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Formerly an integrated oil company with interests in transportation and refining, Hess in 2013 spun off many of its businesses in order to focus on E&P.

Today, we're publishing Vivienne Walt's feature from our November issue on the on - off IPO of Saudi Aramco, the world's biggest oil company.

The upshot: For now investors should avoid pure - play downstream companies like Marathon Petroleum (mpc), which has focused on refining, retail gas sales, and transport since being spun off from Marathon Oil (mro) in 2011.

From the time Enbridge began talking publicly about Northern Gateway almost a decade ago, the oil pipeline project — which is expected to get federal cabinet approval any day now — got off on the wrong foot by the company's lack of a presence in British Columbia.

Murphy and a number of other companies, including ConocoPhillips (COP.N) and Marathon Oil Corp (MRO.N), have sold or split off their refining units with the aim of allowing investors to assess the value of the businesses on a standalone basis.

That has heightened the volatility in the market, causing investors to sell oil stocks off on any hint of bad news, whether oil - price - related or due to company - specific events.

He added there are many U.S. companies invested in the Canadian oil and gas sector, and hopefully Tuesday's announcement on Keystone XL «gets the relationship off on a good start.»

New York City is taking on the oil industry on two fronts, announcing a lawsuit Wednesday that blames the top five oil companies for contributing to global warming and saying the city will sell off billions in fossil fuel investments from the city's...

Hobson joined together with three other Murphy Oil employees to sue the company, alleging that Murphy Oil had shorted them on overtime and forced them to work off the clock, in violation of federal law.

Lying on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, the one - time backwater was transformed by an economic boom as the winding down of the conflict and a spike in commodity prices drew oil companies and multinational agricultural interests to areas that were previously off limits.

The plays off of the pipeline construction are improved probability by the Canadian oil sands producers, a slight positive impact on Gulf Coast margins, and the construction and E&C companies involved.

While Fisker has long known about the nutritional benefits of krill oil, he says that the company held off on incorporating this valuable addition to its product lineup until sustainable sourcing could be found.

The only devastation that will be wreaked will be on the income statements of the oil and coal companies (unless they get off their duffs and get with the program).

== carpooling (by state, by city, by company) == bicycle commuters seeking safe «parking» == scheduled drop off points for e-waste == e-address for companies willing to collect used cooking oil == inventory of recycling regulations, by zip code == e-address of every environmental oversight bureaucrat == e-address of every congress critter... along with their voting record on applicable legislation == list current incentives of various utilities to turn in old applicances by consumers buying, newer more efficent applicances

The official, Jason K. Burnett, once a Bush appointee and now an Obama supporter, told the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming that the argument for putting off any carbon dioxide limits was made by «individuals working for particular oil companies, Exxon Mobil,» as well as oil industry trade associations.

Using the world's most authoritative database of oil rig accidents, a Norwegian company, Det Norske Veritas, focused on some 15,000 wells drilled off North America and in the North Sea from 1980 to 2006.

In a deal between the Scottish government and Norwegian oil company Statoil, five wind turbines with a capacity of six megawatts each will be set on floating structures some 15 miles (25 km) off the northeast coast of Scotland near Peterhead.

Aside from the astroturf nature of the planned events, which appear aimed at passing off industry employees as independent citizens, the memo also raises questions about the positions of several major oil companies on the issue of climate change.

We must stop Conflict Palm Oil in its tracks.That's why Rainforest Action Network is fighting back, putting pressure on twenty of the most well known food companies in the world — the Snack Food 20 — to get Conflict Palm Oil off the shelves right now.

Leo, the Oil companies jumped on the band wagon to kill off their biggest competitor COAL.

As the race to stake claims for future oil drilling in the Arctic takes off in anticipation of an ice - free region sooner rather than later, and as oil companies and Congress members continue to push for the US to drill in the Arctic, here are some sobering words from the head of the Coast Guard on how woefully unprepared the US is to deal with an oil spill there (h / t Climate Progress).

The efforts of Greenpeace to halt the drilling for oil, off of the Arctic coast of Greenland, suffered a double setback yesterday, when its protesters were evicted from the Cairn Energy drilling platform - and then the oil company slapped a lawsuit on Greenpeace, through the Dutch authorities.

The Orphan Well Association and Alberta Energy Regulator will face off against bankruptcy trustee Grant Thornton in court on Thursday, asking the high court to decide on the sale of a bankrupt company's oil and gas properties, and the costs of remediation for orphan wells.

Represented major integrated oil and gas company in lawsuit filed by employee due to injuries sustained in accident on a rig off the coast of Equatorial Guinea.

Robert's commercial disputes experience has focused on the energy sector and includes representing a multinational energy company in a $ 150 million ICC arbitration concerning the impact of government - imposed price renegotiation in the coal industry; representing an oil & gas major in a dispute under a long term gas supply agreement in relation to an off - shore West African field; defending a Russian energy infrastructure company in LCIA arbitration proceedings; and advising an oil major on potential claims under a bi-lateral investment treaty related to corruption charges and maltreatment of company officers.

Notable mandates: Successfully fended off a class action certification motion against Canadian National Railway over alleged overcharging for grain carriage; acted for Federated Co-operatives Ltd. in its $ 138 - million acquisition of oil company Triwest Exploration Inc.; Saskatchewan counsel to Wal - Mart Canada Realty Inc. and SmartCentres Realty Inc. on the $ 200 - million sale of shopping centres to Great - West Life Assurance Co. and London Life Insurance Co.; represented Northern Property REIT in $ 70 - million purchase of Nunavut properties; advised Saskatchewan Power Corp. on its $ 1.24 - billion Boundary Dam Integrated Carbon Capture and Storage Demonstration Project.

Profile Accredited Chemical Engineer with over 10 years» experience in health, safety and environment, quality assurance, drilling fluids handling for off - shore & on - shore sites, developing personnel for major operators and service companies, such as Halliburton, TOTAL, Shell, PETRO - CANADA and Saudi Aramco, in the oil and gas industry in the US and Middle East.