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Chevron's dilemma over its stake in Myanmar (San Fransisco Chronicle)

zcoile@sfchronicle.com (Zachary Coile) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:12:44 GMT

Ever since Myanmar's leaders engaged in a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests last fall, Congress has pushed to tighten sanctions against the country's ruling generals. And that's put Chevron Corp., the largest U.S. investor in that country, in the...

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Chevron brings Africa/Latin America branch to Houston (Houston Chronicle)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:30:00 GMT

Chevron Corp.'s headquarters is in San Ramon, Calif., but the second-largest U.S. oil company behind Exxon Mobil Corp. is increasing its presence in Houston.

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Chevron brings Africa/Latin America HQ to Houston (Houston Chronicle)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:30:00 GMT

Chevron Corp.'s headquarters is in San Ramon, Calif., but the second-largest U.S. oil company behind Exxon Mobil Corp. is increasing its presence in Houston.

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Chevron's dilemma over its stake in Burma (Myanmar)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:00:29 GMT

-- Ever since Burma's leaders engaged in a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests last fall, Congress has pushed to tighten sanctions against the country's ruling generals. And that's put Chevron...

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Chevron conflict causes concern at Dominican airports (Dominican Today)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:17:00 GMT

Santo Domingo.– Some of Dominican Republic's airports have raised concern about the developments in the Chevron fuel transport conflict.

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mission accomplished (Public Opinion)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:16:37 GMT

Last year Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve said, "Everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil." That observation has been reinforced by the Iraqi government awarding a series of key oil contracts to British and US companies including Shell, BP, Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Total....

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YWN Eretz Yisrael Motzei Shabbos News Roundup – 7/1/08 (Yeshiva World News)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:46:22 GMT

SECURITY/DEFENSE: • The security officer in Asha’el in the Chevron Hills on Shabbos apprehended seven Arabs who torched their fields, resulting in extensive damage. Firefighters extinguished the blaze. One Jew was arrested after the Arab stated he assaulted them. One Arab was taken into custody as well. • Due to escalating violence in Na’alin against construction of the perimeter [...]

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Iraq’s Oil Surge (Royal Dutch Shell plc .com)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:19:38 GMT

What seems to irk Mr. Schumer – and running mates John Kerry and Missouri's Claire McCaskill – is Iraq's decision to sign shorter-term, no-bid service contracts with Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, BP, Total and Chevron.

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Yes Naomi (Tim Worstall)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:05:30 GMT

This really does take the biscuit. Naomi Klein’s not normally all that clued up, agreed, but she rarely actually undermines her own argument in the same piece. Firstly, there’s this: It started with no-bid service contracts announced for Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Shell, BP and Total (they have yet to be signed but are still on course). Paying [...]

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Big Oil’s Iraq deals are the greatest stick-up in history (Royal Dutch Shell plc .com)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:52:30 GMT

"We" are already heisting Iraq's oil, or at least are on the brink of doing so. It started with no-bid service contracts announced for Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Shell, BP and Total... Iraq is being forced to sell 75% of its national patrimony to pay the bills for its own illegal invasion and occupation.

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Oil firms research new types of biofuels (Denver Post)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:30:32 GMT

Exxon Mobil, Chevron and other major international oil companies are seeking technology breakthroughs to make gasoline and diesel from renewable sources as they shun fuel from food crops.

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Does Big Oil's Apathy Justify Proposals to Tax Windfall Profits? (SeekingAlpha Energy Stocks)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:58:56 GMT

Vikram Saxena submits: Crude Oil's relentless march towards the near term spike target of $150 is now threatening to send the Global Economy into a recession. Big Oil companies (Exxon-Mobil (XOM), Chevron (CVX), Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A), BP (BP) and ConocoPhillips (COP)) are in the thick of the controversy as the rising price of oil has seen their profits sky-rocket. Congress smells an opportunity...

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Exxon and Chevron study new biofuels and shun food-based fuels (International Herald Tribune)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:52:35 GMT

Oil companies are researching ways of making fuels from waste products and non-edible plants to supplement traditional oil supply.

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Long-term supply jitters drive record oil prices, exec says (Market Watch)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:23:33 GMT

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Chevron executive John Watson on Thursday blamed record oil prices on "fundamental concerns about the outlook for physical supplies in the long term." Watson, vice president for strategy and development, told the World Petroleum Congress that government policies will affect the ability of oil companies to supply markets. "The U.S. shouldn't just sit back, consume resources...

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Citgo striking lowest blow among oil giants (adfreak)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:20:23 GMT

One of the ironies of the high-gas-price period is the dwindling ad spending among top gasoline retailers. With the exception of Chevron, they’re all spending less now than in recent years, doubtless to keep a low profile when their commercials...

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"[L]ive from an oil rig": NBC, MSNBC aired multiple reports on offshore drilling without explaining "environmental concerns" or disclosing GE's drilling connection (Media Matters)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:41:52 GMT

In the midst of the debate over lifting the federal moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling, NBC's Today and Nightly News , as well as MSNBC Live , aired segments on June 26 in which NBC correspondent Janet Shamlian reported live from a drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico owned by Chevron Corp. But while two of Shamlian's reports included quotes from a Chevron spokesperson, none...

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Iraq sues companies over oil-for-food kickbacks (Alternate Brain)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:40:00 GMT

Reuters The Iraqi government sued dozens of companies, including oil giant Chevron Corp., for more than $10 billion on Monday, saying they paid kickbacks to former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's government under the U.N. oil-for-food program. The civil lawsuit, filed in U.S. federal court in Manhattan, seeks to recover damages from companies investigated by a U.N.-commissioned inquiry, claiming...

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More Aspen Swag: Water By Chevron (Marc Ambinder)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:17:43 GMT

ASPEN -- This beautiful insulated water bottle is adorned by a Chevron sticker. "Rinse. Reuse. Use less. Let's put more energy into saving energy." Chevron's slogan is "Human Energy." I asked Chevron's corporate marketing chief, Helen Clark, to explain, in a word, what Chevron wants us to know about their company from their sponsorship of Aspen's drinking water. "Conservation,"...

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[media-bali] Salam kenal dari putra Klungkung di Kaltim (media bali)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:30:00 GMT

Salam kenal buat semua I Nengah Karma Chevron Penajam Paser Utara Kaltim HP: 081346442011 E-mail: inengahk@chevron.com ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/media-bali/ Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/media-bali/join (Yahoo!...

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Iraq lodges $10bn lawsuit over ‘Oil-for-Food scam’: Chevron a defendant (Royal Dutch Shell plc .com)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:24:16 GMT

Iraq has hired Maney and Purrington, a law firm from Texas, to sue 70 corporations such as Chevron, the oil company...

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