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  • September 2008

    • Iraq Dumps Western Oil Deals

      New York Times  |  Sep 11, 08 3:04 AM CDT

      Iraq Dumps Western Oil Deals

      (Newser) - Iraq has scrubbed plans to award six coveted no-bid contracts to Western oil companies, the New York Times reports. Negotiations with the oil giants—including Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Shell, BP and others—dragged on for too long, said Iraq's foreign minister. The companies would have been unable to complete work to boost planned production by 500,000 barrels a day within the allotted year, he said. More »

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      Iraq  • oil  • oil companies  • Chevron  • Iraq oil  • Exxon Mobil  • Shell  • Hussain al Shahristani  • China National Petroleum Corp.

  • June 2008

    • Oil Giants to Return to Iraq

      New York Times  |  Jun 19, 08 4:20 AM CDT

      Oil Giants to Return to Iraq

      (Newser) - Four big oil companies chucked out of Iraq by Saddam Hussein 36 years ago are ready to return, the New York Time s reports. BP, Exxon Mobil, Shell and Total are about to announced winning coveted no-bid contracts to service Iraqi oil fields. The contracts are short-term, but the firms hope to significantly boost the country's oil production and win even bigger deals to develop huge new fields. More »

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      Iraq  • oil companies  • Chevron  • Iraq oil  • Exxon Mobil  • Shell

    • Shell Strike Threatens UK Motorists

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Jun 13, 08 6:40 AM CDT

      Shell Strike Threatens UK Motorists

      (Newser) - Truck drivers for Shell have begun a four-day strike in Britain that threatens to hike already sky-high gas prices. Although the government has warned motorists not to panic-buy, gas stations were reporting a 30% spike in sales in the hours before the action; union leaders, meanwhile, have threatened that gasoline would run out "almost immediately," reports the Telegraph . More »

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      United Kingdom  • gas prices  • strike  • labor strike  • Shell  • Shell Oil

  • May 2008

    • Guess What Oil Execs Make

      Associated Press  |  May 21, 08 8:19 PM CDT

      Guess What Oil Execs Make

      (Newser) - Big Oil executives today were grilled by the Senate on soaring prices, and Sen. Patrick Leahy asked for their salaries, the AP reports. Here's what they said: J. Stephen Simon, Exxon: $12.5 millon. John Lowe, ConocoPhillips: Did not recall Peter Robertson, Chevron: Did not recall. John Hofmeister, Shell, $2.2 million. Robert Malone, BP America, $2 million. More »

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      Patrick Leahy  • oil companies  • Exxon  • Chevron  • ConocoPhillips  • Shell

  • January 2008

    • Clock's Ticking on World Oil Supply: Shell CEO

      Times (UK)  |  Jan 25, 08 9:33 AM CST

      Clock's Ticking on World Oil Supply: Shell CEO

      (Newser) - World oil demand will outpace supply in 7 years, Shell's CEO warned in an email sent to employees in advance of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Jeroen van der Veer sees nuclear power, oil sands, and other unconventional energy sources replacing oil and gas out of necessity, whether or not world governments embrace renewable energy, the London Times reports. More »

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      oil  • energy  • alternative energy  • oil supply  • population  • Shell

  • April 2007

    • Big Oil Shut Out Of Iraq Deals

      CNN  |  Apr 6, 07 8:24 AM CDT

      Big Oil Shut Out Of Iraq Deals

      (Newser) - U.S. oil companies are far from first in line as Iraq doles out its initial oil contracts.   China, India—even Vietnam and Indonesia—have the inside track instead, thanks to contracts and infrastructure dating back to the Saddam regime, and more positive Iraqi sentiment. "They have no involvement with the secular or ethnic people," an Iraqi energy analyst says. "The conditions favor them." More »

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      Iraq  • China  • India  • United States  • oil  • business  • Indonesia  • Vietnam  • ExxonMobil  • fuel  • Chevron  • Exxon  • BP  • Iraq oil  • Shell

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