyond the control of energy exporting countries.

First, inflationary pressure will grow in already overheating emerging market economies, where oil and food prices represent up to two thirds of the consumption basket.

And that's in the up position. When you step on it, either by remote control or with the pressure of your foot, it will fire you, depending on the gas pressure, anything from five feet to 30 feet.

Under regional and international pressure, the Saudi ruling family has constructed a Potemkin village of reform while retaining absolute control over all political developments.

Measures mandated by the central government to control surging real estate prices will continue to reinforce this trend, increasing pressure on local government revenues.

His government's most notable policy, however, was the nationalization of the Iranian oil industry, which had been under British control since 1913 through the Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC ) (later British Petroleum and BP).

Experienced graffiti writers use different sizes of spray valves to control the spread and pressure of the paint, and refill the cans to save money.

To control the odor, modern toilets use a small fan to keep the toilet under negative pressure, and exhaust the gasses to a vent pipe.

The first few years of his rule were dominated by his struggle to gain control of the country s state owned oil company, PDVSA.

Threats to Iraq s oil infrastructure around the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk and other territory under the Kurdish Regional Government s control are minimal.

Sound pressure level Sound pressure is the difference, in a given medium, between average local pressure and the pressure in the sound wave.

Nor do they voice their concern that AFRICOM could be part of an American effort to exert control on West Africa s oil producing countries.

State owned companies now control far more oil and gas reserves than do the traditional private energy companies once known as the seven sisters.

The pressure gradient between this region and the ambient pressure will propel matter toward the low pressure area.

The parliament was under pressure from the United States to pass legislation dealing with members of the Baath party, distribution of oil revenues, regional autonomy, and constitutional reform, by September 2007.

Oligarchs fight to keep control over the oil revenues, populists promise to redistribute them, and both groups steal as much as they can for themselves.

We are making every effort to control inflation, because we know that high oil prices have a negative impact on economic growth and poverty reduction.

Given that most of Sudan s oil wealth is concentrated in the South, the management of the oil industry and its revenues after secession is an existential problem for Bashir s regime and its capacity to control his vast and ethnically diverse country.

A larger state can inevitably do more to control the economy, and hence is exposed to the costly temptation to intervene in response to political pressure from vested interests.

It is a huge embarrassment for US President Barack Obama that he proposed admittedly under pressure from the Republican opposition to expand offshore oil drilling greatly just before the BP catastrophe struck.

Given that most of Sudan s oil wealth is concentrated in the South, the management of the oil industry and its revenues after secession is an existential problem for Bashir s regime and its capacity to control his vast and ethnically diverse country. It is in the oil rich border areas that a new war might erupt.

Helping soybean farmers, palm oil planters, and cattle ranchers from Brazil to Southeast Asia to use land more productively, thereby reducing pressure on tropical forests, must be an integral part of the solution.

It is generally accepted that oil is formed mostly from the carbon rich remains of ancient plankton after exposure to heat and pressure in the Earth's crust over hundreds of millions of years.

The Kremlin s political battle to win control of Russia s energy sector has resulted in a dramatic reduction in the growth rate of domestic oil and gas production.

Moreover, the oil sheiks and other producers of fossil fuels who ultimately control the amount of carbon released to the atmosphere were not part of the deal.

Manual breast pumps Manual breast pumps are operated by squeezing or pulling a handle in a repetitive fashion, allowing the user to directly control the pressure and frequency of milk expression.

The airspeed is derived from the difference between the ram air pressure from the pitot tube, or stagnation pressure, and the static pressure.

Measurement and units Vapor pressure is measured in the standard units of pressure.

Refined olive pomace oil oil obtained by refining crude olive pomace oil.

Even in Iraq, Russia is making headway. It has written off some 12 billion in debt dating from Saddam and is pushing to create an Iraq Syria oil pipeline, which will further its bid to control much of the transport of oil and gas.

Diplomatic pressure needed

For a vapor bubble to expand, the temperature must be high enough that the vapor pressure exceeds the ambient pressure (the atmospheric pressure, primarily).