08-23-07 by dugan "Insider" sends along a copy (pdf) of a preliminary report on gasoline pricing by the Washington State Attorney General. Part 1 doesn’t quite get to the bottom of the large…
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Chevron $ Makes Speaker Weak On Big Oil
NEWS RELEASE August 23, 2007 CONTACT: Jamie Court, (310) 392-0522 ext. 327, or Judy Dugan, ext. 305 Assembly Speaker’s Promised Action to Curb Gasoline Price Spikes Fails as Chevron Money Flows, Says Letter; Group Asks…
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Exxon’s “Hot Fuel” Ripoff Labels
NEWS RELEASE August 9, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, (310) 392-0522, ext. 305, or cell 213 280-0175, or Jamie Court, ext. 327 ExxonMobil’s Pump Labels Are Clue to "Hot Fuel" Ripoff; New Stickers Are No Substitute…
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Senator Introduces “Hot Fuel” Bill
NEWS RELEASE August 3, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 213-280-0175 (cell), or Jamie Court, 310-392-0522, ext. 327 Congress Takes Reins on "Hot Fuel" Ripoff of Motorists; Bill By Sen. McCaskill Requires Honest Compensation for Gasoline Energy…
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It Wasn’t the French
Oil companies’ refining profits come straight out of what we pay at the pump, so guess who paid for the across-the-board record refining profits that the major oil companies finished reporting today, with Chevron’s new…
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Chevron Record Refinery Profit
NEWS RELEASE July 27, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, or cell: 213-280-0175, or John Simpson, ext. 317 Chevron Record Profit Driven by Refining Profits Up 41% in US, 30% Overall, On Record Gasoline…
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Exxon’s Record Refining Profits
NEWS RELEASE July 26, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, cell: 213-280-0175, or John Simpson, ext. 317 Record Pump Prices Give Exxon Record Refining Profits, More than $10 Billion Total Earnings; Group Calls for…
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Sleazy Tax Deal Benefits Big Oil
7/24/07 by Simpson Chevron stands to be one of the big beneficiaries of a tax break estimated to cost California more than $850 million in revenue when fully implemented. Speaker Fabian Núñez rammed the bill,…
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BP’s Refining Shores Up Profit
NEWS RELEASE July 24, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, or cell: 213-280-0175 BP’s 2nd Quarter Refining Windfall Shores Up Lower Profit Elsewhere; Rest of Big Oil Will Show Same Pattern Of More Money…
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Study: Refinery Cuts = Price Spikes
NEWS RELEASE July 23, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522 ext. 305, or Doug Heller, ext. 309, or Tim Hamilton, 360-495-4941 "The Katrina Syndrome": Study Finds Oil Refiners’ Inventory Cuts Generated 2007 Price Spikes; Investigation, Oversight…
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The Other Oil Addiction: Politicians Love That Tax Revenue
If you want to know (another) reason politicians don’t really want to step in and take action to lower gas prices, check this out from Associated Press on California’s current budget debate: The budget adopted…
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Call It “Gigantic Oil”
07-12-07 by dugan Here’s a short-form roundup from priceofoil.org on the latest Fortune 500 list: Ooil companies and their biggest customers, the auto makers, dominate the Top 10. Something not noted: Walmart’s, listed as No….
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Just Like Tobacco Warnings
07-3-07 by dugan My Dad, the mechanical engineer and fanatical record-keeper, grumbled every summer when his gas mileage went down. He blamed "vapor in the tank" as the hot Midwest sun beat down. Now…