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Faculty Gets Say In BP-Berkeley Deal
4-4-07 by Court The management at UC Berkeley is now allowing faculty critical of the partnership with BP to negotiate the terms. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that: Journalism Professor Bill Drummond, chairman of the campus Academic Senate, said the administration will allow four professors who chair Senate committees — Calvin Moore, Patrick Kirch, Christopher [...]
Continue reading...Will Tesoro Compete Or Cheat With Shell’s Assets?
Sunday, April 1, 2007
The Feds’ final approval of the transfer of Shell’s Los Angeles refinery and 250 gas stations in Southern California creates the possibility that an upstart company with refining and distribution capacity could challenge Chevron and the other majors to do better. The fact is that the Big Five have operated much like an oligopoly: working [...]
Continue reading...War Protests At Chevron: The Why
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Most news stories about anti-war protesters who gathered Monday in front of Chevron’s San Ramon headquarters were fuzzy on the reasons why Chevron was targeted. A few, including the local CBS affiliate, nailed it: Chevron and the other oil majors stand to profit mightily at the expense of the Iraqi people under the proposed oil [...]
Continue reading...Majors Surrender To Chavez
Friday, March 9, 2007
President Bush may not be willing to utter Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez’s name during his trip to Latin America, even while Chavez led flag-waving supporters with Bush insults and chants of "Gringo, Go Home." But America’s biggest oil companies have waved the white flag in Venezuela. Exxon, Chevron and ConocoPhillips have all agreed to cede [...]
Continue reading...Brush Off the ‘No Blood for Oil’ Bumper Stickers
Thursday, March 1, 2007
The Iraqi cabinet’s largely US-written plan for sharing the country’s oil wealth among ethnic groups also gives unprecedented power to the global oil industry. The deal, which is scheduled for a vote by Iraqi lawmakers later this month, would give the major oil companies nearly unfettered access to Iraqi oilfields, with no requirements for even [...]
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