Sentences with phrase «companies over oil»

The U.N. Security Council on Friday blacklisted dozens of ships and shipping companies over oil and coal smuggling...

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Oil prices rose on Tuesday as companies prepared to suspend production in the U.S. Gulf over a looming tropical storm.

The stock has soared more than eight per cent over the past week on speculation the company could buy the retail operations of oil and gas giant Hess, which owns about 1,350 gasoline stations in 16 East Coast states.

The company operates in over 70 countries and produces about 3.7 million barrels of oil a day.

U.S. oil major Chevron Corp has evacuated executives from Venezuela after two of its workers were imprisoned over a contract dispute with state - owned oil company PDVSA, according to four sources familiar with the matter.

In June the company received the first - ever FAA commercial license for unmanned aircraft operations over land and water for its work with BP on Alaska's North Slope, part of a big push to develop oil and gas in remote areas with the help of UAVs.

The company said in February that it planned to buy back up to $ 5 billion of stock over 2018 - 2020 to share the benefits of higher oil prices with investors.

It also means that over the next year, Apple will be paying more back in dividends than any other publicly traded company, beating out oil giant Exxon Mobil for the position, according to Howard Siliverblatt, veteran market watcher and senior index analyst at S&P Dow Jones Indices.

The other is laissez - faire, relatable and prioritizes a «chill» company culture over a well - oiled machine.

When the Rockefellers were building up the Standard Oil Company, they took over the business that Rogers worked at, and he quickly rose up the ranks within Standard Oil.

In a separate report focusing on larger integrated oil companies, Moody's came to a similar conclusion — that the substantial improvement in the financial position of the oil industry over the past year is poised to slow down.

CARACAS, Venezuela — ConocoPhillips says it won $ 2 billion arbitration award against Venezuela's state oil company over asset seizures.

The U.S. oil company removed executives from Venezuela after two of its workers were imprisoned over a contract dispute with state - owned oil company PDVSA.

The environmental secretary of Rio threatened to revoke Chevron's operating license over the spill, sending shivers all the way up to Houston, home to the dozens of foreign oil companies that feed Brazil's oil engine.

UNITED NATIONS, March 30 - A United Nations Security Council committee blacklisted 21 shipping companies, 27 ships and one individual on Friday over illegal North Korean oil and coal smuggling.

U.S. oil major Chevron Corp has evacuated executives from Venezuela after two of its workers were imprisoned over a contract dispute with state - owned oil company PDVSA.

The arrests, by national intelligence agents, marked the first at a Western oil firm in Venezuela and represent a dramatic escalation of growing tensions between PDVSA and foreign companies over control of supply contracts.

The arrests, by national intelligence agents, marked the first at a Western oil firm in Venezuela and represent a dramatic escalation of growing tensions between PDVSA and foreign companies over control of supply contracts, the sources told Reuters.

«The most significant growth came from the company's U.S. operations, where oil production increased 82 % year over year,» the company's Q4 2014 operations report said.

But the oil companies have made just ungodly profits, and we're spending just a boatload of money over in Iraq — we should have control of the oil.

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.

Her father had hoped she could use her business acumen and political standing to clamp down on theft from the state oil company as it struggled to adjust to the sharp fall of oil prices over the previous year.

The state took over YPF, an oil and gas company owned by Spanish energy company Repsol, and she feuded with soy farmers (who grow one of Argentina's biggest exports.)

The actor and former governor of California said in a Politico - sponsored podcast at the SXSW festival in Austin that he is in talks with law firms about possibly suing global oil companies «for knowingly killing people all over the world.»

The United Nations Security Council blacklisted dozens of ships and shipping companies on Friday over oil and coal smuggling by North Korea, boosting pressure on Pyongyang as leader Kim Jong Un plans to meet with his South Korean and U.S. counterparts.

Rosenstein says that the company's average oil and gas production over three years has a significant impact on management's long - term incentive pay, which makes up the largest part of its compensation.

The Orangutan snack was a spoof on KitKat for a campaign last year against Nestle and HSBC over the two company's dealings with Indonesian palm oil producer Sinar Mas, whom Greenpeace accused of illegal deforestation.

