Sentences with phrase «against an oil company in»

The Health Department has taken just one action against an oil company in the past three years, citing Continental Resources for oil and brine spills that turned two streams into temporary toxic dumps.

The Health Department has taken just one action against an oil company in the past three years, citing Continental Resources for oil and brine spills that turned two streams into temporary toxic dumps.

Not exact matches

Oil and gas company Citation Resources has launched proceedings in the Federal Court against its former chairman Peter Landau after an investigation revealed issues concerning $ 2 million worth of transactions.

Abramovich was in Fribourg court as part of a lawsuit brought by the London - based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development against Abramovich, Russian oil tycoon Eugene Shvidler, and the Russian energy company Gazprom Neft, a bank spokesman said Wednesday.

Those companies are also the ones most actively lobbying in Washington against potential sanctions on Venezuelan oil, Bloomberg reports, citing four people in the know.

HOUSTON / CARACAS, April 23 - Two Chevron Corp. employees detained in Venezuela last week could be charged with treason for refusing to sign a parts contract for a joint venture with state - owned oil company PDVSA, according to two sources familiar with draft charges against the U.S. firm's executives.

Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al - Falih has said it would be a risk to list in New York because of liabilities and litigation, including the climate change lawsuits against other oil companies by New York City.

Two Chevron employees detained in Venezuela last week could be charged with treason for refusing to sign a parts contract for a joint venture with state - owned oil company PDVSA, according to two sources familiar with draft charges against the U.S. firm's executives.

Two Chevron employees detained in Venezuela last week could be charged with treason for refusing to sign a parts contract for a joint venture with state - owned oil company PDVSA, according to sources familiar with draft charges against the executives.

On Tuesday, the Justice Department indicted McClendon in a conspiracy in which two unnamed companies agreed not to bid against each other for oil and gas leases in northwest Oklahoma between late 2007 and early 2012, a charge he denied.

The dispute involves a lawsuit filed against Royal Dutch Petroleum over claims that the oil company was complicit in abuses committed by the Nigerian government against its citizens in the oil - rich Niger Delta.

But that volatility, as Ghosh likes to note, is the upside of the integrated nature of the company, which gives it a continued hedge against the differential in world oil prices through its downstream and midstream assets — on the midstream side, Husky operates a 2,000 - kilometre crude - oil pipeline system, and its downstream operations include upgrading and refining crude oil, and marketing gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, asphalt and ethanol in Canada and the United States.

For instance, the criminal case against former minister of economic development Aleksey Ulyukayev — initiated in 2016 by Igor Sechin, head of the state - owned oil company Rosneft — was evidently part of Sechin's struggle against Prime Minister Dmitriy Medvedev's government over power and resources.

The Venezuela state oil company PDVSA, which has borrowed more than $ 6bn from Kremlin - controlled Rosneft, caused consternation in Washington last year after putting up a 49.9 percent stake in its US - based refining subsidiary, Citgo, as collateral against a portion of the loan.

The PC Party has released some radio ads and its supporters in corporate Calgary, like oil company CEO Brian Ferguson, have spoken out against the NDP proposal to review natural resource royalties.

In 1906, the year of a peak that was not exceeded for ten years, President Theodore Roosevelt filed his famous suit against the country's largest company, Standard Oil.

The claim comes one year after the ATO had a landmark win in the Federal Court against US oil company Chevron over a similar issue, and as Exxon's Australian subsidiary reported a 43 per cent surge in revenue to $ 10.37 billion and a 26-fold increase in annual profits.

Gun violence is common in parts of Nigeria's oil - producing Niger Delta region, where various militant groups take up arms against multinational companies to demand a share of oil proceeds.

The other defendants in the charge which the Police withdrew against Ogah were his company, Masters Energy Oil and Gas Limited; and an ex-employee of United Bank for Africa, Deji Somoye.

«Also, the government has the option of borrowing on long - term against the dividends in the NLNG and convert its Joint Venture Holdings in some multi-national oil corporations into incorporated Joint Venture Companies.

«To the point where competition among the Oil Marketing Companies remains high, market price for both Brent crude and refined oil dropping in average price terms, added to the appreciation of the Cedi against the U.S. dollar, and increasing national fuel stock; the Institute for Energy Security (IES) believe that there is enough positive momentum and fundamental justification to move the prices of Petrol and Diesel lower on the local market,» IES said in a release signed by Gilbert Richmond Rockson, Principal Research AnalyOil Marketing Companies remains high, market price for both Brent crude and refined oil dropping in average price terms, added to the appreciation of the Cedi against the U.S. dollar, and increasing national fuel stock; the Institute for Energy Security (IES) believe that there is enough positive momentum and fundamental justification to move the prices of Petrol and Diesel lower on the local market,» IES said in a release signed by Gilbert Richmond Rockson, Principal Research Analyoil dropping in average price terms, added to the appreciation of the Cedi against the U.S. dollar, and increasing national fuel stock; the Institute for Energy Security (IES) believe that there is enough positive momentum and fundamental justification to move the prices of Petrol and Diesel lower on the local market,» IES said in a release signed by Gilbert Richmond Rockson, Principal Research Analyst.

