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1-22-09 by dugan Can California’s poor little oil companies–Exxon, Shell, Chevron and Occidental Petroleum among them, afford in these bad times to pay something back to California for oil they extract and sell in…
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1-19-08 by dugan How’s your 401 K? Having any trouble paying the mortgage, or the rent? Not Exxon’s problem. It’s on the hunt for bargains–specifically, other oil companies. There’s been a burst of stories like…
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1-15-09 by dugan There are tanker ships loaded with cheap crude oil just floating around the oceans waiting for the price to go up, says a report today by Clifford Krauss of the New York…
News Clipping
Meltdown 101: Why Gas Prices Rise While Oil Drops By John Porretto, ASSOCIATED PRESS January 15, 2009 HOUSTON, TX — You may do a double-take as you pass your local gas station. Chances are, the…
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1/14/09 by dugan Here’s a truly watchable explanation of how speculative money took over energy markets in 2008 and helped ruin the world economy. Solutions are included, thanks to CBS 60 minutes and Consumer Watchdog’s…
Press Release
Gasoline Prices in California Headed Up as Oil Prices Keep Dropping; Poll Shows Support for Refiner Oversight Refiners in State Producing 14.8% Less Gasoline Than Year Ago as Producers Push to Raise Pump Price …
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12-17-08 by dugan I heard recently from a friend in Maine who is freaking out: she’s paying $4.50 a gallon for her home heating oil, even as drivers pay well under $2.00 a gallon for…
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Oil companies said, back when crude oil cost $145 a barrel, that exploration and construction costs were too high for them to invest much in drilling and refining. Exxon, for instance, spurned any project that…
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12-11-08 by dugan Two or three of us at Consumer Watchdog, OilWatchdog’s parent group, have gotten calls today asking our endorsement for the city of Los Angeles’ "Green Energy/Good Jobs Act" on the city’s March…
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12-2-08 by dugan With U.S. automakers headed to Washington for a do-over of their disastrously inept begging trip, OilWatchdog reader Ray Bock of Arroyo Grande, Calif., offers a suggestion that’s been in the air: Let…
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11-20-08 by dugan I’ve been asked a lot lately about why "gasoline is so cheap." Yet the question itself is a result of short memories. Gasoline is certainly a ton cheaper than in July,…
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11-6-08 by dugan California was the tip on Boone Pickens’ spear. His Proposition 10, demanding taxpayer billions to finance a new market in natural gas fuels (Pickens’ chief business). It was obviously a first shot…
Press Release
Chevron’s Doubled Profit Caps Oil Industry’s ‘Vampire Attack on Economy’ Current Oil Price Breather Is Right Time for Action to Prevent Next Speculative Bubble, Says Group October 31, 2008 Santa Monica, CA — The…
