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J.Dugan D.Heller

J.Dugan D.Heller - who has written 6 posts on Oil Watchdog.


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Hot Fuel Study Fixed For Big Oil

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

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Hot Fuel Study Fixed For Big Oil

Documents Show Political Appointees Interfered With Cal. Energy Commission Study Of Hot Fuel Ripoff To Protect Oil Companies Consumer Group Says Government Staff’s Consumer-Oriented Findings Were Altered by Commissioners With Ties to Oil Industry Santa Monica, CA — Public documents retrieved by Consumer Watchdog reveal that, after private meetings with oil industry representatives, some of [...]

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Study: Refinery Cuts = Price Spikes

Monday, July 23, 2007

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Study: Refinery Cuts = Price Spikes

NEWS RELEASE July 23, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522 ext. 305, or Doug Heller, ext. 309, or Tim Hamilton, 360-495-4941 "The Katrina Syndrome": Study Finds Oil Refiners’ Inventory Cuts Generated 2007 Price Spikes; Investigation, Oversight of Refinery Operations & Profits Is Urgent, Says Group Santa Monica, CA — Oil refineries’ deliberate failure to boost gasoline [...]

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Record Profits from Well and Refinery Slam Motorists Twice, Group Says

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

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Record Profits from Well and Refinery Slam Motorists Twice, Group Says

NEWS RELEASE: July 25, 2006 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, (310) 392-0522 ext. 305, cell: 213 280-0175, or Doug Heller, ext. 309 BP Kicks Off Week of Profit Reports With $7.3 Billion Announcement Santa Monica, CA — Oil giant BP kicked off a new round of quarterly profit reports today, registering a a record $7.3 billion profit, [...]

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Chevron: Record Profits Come on the Backs of California Motorists

Friday, April 28, 2006

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Chevron: Record Profits Come on the Backs of California Motorists

NEWS RELEASE: April 28, 2006 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310 392-0522, ext. 305, or Doug Heller ext. 309 Pain at the pump also bankrolls anti-consumer ballot effort Santa Monica, CA — The round of record quarterly oil-company profit reports ended today with California-based Chevron, whose astounding 49 percent increase in net income tells only a fraction [...]

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New Record Profit Report For Exxon Proves Profiteering

Thursday, April 27, 2006

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New Record Profit Report For Exxon Proves Profiteering

NEWS RELEASE: April 27, 2006 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310 392-0522, ext. 305, or Doug Heller ext. 309 Refiners have no excuse for gouging at the pump, windfalls should be returned to motorists Santa Monica, CA — ExxonMobil’s report of a record $8.4 billion in first-quarter profits demonstrates that skyrocketing gasoline prices are due to oil [...]

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Bush Oil Move Attacks the Wrong End of the Gasoline Price Crisis

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

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Bush Oil Move Attacks the Wrong End of the Gasoline Price Crisis

NEWS RELEASE: April 25, 2006 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, (310) 392-0522 ext. 305, Doug Heller, ext. 309 Withholding contributions to U.S. oil reserve does nothing to stop oil company profiteering Santa Monica, CA — President Bush’s decision to delay filling the federal Strategic Petroleum Reserve will not lower gas prices and does not address the underlying [...]

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