Within the frame of a corporate-oriented publication, Business Week does a thorough rundown of the oil industry’s new green advertising, giving it more cred than OilWatchdog would, but with loads of skeptic quotes. Here’s one…
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Oil Junket Criticism Grows
04-06 by Court Today the San Diego Union Tribune added to the chorus of media criticism about junkets for California politicians flying around the world on the dime of the world’s largest oil companies. The…
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‘Hot Fuel’ Action Gets Hotter
An Oregon fiscal analyst has filed a class action lawsuit against the major oil companies alleging that the sale of motor fuel above a certain temperature cheats motorists. The suit by Shonna Butler, reported by…
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Alt-Fuels Restricted Everywhere
Check out this detailed Wall Street Journal follow-up to OilWatchdog’s investigation of Chevron’s resistance to renewable fuels at their gas stations. It also tells how companies other than Chevron effectively bar the sale of high-ethanol…
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Will Tesoro Compete Or Cheat With Shell’s Assets?
The Feds’ final approval of the transfer of Shell’s Los Angeles refinery and 250 gas stations in Southern California creates the possibility that an upstart company with refining and distribution capacity could challenge Chevron and…
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Big Oil’s European Vacation
Oil industry and power company executives have begun a European jaunt in the company of California’s top energy policy officials. It’s billed as a “policy study” on how Europe implements greenhouse gas restrictions. But giving…
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Retailers Resist ‘Adjusted’ Price
The petroleum marketers, a.k.a wholesalers and chain operators of truck stops and convenience stores, are organizing a new coalition, P.U.M.P. (the Partnership for Uniform Marketing Practices), to stop the rising momentum to mandate automatic temperature…
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West Coast Refinery Profits Double
The San Francisco Chronicle reports: "Profit margins at California’s gasoline refineries are soaring. And they’re taking pump prices along for the ride. Refinery profit margins have more than doubled since last fall, according to one…
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Oil Giants Succumb to Raccoon, Possum
Wholesale gasoline prices jumped 7 cents a gallon in the Los Angeles area Monday after a raccoon and a possum briefly shorted out power lines to the ExxonMobil refinery in Torrance and a Shell Oil…
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Big Oil, Venezuela and the IMF
Even as Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatens to take over oilfields run by ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP and Shell, he’s using his oil money to undermine the International Monetary Fund, reports Bloomberg. And while the U.S….
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Shell’s Refined Wisdom
Shell sold off another California refinery. This time its Wilmington plant to Tesoro Corp, making the San Antonio based refiner a major player in the West, particularly given its acquisition of 390 Shell and USA…
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Big Oil’s Hot Air in Houston
NEWS RELEASE: February 13, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522 ext. 305, or cell: 213-280-0175, or Jamie Court, ext. 327, or cell: 310-874-9989 Oil CEO’s presence at energy summit is about image, not change, says group…
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When Hired Dogs Turn On You
Big Oil, still trying to cast doubt on global warming, turned to the oil-friendly and Exxon-funded American Enterprise Institute in January to buy a "report" disputing the UN’s decisive global warming study. Big oil should…