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Monterey County Weekly;  October 13, 2005 ;     608 words ......barely enough refineries to meet demand. Oil companies like it that way. A scarce commodity...If we want to see prices fall, then oil companies have to sell their heating oil and...of peak demand and limited supply, oil companies are exporting our heating oil all across...

Oil companies rip us off, claim forecourts.

Sunday Business (London, England);  October 1, 2000 ;     248 words ...Petrol station owners have accused oil companies of creaming off hundreds of millions...fuel to forecourts. Retailers claim oil companies are exploiting temperature differences...Petrol expands as temperatures rise. Oil companies pay excise duty on fuel at a standard...

Oil Companies Catching Up To Pure Chemicals Producers.

Chemical Market Reporter;  December 28, 1998 ;     700+ words ......performance, vertically integrated oil companies' petrochemical operations are finally...since the early part of the decade, oil companies have been late in the game in debottlenecking...Only within the past few years have oil companies intensified their focus on the profitability...

Oil Titans: National Oil Companies in the Middle East.(Book review)

Middle East Quarterly;  September 22, 2007 ;     364 words ...Oil Titans: National Oil Companies in the Middle East. By Valerie...seen a resurgence of state-owned oil companies. From Russia to Venezuela, and...privately-owned international oil companies such as Shell or Exxon Mobil...

Fed: Fels confident oil companies would pass on GST savings

AAP General News (Australia);  June 26, 2000 ;     254 words ......Australia) 06-26-2000 Fed: Fels confident oil companies would pass on GST savings BRISBANE...Professor Allan Fels says he is confident oil companies will pass on any GST inspired cost...said the ACCC would closely scrutinise oil companies to ensure the consumer benefits. However...

SEN. MENENDEZ REACTS TO REPORT ON OIL COMPANIES SPENDING FAR MORE ON STOCK...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 22, 2008 ;     482 words ......Associated Press reported this morning that oil companies are increasingly spending their profits...ALeqM5jdMq36pfzhyHeyexEU51JX5sr1egD922KTHG1). Oil companies are spending 55 percent of profits...Feingold's (D-WI) legislation to ensure that oil companies utilize the 68 million acres ...

Oil companies in quandary over cash glut

International Herald Tribune;  February 12, 2005 ;     700+ words ......York last year, the world's 10 largest oil companies are on track to earn a staggering...comfortably spend. It is not the first year oil companies earn more money than any other sector...pipelines or building new refineries, oil companies are giving much of the cash back to...

Oil companies looked after themselves during Britain's fuel crisis

The Scotsman;  October 17, 2000 ;     700+ words ...THE ROLE of the oil companies in the recent fuel crisis merits detailed...the "special" relationship of the oil companies with the government and ask why they let the government down. The oil companies denied any influence over the protesters...

Oil companies fear more public backlash

Chicago Sun-Times;  January 10, 1991 ;     388 words ...NEW YORK The nation's oil companies, still smarting from public outrage...backlash. Analysts predict that big oil companies will report earnings gains of...since the early 1980s, they said. Oil companies would normally be ecstatic with...

Fed: Oil companies were aware of investigation: Independents

AAP General News (Australia);  April 24, 2002 ;     364 words ...00-00-0000 Fed: Oil companies were aware of investigation: Independents...MELBOURNE, April 24 AAP - The oil companies raided by the Australian Competition...find anything of consequence. The oil companies were well aware of it (the investigation...

VOA NEWS: STUDY CALLS FOR MORE INVESTMENT BY STATE OIL COMPANIES

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 12, 2007 ;     662 words ......Greg Flakus A new study of state-owned oil companies says these so-called National Oil Companies, or NOCs, control most of the world's...attending the conference agreed that National Oil Companies, mostly in the developing world, will...

NSW: Oil companies must prove not in collusion NRMA

AAP General News (Australia);  April 27, 2001 ;     342 words ......General News (Australia) 04-27-2001 NSW: Oil companies must prove not in collusion NRMA SYDNEY...MA's motoring services today challenged oil companies to prove they were not colluding after...Commission (ACCC) to investigate whether oil companies had colluded over petrol pricing. ...

GOVERNMENT REPORT BACKS BOXER'S DEMAND THAT OIL COMPANIES PAY FAIR SHARE...

Capitol Hill Press Releases;  August 20, 1998 ;     349 words ......REPORT BACKS BOXER'S DEMAND THAT OIL COMPANIES PAY FAIR SHARE OF OIL ROYALTIES...GAO) supports her claim that oil companies are shortchanging taxpayers...million per year in oil royalties. Oil companies drilling on public must pay...

AS OIL COMPANIES REPORT PROFITS, REP. EMANUEL CALLS FOR END TO SUBSIDIES...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 24, 2008 ;     231 words ......issued the following news release: As oil companies announce their second quarter profits...taxpayer funded subsidies for major oil companies. The Associated Press recently reported that oil companies "insist they're trying to find new...

Fed: Oil companies hit back at grant pocketing claims

AAP General News (Australia);  March 30, 2001 ;     408 words ......General News (Australia) 03-30-2001 Fed: Oil companies hit back at grant pocketing claims By Krista Hughes CANBERRA, March 30 AAP - Oil companies today called on the consumer watchdog...Commission (ACCC) said investigations of oil companies' petrol pricing had raised suspicions...