Oil Company
Oil Company Bosses' Bonuses - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN
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- "bosses at the world’s big five oil companies - had been related to bonus payouts !"
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- "of spending on fossil fuel exploration and extraction - according to analysis of company reports !"
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- "despite the International Energy Agency, IEA - estimating !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "that two-thirds of proven fossil fuel reserves - will need to remain in the ground !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "( for the climate - of the Earth !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! )"
BP and Shell raided by EU - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN
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- "the offices of BP and Shell have been raided - by regulators of the European Union !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- the European Commission: "officers carried out "unannounced inspections" - at several oil companies in the UK, the Netherlands and Norway !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "they may have colluded in reporting distorted prices - to a price reporting agency, PRA !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "to manipulate - the published prices !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "for a number of oil - and biofuel products !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "gas and oil was often bought and sold - "over the counter" !"
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- "the prices were provided to price reporting agencies - which used them to set benchmark costs !"
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- "BP, Shell, Statoil - and Platts !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "an oil price reporting agency - all confirmed they are being investigated !!!!!!!!!!!!"
EXXON MOBIL - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ EXXON MOBIL
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- "Exxon Mobil Corporation, ExxonMobil - is an oil company"
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- "James Giffen of the Mercator Corp was indicted - of bribing Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "with US$ 78 million - to help ExxonMobil win a 25 percent share of the Tengiz oilfield !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "ExxonMobil had drawn criticism for funding organizations - seeking to undermine public opinion !!!!!!"
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- "about the scientific conclusions of burning of fossil fuels - and carbon dioxide !"
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- "2007, the company appeared to change its position - on climate !!!!!!"
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- "when vice president for public affairs - Kenneth Cohen said: !!!!!!"
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- "we know enough now - and society knows enough now !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "that action - should be taken !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
SHELL - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ SHELL
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- "Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Shell - is an oil company"
- "many pipelines in the Niger-Delta owned by Shell - were old and corroded !!!!!!"
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- "Amnesty International criticised Shell's - slow response to problems !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Shell claimed - it had inserted staff !"
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- "into all the main ministries - of the Nigerian government !"
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- "the company's top executive in Nigeria - told US diplomats that Shell !"
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- "had seconded employees - to every relevant department !"
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- "and so knew everything - that was being done in those ministries !"
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- "the Nigerian government had "forgotten" about the extent - of Shell's infiltration !"
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- "and was unaware of how much the company - knew about its deliberations !"
BP - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ BP
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- "BP plc - is an oil company"
- "after the Deepwater Horizon - oil spill !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "BP agreed to pay more than US$ 4.5 billion - in fines and penalties !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the company had been a member of the Global Climate Coalition ( scepticism ) - but withdrew !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "saying the time to consider the policy dimensions - of climate !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "is when the possibility - cannot be discounted !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and is taken seriously by the society - of which we are part !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
CHEVRON - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ CHEVRON
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- "Chevron Corporation - is an oil company"
- "a class action lawsuit against Chevron - was filed in Ecuadorian court !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "for US$ 28 billion - by indigenous residents !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "2011, Ecuadorian residents - were awarded US$ 8.6 billion !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the action was considered the first time - that indigenous people have successfully sued !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "a corporation in the country - where pollution took place !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
TOTAL - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ TOTAL
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- "Total S.A. - is an oil company"
CONOCO PHILLIPS - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ CONOCOPHILLIPS
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- "ConocoPhillips - is an oil company"
China National Petroleum - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ CNPC
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- "China National Petroleum Corporation, CNPC - is an oil company"
GAZPROM - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ GAZPROM
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- "PJSC Gazprom - is a gas company"
SAUDI ARAMCO - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ SAUDI ARAMCO
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- "Saudi Aramco - is an oil company"
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- "Western oil companies were kicked out - of Iraq in 1972 !"
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- "but now, in 2009 - the new government will auction off !"
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- "oil contracts - to foreign companies !"
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- "Iraq is relatively - unexplored !"
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- "just over 20 of Iraq's roughly 80 known oil fields - have been fully or partially developed !"
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- "exploration and development in Iraq is very low - costs US$ 1.50, to US$ 2.25 a barrel !"
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History of Oil - Robert Newman - FILM - 28 mb: LINK ¤ HISTORY OF OIL
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- "the well blew out - because a number of separate risk factors !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "oversights - and outright mistakes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "combined to overwhelm the safeguards - meant to prevent just such an event from happening !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "but most of the mistakes and oversights at Macondo - can be traced back to a single overarching failure !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "a failure of - management !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "better management by BP, Halliburton - and Transocean !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "would almost certainly have prevented - the blowout !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Standard Oil: LINK ¤ STANDARD OIL
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- "Standard Oil Co. Inc. - was an oil company"
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- "1911, the Supreme Court upheld the lower court judgment - and declared !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the Standard Oil group to be an - "unreasonable" monopoly !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "under the Sherman Antitrust Act !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "it ordered Standard - to break up !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
OIL COMPANY - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ OIL COMPANY
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