Article: NRCC: Carney Attacks the Very Oil Companies He is Profiting From

Article: forum; Sham Oil Shortage; While oil companies blame environmentalists, they dump product to boost prices.
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...

Article: 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...

Article: 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...

Article: Fact Check: Chris Carney Continues Lies and Distortions
Targeted News Service;  October 31, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Chris Hackett, a Republican Party candidate...issued the following news release: Chris Hackett won a resounding victory...compelling plan for the future, Chris Carney spent most of the evening playing...couple reasons. First of all, the oil is near the surface. Second of...twice, actually -- ...

Article: 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...

Article: 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...

Article: SEN. MENENDEZ REACTS TO REPORT ON OIL COMPANIES SPENDING FAR MORE ON STOCK BUYBACKS THAN EXPLORATION OR INNOVATION
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 ...

Article: 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...

Article: BP, Shell attempt new cooperative approach to activist groups.(British Petroleum Company PLC, Royal Dutch/Shell Group and non-governmental organizations address oil companies' way of conducting business)
The Oil Daily;  January 6, 1998 ;     700+ words ......both the commercial ambitions of the oil companies and the NGOs' desire to see changes...with BP, one of the most responsible oil companies. Greenpeace's U-turn came after Shell...latter half of the 1990s. But while many oil companies perceive working with NGOs as a high-ri...

Article: 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...

Article: 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...

Article: China forms new trade organization for private oil companies.
China Business News;  December 19, 2006 ;     515 words ......new trade organization for private oil companies Shanghai. December 19. INTERFAX-CHINA...second trade organization for private oil companies called the Petroleum Circulation Committee...communications among Chinese state-owned oil companies, private owned oil companies ...

Article: 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...

Article: Private Chinese oil companies seek acquisition by foreign operators due to local conditions.
China Business News;  September 11, 2007 ;     619 words ...Private Chinese oil companies seek acquisition by foreign operators due...September 11. INTERFAX-CHINA - Private Chinese oil companies are currently looking to be acquired by foreign oil companies due to the government-sponsored monopoly...