CNN trumpeted an exclusive on its correspondent’s venture into the conflict-torn and oil-rich Niger Delta of Nigeria, where rebel forces have escalated a campaign of kidnapping and violence against foreign oilfield workers. CNN gets some…
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Shell Game
Shell, the world’s second largest oil company, set a company record profit of $25.4 billion in 2006. The oversized payday comes even with a 23% decline in refining margins during the fourth quarter a.k.a the…
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MTBE’s Real History
The toxic additive MTBE wasn’t forced on oil companies, they chose it. And they knew how dangerous it was. A thorough history of MTBE, rich in links, by the Enviromental Working Group. http://www.ewg.org/reports/withknowledge/ (update note:…
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The Price of Oil
Human Rights Watch’s seminal 1999 report on Big’s Oil’s abuses in Nigeria.