2-18-08 by dugan Where’s Congress? When it comes to oil and gasolne prices, our elected officials are has hard to find as Waldo. Speculators today shoved oil prices are back up to $96…
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Pumping Up The Dow
2-11-08 by Court Looks like the Dow Jones is looking for some speculative boost to the topsy-turvy, overall-sagging fortunes of Wall Street. Altria (aka Phillip Morris) and Honeywell are off of the Dow Jones Industrial…
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BP’s Profits Exception
NEWS RELEASE February 5, 2008 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, cell: 213-280-0175; Jamie Court, 310-392-0522, ext. 327 or cell : 310-874-9989; or Tim Hamilton, 360-495-4941 BP, ‘Bumbling Petroleum,’ Is Exception to Profit Boom; Group Warns Against Cutting…
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Chevron & Exxon’s Record Profits
NEWS RELEASE February 1, 2008 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, (310) 392-0522, ext. 305, cell: 213 280-0175; or Jamie Court, ext. 327, cell: 310 874-9989; or Tim Hamilton, (360) 495-4941 Chevron, Exxon Record Profits Reaped At Cost…
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Shell Posts Record Annual Profit
NEWS RELEASE January 31, 2008 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, cell: 213-280-0175; or Jamie Court, ext. 327, cell: 310 874-9989 Shell’s Record Profit Is a Thumb In the Eye of Recession-Wracked Nation, Says Group;…
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Congress Must Act On Energy Prices
NEWS RELEASE January 7, 2008 CONTACT: Judy Dugan (310) 392-0522 ext. 305, or Jamie Court, ext. 327 Congress Must Act to Question, Curb Energy Prices as Gasoline Rises Again, Says Group; Pump Price up a…
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Energy Traders Get Their Manufactured $100-Oil Dream, Consumers Brace for $4.00 Gasoline
Group Calls on Congress to Curb Wild Speculation in Energy Markets Speculators ginned up alarm over Nigerian gang violence, Pakistani unrest and shaky predictions on future OPEC capacity to drive crude oil prices to…
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A Wallet-Cleaning New Year
12-29-07 by dugan I see the stars aligning, not for a lucky New Year but for $4.00 gasoline prices this spring. In fact, it’s already started. Regular is back over over $3 a gallon nationally, 69 cents a gallon…
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The ‘Dictator Penalty’
11-16-07 by dugan Bought any of that Chevron gasoline currently averaging more than $3.40 a gallon in California? A few pennies of that will now go to pay Chevron’s $30 million settlement of a…
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What! Are They Thinking?
11-15-07 by dugan There wasn’t much media notice last week for what seems to me a head-swiveling announcement: Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said that the government will keep buying crude oil to expand the…
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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;…