Sentences with phrase «foreign oil firms»

Foreign oil firms, at a meeting in Caracas this month to discuss how to tackle production problems at joint ventures, expressed their concerns over procurement and governance to Quevedo, according to documents seen by Reuters.

Not exact matches

Foreign firms have pushed for a greater say in procurement to combat inefficiencies and graft, oil industry sources said, but disputes over governance standards have caused operational delays, raising tensions over Venezuela's falling oil output.

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.

Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford used Section 232 tariffs to tax foreign oil in 1971 and 1975, according to a study by law firm White & Case LLC.

What's going on is that thousands of oil workers are fleeing the state - run oil firm under the watch of its new military commander, who has quickly alienated the firm's embattled upper echelon and its rank - and - file, according to union leaders, a half - dozen current PDVSA workers, a dozen former PDVSA workers and a half - dozen executives at foreign companies operating in Venezuela.

95 % foreign ownership allowed Plantation firms with more than 25 hectares of land integrated with a processing plant Oil drilling and related

The new International Energy Exchange (INE) in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone has admitted more than 150 Chinese futures companies and is registering foreign firms to trade an oil - futures contract denominated in renminbi, according to a client bulletin from Linklaters in Hong Kong.

(STAFF / Iraq Oil Report) Malaysian oil firm Petronas will file a complaint directly to the oil minister against its Iraqi partners for restricting visas to foreign personnOil Report) Malaysian oil firm Petronas will file a complaint directly to the oil minister against its Iraqi partners for restricting visas to foreign personnoil firm Petronas will file a complaint directly to the oil minister against its Iraqi partners for restricting visas to foreign personnoil minister against its Iraqi partners for restricting visas to foreign personnel.

I spent just under three years trading S&P futures, oil markets, foreign currencies, and other markets as an employee of a day - trading firm.

Host government: The government (including any government - controlled firm engaged in the production, refining, or marketing of crude oil or petroleum products) of the foreign country in which the crude oil is produced.

Washington Free Beacon — 27 January 2015 Foreign Firm Funding U.S. Green Groups Tied to State - Owned Russian Oil Company Executives at a Bermudan firm funneling money to U.S. environmentalists run investment funds with Russian tycoons A shadowy Bermudan company that has funneled tens of millions of dollars to anti-fracking environmentalist groups in the United States is run by executives with deep ties to Russian oil interests and offshore money laundering schemes involving members of President Vladimir Putin's inner circle...... The Sierra Club, the Natural Resource Defense Council, Food and Water Watch, the League of Conservation Voters, and the Center for American Progress were among the recipients of Sea Change's $ 100 million in grants in 2010 and 2011Firm Funding U.S. Green Groups Tied to State - Owned Russian Oil Company Executives at a Bermudan firm funneling money to U.S. environmentalists run investment funds with Russian tycoons A shadowy Bermudan company that has funneled tens of millions of dollars to anti-fracking environmentalist groups in the United States is run by executives with deep ties to Russian oil interests and offshore money laundering schemes involving members of President Vladimir Putin's inner circle...... The Sierra Club, the Natural Resource Defense Council, Food and Water Watch, the League of Conservation Voters, and the Center for American Progress were among the recipients of Sea Change's $ 100 million in grants in 2010 and 2011.Oil Company Executives at a Bermudan firm funneling money to U.S. environmentalists run investment funds with Russian tycoons A shadowy Bermudan company that has funneled tens of millions of dollars to anti-fracking environmentalist groups in the United States is run by executives with deep ties to Russian oil interests and offshore money laundering schemes involving members of President Vladimir Putin's inner circle...... The Sierra Club, the Natural Resource Defense Council, Food and Water Watch, the League of Conservation Voters, and the Center for American Progress were among the recipients of Sea Change's $ 100 million in grants in 2010 and 2011firm funneling money to U.S. environmentalists run investment funds with Russian tycoons A shadowy Bermudan company that has funneled tens of millions of dollars to anti-fracking environmentalist groups in the United States is run by executives with deep ties to Russian oil interests and offshore money laundering schemes involving members of President Vladimir Putin's inner circle...... The Sierra Club, the Natural Resource Defense Council, Food and Water Watch, the League of Conservation Voters, and the Center for American Progress were among the recipients of Sea Change's $ 100 million in grants in 2010 and 2011.oil interests and offshore money laundering schemes involving members of President Vladimir Putin's inner circle...... The Sierra Club, the Natural Resource Defense Council, Food and Water Watch, the League of Conservation Voters, and the Center for American Progress were among the recipients of Sea Change's $ 100 million in grants in 2010 and 2011....

The Extractive Industries Transparency Disclosure (EITD) Act, introduced by Chairman Barney Frank, is a simple and low - cost change to Securities and Exchange Commission rules to ensure that SEC - regulated oil and mining firms, including US companies and most of their main competitors from Europe, Russia and China, disclose their payments to foreign governments.

The foreign funding can help pay for what research firm IHS CERA estimates will be $ 100 billion in spending on oil sands projects over the next decade.

«International firms that do establish a presence in the Calgary market will likely be acting for foreign investors rather than existing oil and gas producers, at least for the near term,» says Burnet energy partner Alicia Quesnel.

If you have clients (in - house or of your firm) at corporations that work overseas, Geoff Gussis recommends that you take a hint from what's happening at DaimlerChrysler and big oil and revisit the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

MacLeod Dixon has stated that it «had no knowledge that there were foreign public officials involved in the payment... We were directed to make a payment to Chad Oil Consulting LLC that already had a consulting agreement with Griffiths» (See, «Bay Street Law Firms advised Griffiths on Chad Deal», Globe and Mail, January 26, 2013).

A year ago this week, the Supreme Court freed corporate America to fully engage in campaigns, prompting dire predictions that Big Oil, Wal - Mart or even foreign firms would suddenly flood the political marketplace.