TALES OF THE TAPE: High Prices Keeping Lid On Big Oil Deals

Posted on August 7, 2008 by John Donovan.
Categories: BP, Chevron, Conoco Phillips, Exxon Mobil.

BP’s announcement came three days after rival Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA) announced a near-$6 billion takeover bid for Canadian natural-gas producer Duvernay Oil Corp., also considered a top-dollar move.

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Royal Dutch Shell world’s third biggest company by revenue

Posted on July 9, 2008 by John Donovan.
Categories: BP, Chevron, Conoco Phillips, Exxon Mobil.

The business publication said that US-based Wal-Mart Stores remained at the top of the list of the world’s biggest companies by revenue at some 378 billion dollars.

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America, Over Big Oil’s Barrel

Posted on June 26, 2008 by John Donovan.
Categories: BP, Conoco Phillips, Exxon Mobil, Oil Prices.

To repel public hostility and government action, meanwhile, the American Petroleum Institute, the main oil and gas lobbying group, has launched a multimillion dollar media blitz.

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Oil Giants Try to Deflect Gas-Price Fury

Posted on June 17, 2008 by John Donovan.
Categories: Conoco Phillips, Exxon Mobil, Oil Prices, The Wall Street Journal.

One of the Exxon ads flashes an image of a windmill, crops and the sun, evoking a triptych of alternative energy: wind, biofuels and solar power.

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ConocoPhillips reveals it has been subpoenaed in CFTC oil price fixing probe: What about Shell, the leader in illegal cartels?

Posted on June 3, 2008 by John Donovan.
Categories: Conoco Phillips, Oil Prices.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - ConocoPhillips said on Monday it was subpoenaed last December by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as part of the agency’s six-month investigation into manipulation of the oil market.

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