Oil Company
Oil Bonuses - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN
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- "company reports - of big five oil companies - described their bosses !"
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- "bonus payouts - on fossil fuel exploration - and extraction !"
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- "the International Energy Agency - IEA - estimates that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "two-thirds - of proven fossil fuel reserves - need to remain !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "in the ground - 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 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "of the European Union - the European Commission said - "officers carried out" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- ""unannounced inspections" - at several oil companies - they may have !"
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- "colluded - in reporting distorted prices - to a price reporting agency - PRA !"
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- "the published prices - must not be manipulated !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "oil - and biofuel products - gas and oil - was bought and sold !"
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- ""over the counter" - the prices were provided - to price reporting agencies !"
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- "which used them - to set benchmark costs - BP - Shell - Statoil - and Platts !"
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- "an oil price reporting agency - all confirmed - they were being investigated !"
EXXON MOBIL - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ EXXON MOBIL
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- "Exxon Mobil Corporation - ExxonMobil - oil !"
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- "James Giffen - of the Mercator Corp - was indicted - of bribing !"
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- "Nursultan Nazarbayev - of Kazakhstan - US$ 78 million ! - ( ExxonMobil - 25 percent share - Tengiz oilfield ! )"
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- "ExxonMobil - had drawn criticism - for funding organizations - public opinion !"
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- "about the scientific conclusions - of fossil fuels - and carbon dioxide !"
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- "2007 - the company appeared - to change its position !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "when vice president for public affairs - Kenneth Cohen - said !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "they know enough now - and society - knows enough now !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "that action - should be taken - on climate !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
SHELL - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ SHELL
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- "Royal Dutch Shell PLC - Shell - oil !"
- "pipelines - in the Niger-Delta - owned by Shell - old and corroded !"
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- "Amnesty International - criticised Shell's - slow response !"
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- "US cables described - the top executive - of Shell - in Nigeria !"
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- "inserted staff - main ministries - of the Nigerian government !"
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- "had seconded employees - to relevant department !"
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- "the Nigerian government - had "forgotten" - about the extent !"
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- "and was unaware - of how much the company - knew !"
BP - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ BP
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- "BP plc - oil !"
- "at the Deepwater Horizon - BP agreed to pay - more than US$ 4.5 billion !"
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- "in fines - and penalties - withdrew from the global climate coalition !"
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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 they are part !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
CHEVRON - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ CHEVRON
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- "Chevron Corporation - oil !"
- "a class action lawsuit - against Chevron - was filed in Ecuadorian court !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "for US$ 28 billion - by indigenous residents - and indigenous people !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "2011 - Ecuadorian residents - were awarded - US$ 8.6 billion !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
TOTAL - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ TOTAL
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- "TotalEnergies SE - Total S.A. - oil !"
CONOCO PHILLIPS - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ CONOCOPHILLIPS
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- "ConocoPhillips - oil !"
China National Petroleum - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ CNPC
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- "China National Petroleum Corporation - CNPC - oil !"
GAZPROM - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ GAZPROM
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- "PJSC Gazprom - gas !"
SAUDI ARAMCO - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ SAUDI ARAMCO
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- "Saudi Aramco - oil !"
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- "Western oil companies - were kicked out of Iraq - in 1972 !"
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- "in 2009 - the Iraqi government - auctioned off !"
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- "oil contracts - to foreign companies !"
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- "Iraq - was relatively unexplored !"
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- "20 - of Iraq's 80 - known oil fields - fully or partially developed !"
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- "exploration - and development in Iraq - was low ! - ( 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 - in the Deepwater Horizon - blew out - because a number !"
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- "of separate - risk factors - oversights - and outright mistakes !"
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- "combined - to overwhelm the safeguards - meant to prevent !"
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- "just such an event - from happening - but most of the mistakes !"
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- "and oversights - at Macondo - could be traced back - to a single !"
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- "overarching failure - 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. - oil - 1911 - the Supreme Court !"
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- "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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- "and it ordered - Standard Oil - to break up !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
OIL COMPANY - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ OIL COMPANY
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