10-10-07 by dugan Chevron, BP and Valero Energy have warned that their third-quarter profits will be under those of the last quarter because their refining profits have deflated from stupendously piggish highs. Unfortunately, they…
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Chevron Silent On Human Rights
NEWS RELEASE October 1, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, cell: 213-280-0175 ‘Human Rights’ Not Part of Chevron ‘Human Energy’ Advertising Campaign; Watchdog Group’s Letter Calls on CEO to Dump Myanmar Gas Fields that…
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$80 Oil and the ‘Enron Loophole’
Here’s something worth getting out of bed for at 6 a.m. (Pacific time) teleconference. The federal Commodity Futures Trading Commission is holding a day of hearings Tuesday on what are called "dark markets." These…
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BP Funds Another Campus
9-10-07 by simpson San Juan College School of Energy in Farmington, NM, has just announced it will receive $750,000 from BP over the next three years to train natural gas field technicians. San Juan College…
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Refiners’ profit streak could fade
The Houston Chronicle (Texas) August 31, 2007 by Brett Clanton, Houston Chronicle Refiners’ profit streak could fade Soaring gasoline prices this spring and summer may have pinched drivers, but they helped U.S. oil refiners rack…
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Rudy Giuliani, $477,208 in Big Oil Money
It seems counterintuitive that a former New York mayor would lead the presidential pack in raising funds from Big Oil. But he has sought out powerful Texas and other oil connections, including a Texan fixer…
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Chevron profit hits $5.4 billion
Los Angeles Times July 28, 2007 by Elizabeth Douglass, Times Staff Writer Chevron profit hits $5.4 billion Chevron Corp. said Friday that it rang up a record quarterly profit of $5.4 billion, primarily thanks to…
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Exxon 2nd Qtr Profit = $10 Billion
CNNMoney.com July 26, 2007 by Steve Hargreaves, CNNMoney.com staff writer ExxonMobil makes $10 billion on record gas prices But profit falls from last year on lower natural gas sales and doesn’t top its previous record…
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Big Oil’s research impact debated
The San Francisco Chronicle July 15, 2007 by Rick DelVecchio, Chronicle Staff Writer NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – Big Oil’s impact on research is debated The oil industry has committed more than $700 million to alternative energy…
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Investor Revolt
5-26-07 by Court A group of powerful Exxon investors are leading a campaign to stop the reappointment of Public Issue Committee Chair Michael Boskin to the Exxon Board of Directors. Their complaint is that…
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Big Oil Buys Sacramento
Why you’re not hearing a peep from California politicians on record-high gas prices. JAMIE COURT and JUDY DUGAN are founders of Oilwatchdog.org, a project of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights. Who’s afraid of…
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Blowing Smoke About Prices
By Simpson 05-11-07 API, formerly and more accurately known as the American Petroleum Institute, is behind misleading full-page newspaper advertisements trying to blame the price of crude oil for the daily outrage at the nation’s…
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Ill effects of gas prices
San Gabriel Valley Tribune (California) May 9, 2007 by EDITORIAL Ill effects of gas prices The average price of regular gasoline soared above $3 a gallon this week, barely missing a new national record, while…