Over the past 15 years, the corporate centers of most oil and gas companies grew significantly, as a way to manage risk, leverage scale, and share scarce technical talent.

No, we're not talking about a 21st century technology company; we're describing Standard Oil over 100 years ago.

I have had, over my time at the University of Alberta, representatives from the Alberta Ministries of Environment, Energy, and Finance and Enterprise, many major oil, gas, energy services, pipeline and electricity companies, Epcor, the Pembina Institute, and many others speak in my classes.

The rouble has weakened some 30 percent versus the dollar this year, as Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis have made it harder for banks and companies to refinance foreign currency debts and as tumbling oil prices have hurt government revenue.

CARACAS Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA has sued a group of oil trading companies through a U.S. trust over a multi-billion dollar corruption scheme to buy petroleum products below market value, the lawyer representing the trust said on Thursday.

ISHARES S&P / TSX CAPPED ENERG Ticker: XEG / TSX Oil companies will likely beat expectations when they announce earnings over the next two weeks based on the recent strength in crude prices and refining margins.

By capping oil - by - rail traffic in the province while the proposed panel goes over the spill science, the B.C. New Democrats squeeze off pipelines and companies» backup shipping plan.

«Over recent months, several of the world's largest oil companies have acquired a variety of companies and projects that have nothing to do with extracting, refining, or distributing hydrocarbons — but that are set to thrive in the low - carbon transition,» the report states.

FDI in Canada has risen sharply over the past decade in oil and gas and related sectors, as well as finance and management companies.

Over recent months, several of the world's largest oil companies have acquired a variety of companies and projects that have nothing to do with extracting, refining, or distributing hydrocarbons — but that are set to thrive in the low - carbon transition,» the report

While its easy to get caught up in all the negativity surrounding the company regarding lawsuits over their oil spill, the company is still generating large profits and remains committed to steadily increasing their dividend.

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.

Over a year which has seen large banks halt funding for fossil fuel projects, major institutions divest from oil, gas and coal holdings, and oil companies snap up power and renewables companies in a bid to diversify their asset base, research published today by the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) and the Climate Change Collaboration suggests nervousness over climate risk has shot up in financial circOver a year which has seen large banks halt funding for fossil fuel projects, major institutions divest from oil, gas and coal holdings, and oil companies snap up power and renewables companies in a bid to diversify their asset base, research published today by the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) and the Climate Change Collaboration suggests nervousness over climate risk has shot up in financial circover climate risk has shot up in financial circles.

In fact, over half of asset managers reported that reputational risks are already negatively impacting oil company valuations, and a further 25 per cent predicted they will impact value in the next two years.

The Board has concluded that Mr. Nickerson is qualified to serve as a Director because, among other things, he has over 30 years of experience in oil and gas operations, with a focus on midstream asset development and management, a critical element of the Company's current strategy.

Bev has over 30 years of experience in internal and external consulting with Fortune 500 companies in industries such as communications, financial services, oil and gas, health care, fast - moving consumer goods, retail, manufacturing, and distribution.

Petrobras handed over $ 42.5 billion of the $ 70 billion it raised to the government for the right to produce 5 billion barrels of pre-salt oil in areas not previously awarded to the company.

Charting public perception towards oil companies over the last five years has revealed some fascinating patterns.

Conservative foundations, multinational oil companies and a prescription drug maker were the most frequent sponsors of more than 100 expense - paid educational seminars attended by federal judges over a 4 1/2 - year period, according to a Center for Public Integrity investigation.

With petrol prices last week climbing over 140p for a litre of unleaded fuel for the first time ever (according to Experian Catalist) and the cost of diesel lingering around record highs, sentiment towards the oil companies has unsurprisingly started to fall again.

Contributing to the decreased supply is the Trump Administration's sanctions on OPEC countries boosting reliance on domestic oil supplies and a long - running economic crisis in Venezuela, where oil workers have been «resigning in droves» since their state oil company was taken over by a military leader.

The oil market crash over the past two years has strained the state - owned company even further, with the finances having «taken a huge blow,» Coldwell said.

One other news item of note from Marathon Oil this quarter was that the company announced it leased 250,000 acres of land in new resource plays over the past year, including a large position in the emerging Louisiana Austin Chalk play.