11-25-07 by dugan Way back in autumn of 2004, Hurricane Ivan hit the Gulf of Mexico and U.S. crude oil prices briefly topped $50 a barrel as offshore drilling platforms were rattled. Even then,…
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Archive | Tag: price-gouging
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Good-bye To a Quixote
11-19-07 by dugan Monterey, Calif., gas station owner Mehdi Shahbazi died last week at 65 after a 90-day hunger strike against Shell Oil. He’d been fighting the company for years over the company’s actions…
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Gas Price Spike = Gift for Big Oil
NEWS RELEASE November 5, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, or cell: 213-280-0175 Gasoline Price Spike Heralds Economy-Busting Christmas ‘Present’ For Oil Companies Price for Regular Up 14 Cents Nationally, to $3.01, In One…
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Chevron On Pace For Record Profit
NEWS RELEASE November 2, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 213-280-0175 Chevron Still On Pace For Record Annual Profit; Consumer Group Warns Of $4+ Gasoline As Chevron & Others Return To High Refining Profits In Spring ’08…
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Exxon’s 3rd Qtr Only 10% Lower
NEWS RELEASE November 1, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, (310) 392-0522, ext. 305, cell: (213) 280-0175; or Tim Hamilton, (360) 495-4941 Perspective on Exxon: $9.4 Billion Quarterly Profit Only $2 Billion Shy of 2002 Yearly Profit;…
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They Don’t Take Every Dollar
10-29-07 I got a letter today and discovered Chevron actually doesn’t keep every consumer dollar that it could. I got a buck back from the oil giant. You’ll remember I dropped by Town Hall Los…
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Delivering the Golden Nozzle
10-25-07 by simpson Chevron CEO Dave O’Reilly came to Los Angeles to make a speech. We figured it was a great opportunity to remind him what the company’s soaring gasoline prices do to consumers. I…
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Chevron CEO Gets Gouging Award
NEWS RELEASE October 25, 2007 CONTACT: John M. Simpson, 310-392-0522, x317, or cell: 310-292-1902 Consumer Advocate Confronts Chevron Chief Executive Over Soaring Gasoline Prices With "Golden Nozzle Award" Los Angeles, CA — Consumer Advocates from…
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Only a Pause for BP
NEWS RELEASE October 23, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, or cell, 213-280-0175, or Tim Hamilton, 360-495-4941 BP Profit Drop Just a Pause in Windfall Profits, Says Consumer Group; Company Warned Not to Skimp…
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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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Spike In Crude Oil But Not Gas Prices
Spike in Crude Oil Price to $88/Barrel Without New Run-Up in Pump Price Exposes Oil Industry Deception, Profiteering; Oil Companies’ Claim That Crude Oil Costs Drive Gasoline Price Makes No Sense With Today’s Barrel Prices…
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Chevron’s Titan-ic Bungle
10-15-07 by dugan "It’s not what you say but what you do that matters." Oops, Chevron must not have heard its mother say that. Check out this savage AdWeek column by Joan Voight on…
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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…