Sentences with phrase «private oil firm»

Private oil firm has shareholders with same names as top government officials.

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC), says it will by close of day today [Monday], petition the office of the Special Prosecutor to investigate allegations of a shady crude oil transaction between the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) and an unlicensed private oil firm, BB Energy.

Not exact matches

• Blue Water Energy, an Atlanta - based private equity firm, raised $ 1.1 billion for a fund to invest in oil and gas.

BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Carolina - based private security firm hired by Texas - based pipeline developer Energy Transfer Partners won't be banned from North Dakota, though a judge is still weighing whether TigerSwan operated illegally in the state during protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline and might be subject to fines.

That is because banks, private - equity firms and institutional investors have continued to pour money into the sector even as oil companies slashed billions of dollars in spending from their budgets and laid off more than 100,000 workers.

Around 53 million of the total 164 million shares that voted opposed the reelection of David Kilpatrick, chairman of the compensation committee and, since 1998, the president of Kilpatrick Energy Group, a consulting firm to oil and gas companies; Vicky Bailey, president of Anderson Stratton International, LLC, a strategic consulting and government relations company in Washington, D.C; and private investor Keith Carney.

Publicly traded oil companies have lost billions in market value, and both public and private firms are moving aggressively to cut capital spending budgets for 2015 — laying off thousands of workers and shutting down hundreds of rigs.

Lockheed Martin Corp. on Tuesday named a private firm, Hybrid Enterprises LLC, as the exclusive sales agent for its Hybrid Airships, a new type of aircraft that company officials say could revolutionize the way oil and mining companies haul equipment to the Arctic and other remote areas without roads.

Nigeria is working out new oil and gas policies to attract more private investors and boost crude production by 500,000 bpd by 2020, state firm NNPC said on Thursday.

His company, Knightsbridge Risk Management, a private security firm in Dallas that serves the oil and gas industry, is getting calls from companies that want to plan ahead in...

His company, Knightsbridge Risk Management, a private security firm in Dallas that serves the oil and gas industry, is getting calls from companies that want to plan ahead in case they shut down drilling operations in North Dakota and the Bakken shale formation.

Cation Capital, a private investment firm, plans to nominate four directors at the upcoming annual meeting of Calgary - based Crescent Point Energy Corp., part of its plan to bring «focused leadership with a refreshed board» to the underperforming oil and gas company.

They will read this election as a positive indicator that the incoming government is willing and able to work with them on their own terms, offering stable contracts and a «hands - off» relationship between private firms and public bodies such as the National Oil Corporation of Kenya.

Ironically, while Hinton joined a firm with a long list of major business clients, she maintains a hostile - to - the - private - sector posture in a self - description on her personal Twitter page: «Taking on big oil, big banks & other big bullies one tweet at a time in Washington DC & New York.»

As a result of the scandal, the Energy Minister stated that private firms were no longer allowed to lift contaminated oil from BOST as part of interim measures to prevent the supply of contaminated fuel onto the Market.

President Nana Akufo - Addo's daughter, Edwina, has denied involvement of any kind in the contaminated fuel saga involving the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) and private firms Movenpinaa and Zup Oil.

And the club's Super PAC disclosures show that its wealthy donors include some heavily invested in the fossil fuel industry and connected to the Koch brothers, like hedge fund manager Paul Singer of Elliott Management, and Quantum Energy, a Houston private equity and venture capital firm specializing in oil and gas.

Today, as oil began flowing through the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) and new revelations about DAPL's parent company, Energy Transfer Partners, hiring a private mercenary firm to run a counterinsurgency operation against water protectors in North Dakota and elsewhere, Rising Tide North America will continue to stand in solidarity with movements and people directly affected by the climate crisis.

Indian companies likely to benefit from the focus on solar energy include Tata BP Solar — a tie - up between Tata Power and BP Solar, a subsidiary of the British oil giant — and Reliance Solar, part of the country's largest private sector firm, Reliance Industries.

In private, big energy firms were offered sweetheart deals to acquiesce to the climate bill, including expanded offshore drilling for oil giants like BP and taxpayer subsidies for coal and nuclear interests that outstripped those for clean energy.

The firm's roster includes clients such as Alberta Health Services, Epcor, Suncor, Agrium as well as other private sector clients in the industrial, manufacturing, oil sands, forestry, agribusiness, transportation, continuing care, communications and retail industries.

The former sports agent and lawyer is president of the Goal Group, a private equity management firm based in Saskatoon, and has been a director at a number of companies, including TSX - listed oil and gas company ARC Resources Ltd., where he currently sits on the board.

Private equity firms from New York are pouring billions of dollars into the «Oil Patch» in hopes of hitting a gusher.

The losses will be a blow to Bowman Gilfillan, but the Johannesburg - headquartered firm has recruited across a number of practices in recent months, making hires in tax and business rescue last month, dispute resolution, real estate and mergers and acquisition in May, and private equity and oil and gas in October 2015.

International law firm Stephenson Harwood has advised Soma Oil & Gas Holdings Limited on an equity investment of US$ 50m from private equity investment company Winter S..

Through its integrated transactional, regulatory, policy and dispute resolution practices, the firm is able to provide top legal counsel globally to lenders; investment banks; private equity funds; underwriters; issuers; independent producers; major multinational and state - owned oil companies; national governments; energy service companies; processing, operations, transportation and pipeline companies; and refining and petrochemical companies.

He also successfully represented a major US energy company in an LCIA arbitration over off - shore oil rights seated in London, a European company in a fast - track arbitration in Zurich, a major industrial group in an ad hoc insurance arbitration seated in London, a leading European oil company in an ICC arbitration seated in London, a private equity firm in an ICC arbitration seated in Geneva, a US insurance company in an M&A arbitration seated in Paris, and a major multinational capital equipment manufacturer in institutional and other arbitrations in multiple European fora arising from power plant projects.

The response to the event was amazing — with lawyers participating from Fortune 500 legal departments (including Abercrombie & Fitch, Allstate, Microsoft, Scripps Networks Interactive and Shell Oil); large and small private law firms (including Armstrong Teasdale and Knobbe Martens), and government organizations (including Freddie Mac and the Department of Justice).

Named the U.S. News & World Report - Best Lawyers» 2015 Law Firm of the Year for Energy, our team serves the electric power sector (conventional, nuclear, renewable, including wind and solar, and transmission), the oil and gas sector (upstream, midstream, and liquefied natural gas, refining, and petrochemicals), the water industry, and financial institutions, investment funds, project developers, state - owned enterprises, and public - private partnerships in the energy sector.

Company and industry experience include: global private equity investment firm, real estate developer, luxury spa and skincare brand company, oil & gas corporation, not - for - profit entity, hospitality group and executive search firm.