05-10-07 by dugan I don’t want to dampen anyone’s enthusiasm for the May 15 gasoline boycott, promoted in an e-mail campaign. It might get the attention of our sleeping politicians, which would be excellent. But…
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CA Penalty = $7-$15 Per Fill-Up
NEWS RELEASE: May 3, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522 ext. 305, cell: 213-280-0175, or Jamie Court, ext. 327, cell: 310-874-9989, or Tim Hamilton, 360-495-4941 "California Penalty" Reaches $7 to $15 Per Fill-Up, Report Shows; Oil…
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Venezuela pulls control from BigOil
Venuezuela pulls control from Big OilBy Mark Reback5/1/07 It’s no surprise that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez did what he said he would: Take majority control of the Orinoco oilfields of Chevron, Exxon Mobil, BP and…
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Big Oil “Shortage” Drives Record Pump Prices
NEWS RELEASE: April 30, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, or cell: 213-280-0175 Oil Companies Created "Shortage" That Is Driving Record Pump Prices, Says Group; Last Year’s Record Is Shattered at $3.40 for Regular…
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A Connect-the-Dots Moment
04-27-07 by Dugan Here’s news that screams “Brought To You By Big Oil” Well-reported stories from the AP and USA Today report a sharp oil price jump after news of a foiled Al Qaeda…
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It’s ALL about oil
04-27-07 by Simpson ExxonMobil is an oil company and Chief Executive Rex Tillerson sees no reason to broaden his horizon to include investing in alternate energy. "I don’t have a lot of technology to add…
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Exxon Profiteering = Record 1st Qtr Profit
NEWS RELEASE: April 26, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, (310) 392-0522 ext. 305, or cell: 213 280-0175, or Jamie Court, ext. 327 ExxonMobil’s Profiteering At Refineries Brings 1st Qtr Record Even As Revenues Fall; Regulators, Lawmakers…
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Exxon Taints Stanford Research
NEWS RELEASE April 26, 2007 CONTACT: John M. Simpson, (310) 392-0522 ext. 317 or cell: (310) 292-1902, or Jamie Court, (310) 392-0522, ext. 327 Credibility of New Stanford University Energy Research Tainted by ExxonMobil Ties…
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Big Week for Big Oil
This is 1st quarter profit week for Big Oil. BP Tuesday, Conoco Wednesday, Exxon Thursday and Chevron Friday (Shell not until next week). Yet another record? We’ll be writing about it.
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Dumping the Guzzler
04-21-07 by dugan Happy Earth Day, OilWatchdoggers. To celebrate, the hubby and I dumped the 13-year-old guzzler and bought a Prius. OK, we’re way behind blogger Simpson, who’s been driving a sleeker, more efficient…
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Lie Down With Despots…
04-17-07 by dugan BP put down its marker on Iraqi oil today, with a senior exec saying "I think we can help in all areas: enhanced oil recovery from existing fields, in discovered and not…
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Who to believe?
By Simpson4-15-2007 Proponents of the plan to have BP fund an alternate energy research institute at UC Berkeley squared off in the San Francisco Chronicle opinion pages against those who think the university is selling…
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Whose Is Biggest?
04/11/07 by dugan It’s a strange world when yearly CEO pay of $18.4 million looks humble. That’s what Exxon reports paying CEO Rex Tillerson in a filing today. Compared to the $460 million awarded to…