Gasoline prices, already up 72 cents a gallon over a year ago, are poised to go higher — possibly shattering records. The federal Energy Information Administration on Tuesday projected the price of regular gasoline, now…
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Big Oil Gives $500K+ to Giuliani
NEWS RELEASE October 19, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522 x305 Giuliani Leaps Past $500,000 Mark in Big Oil Contributions; All Presidential Candidates Should Return Oil Industry’s "Dirty Money," Says Watchdog Group Santa Monica, CA —…
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Refiners ‘Recovery’ Has a Price
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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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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Refinery Backlog Spikes Gas Prices
All Things Considered (National Public Radio) May 7, 2007 by ANCHORS: MICHELE NORRIS, ROBERT SIEGEL – REPORTER: SCOTT HORSLEY Refinery Backlog Prompts Spike in Gas Prices The following program was broadcast on NPR’s All Things…
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Oil Production Lows, Profit Highs
Business Week Online May 3, 2007 by Moira Herbst Oil Refiners’ Production Lows, Profit Highs; Where’s the gas? As pump prices test $3, persistent problems, from old plants to a shortage of skilled workers, spur…
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Exxon, Valero Profits Jump
Los Angeles Times April 27, 2007 by Elizabeth Douglass & Richard Simon, Times Staff Writers Exxon, Valero profits jump; The quarterly gains, coming at a time of soaring pump prices, prompt renewed calls for legislative…
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Congress: CA Gas Supply Plan?
NEWS RELEASE: April 10, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522 ext. 305, cell: 213-280-0175, or Jamie Court, ext. 327, cell: 310-874-9989 Congress Presses Refiners on California’s Gasoline Price Spike, Supply Restrictions; Rep. Kucinich Requests Oil Companies’…
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Top Analyst: West Coast Is Toast
NEWS RELEASE: April 9, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522 ext. 305, cell: 213 280-0175, or Jamie Court, ext. 327, cell: 310-874-9989 Low Supply Makes the West a "Compromised Market for the Rest of This Decade,"…
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Driver Budgets Burn At Pump
Politicians are fiddling while motorists burn through their budgets. The federal government’s weekly gasoline report shows national prices up another dime last week, to $2.671 for regular and California at $3.228, nearly 56 cents above…
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Hot gas costs California drivers
The San Francisco Chronicle March 6th, 2007 by David R. Baker Fuel expands in heat, but special pumps could compensate When you buy a gallon of gas at the service station, you don’t always put…
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State gas prices zooming near $3
by Dale KaslerSacramento BeeFebruary 28, 2007 California’s gasoline market is so fragile that a fire at an oil refinery in the Texas Panhandle could help boost prices above $3 a gallon. The average statewide…