Article: Big Oil hashes out issues with state-run firms.

Article: LT. GOV. QUINN TAKES ON BIG OIL COMPANIES AT ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 7, 2006 ;     667 words ... ... paid to the chief executive officers of five big oil companies. Quinn also urged Big Oil to use a portion of their record profits to ... consumers are fed up with the excessive profits of oil companies and the inflated salaries of oil executives ...

Article: Big oil companies prepare to gird loins for ...
The Oil Daily;  September 25, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... November elections, and oil companies may be an easy target ... activities of big U.S. oil companies. In a report, "Subsidizing Big Oil's Foreign Investments ... these subsidies encourage oil companies to work in high-risk ...

Article: Boycott big oil companies Robert A. Giberson ...
Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA;  June 2, 2007 ;     454 words ... ... before they say "enough is enough" to the big oil companies. But it looks like the big oil companies have us right where they want us. The ... to do with. How can we get these few big oil companies that have a hold on us to lower the price ...

Article: Really Big Oil; National oil ...
The Economist (US);  August 12, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... and others speak of "Big Oil", you know exactly ... prices even higher). Yet Big Oil is pretty small next ... giants: the national oil companies (NOCs) owned or controlled ... amount of oil at state oil companies' disposal is not much ...

Article: SEN. MURRAY CALLS FOR ENERGY POLICY THAT FAVORS MIDDLE CLASS ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 30, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... policies that have awarded oil companies with tax breaks and special ... for one segment of America big oil. The major oil companies report their profits this ... the responsibility lies why oil companies are seeing their profits ...

Article: Slowing Economy Starting to Sap Big Oil.(hurting ...
The Oil Daily;  August 10, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Slowing Economy Starting to Sap Big Oil The slowdown in the global economy is taking its toll on Big Oil. Although one might not realize this ... global GDP grew by 4.8%. Even major oil companies' strong second-quarter profits could ...

Article: Robust profits mask problems for Big Oil.(Large ...
Petroleum Intelligence Weekly;  November 10, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... commodity prices and oil company profits: Large integrated oil companies posted robust third-quarter profits that were, on average ... ago levels (p9). That does not mean smooth sailing for Big Oil. Soaring profits may be masking deeper problems, as several ...