Minister Hector Timerman used a press conference in Buenos Aires to outline his country's plans to take «the required legal, administrative, civil and criminal actions against oil companies currently involved in drilling».

A Minority MP and a member of the Energy Committee in Parliament, Edward Bawa, believes the Energy Ministry's attempt to unravel the controversies surrounding the contaminated fuel sale at the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST), will be held back by staff who have kicked against calls for the interdiction of their Managing Director, Alfred Obeng.

Pruitt, one of Trump's controversial cabinet picks, has in the past worked to file lawsuits against the agency he is now running on the behalf of coal, oil and gas companies, according to The New York Times.

In January 2004, Riverkeeper initiated a citizen suit against two of the world's largest oil companies for the largest urban oil spill — right in the heart of New York CitIn January 2004, Riverkeeper initiated a citizen suit against two of the world's largest oil companies for the largest urban oil spill — right in the heart of New York Citin the heart of New York City.

Enck has also been involved in Albany's South End community, where community members have been fighting over the past three years against Global Partners oil company in the Port of Albany.

For 5 hours, opposing sides in a closely watched climate change lawsuit pitting the cities of San Francisco and Oakland against some of the world's biggest oil companies offered Alsup their accounts of the history and current state of climate science.

In July 2013, the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority - East, which maintains levees around New Orleans, filed suit against more than 90 oil, gas and pipeline companies.

Plot: This ten - part thriller, set in the Canadian Rockies, sees an expat British police officer take a stand against an oil company fronted by the mysterious Mrs Bradshaw leading to unprecedented bloodshed.

Against the above pressures I would note that the company's oil reserves are being valued at next to nothing, which makes me wonder if the risks I identify above are more than priced in.

The company seemed to be about 80 - 90 % hedged against fluctuations in oil and gas prices for the next three years and was paying a pretty handsome dividend.

By choosing to film the polar opposites of production and distribution, on one side, the Niger Delta and MEND's battle against the oil companies, and on the other side, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, he examines two «Belief Systems» that, each in their own way, have metaphysical significance.

Mr. Maass decried the environmental and social messes that have resulted in other parts of the world as oil companies drilled elsewhere — from the Amazon to Africa — when the American public turned against drilling here after a spill off the coast of California.

Why would a think tank chock - full of libertarian expats represent local governments in a lawsuit against oil companies?

Several cities and counties in California have filed lawsuits against Exxon and other oil companies, alleging they conspired to cast doubt on climate change science and delay restrictions on greenhouse gases.

In January, the National Association of Manufacturers hired a former Bush administration lawyer to counter litigation filed against oil refiners and other companies.

«An Associated Press investigation in 2013 found that the Obama administration has charged oil companies for drowning birds in their waste pits, and power companies for electrocuting birds on power lines, but it has taken little if any action against wind - energy companies, shielding them from liability.»

Here are some of my thoughts after this week's news that San Francisco and Oakland have filed lawsuits against five oil and natural companies, arguing that the companies should pay for sea walls to protect the cities in case ocean levels rise due to changing climate:

As this narrative goes, right - wing politicians and their fellow travelers among the ranks of denialist political conservatives are conspiring with the oil companies to keep America from playing its proper role in the worldwide fight against climate change.

Oil companies and their representative trade associations are defendants in our constitutional climate case against the federal government pending in the District of Oregon.

In 2004 it was revealed that the Australian government was willing to offer a subsidy to Southern Pacific Petroleum on the condition that the oil company would take legal action against Greenpeace, which had campaigned against the Stuart Oil Shale Projeoil company would take legal action against Greenpeace, which had campaigned against the Stuart Oil Shale ProjeOil Shale Project.

Epstein avoids the scientific issues but emphasizes the difference between what the cities have stated in securities offerings, using Oakland as the primary example, and what they claim in the filings against oil companies.

Investing in alternative fuels is not only good for the environment, it's a smart move for our company as biofuels have the potential to hedge against future oil price volatility and carbon regulations.

Why would a think tank chock - full of libertarian expats join with environmentalists and represent local governments in a lawsuit against oil companies?

California cities San Francisco and Oakland filed separate lawsuits against five oil companies on Wednesday seeking billions of dollars to protect against rising sea levels they blamed on climate change... Marin and San Mateo counties and Imperial Beach, California, in July brought similar public nuisance and failure to warn lawsuits alleging climate change impacts.

-LSB-...] to be hopeful, Colorado is joining the wave of climate lawsuits against big oil companies, and the libertarian Niskanen Center is supporting the suit, the top five wind producing states in the US are all red states, and a nascent practice called -LSB-...]

Faced with the possibility of devastating consequences brought by rising sea levels, five cities and three counties in California, along with New York City, have filed civil lawsuits against several oil and gas companies.

Marin and San Mateo counties, near San Francisco, and the city of Imperial Beach, south of San Diego, filed the new lawsuits in California Superior Court on Monday against Exxon, Shell and 35 other oil, gas and coal companies.

The proceeding, scheduled for March 21 by U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup, will feature lawyers for Exxon, BP, Chevron and other oil companies pitted against those for San Francisco and Oakland — California cities that have accused fossil fuel interests of covering up their role in contributing to global warming.

In many cases, the groups involved accept money from oil, gas and coal companies that compete against renewable energy suppliers.