Sentences with phrase «other oil companies over»

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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.

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 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.

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.

The bottom line: In today's economic environment, I would still favor stocks over other assets, but I would focus on pockets of value within the stock market, including Asian equities and large, integrated oil companies.

-LSB-...] During that same weekend I invited friends over for a hemp - themed BBQ to enjoy the nice spring weather and check out some of the hemp products that I had accumulated by then, which included Dr. Bronner's soaps, Hempz lotions, Merry Hempsters lip balm, hemp protein powder; hearts; and seed oil from Nutiva and Manitoba Harvest, a journal made of hemp paper from Green Field Paper Company, various shirts and other examples of hemp fiber, and of course my very own hempcrete blocks.

RSPO's plans for 2018 build on a milestone 2017, where the first ever RSPO Next — that is, a stricter variation of RSPO rules that prohibit deforestation and peatland development, among other things — was attained by Malaysian firm United Plantations and Colombian company Daabon; and zoos and aquariums all over the world started a movement to educate consumers on sustainable palm oil.

The Tema Chemu Lagoon has served as an industrial sink through which almost all the major industries including textiles, oil industries among other companies channel their waste into the sea over the years.

Since its first boat patrol into Newtown Creek over eight years ago, Riverkeeper has established itself as the leading pollution enforcer on Newtown Creek, exemplified by its citizen suits against oil companies, cement manufacturers and other polluters.

A recent report by the Center for American Progress found that over the past decade, five of the world's top 10 oil companies — ExxonMobil Corp., Chevron Corp., BP PLC, Royal Dutch Shell Group, and ConocoPhillips Co. — and other large traditional energy companies with a direct commercial stake in future energy markets have forged dozens of multi-year, multi-million-dollar alliances with top U.S. universities and scientists to carry out energy - related research.

The firm grew over its 57 - year history with safe investments in legacy assets from other oil companies.

Companies have the ability to compound their gains over time, unlike a house (or gold, or silver, or oil, or any other commodity).

He said the White House was won over by the argument, pushed by oil companies and others, that such regulation should not be part of the Bush legacy,

California officials have ordered an emergency shut - down of 11 oil waste injection sites and a review of over 100 others in the Central Valley for fear that companies may have been pumping fracking fluids into drinking water aquifers.

To be clear, Enbridge is not abandoning its traditional bedrock: over 70 per cent of the company's profits still come from transporting oil through its vast network of pipelines, though Monaco recently indicated this could shrink to 50 per cent as early as 2020 as its other business lines grow.

The growing scientific evidence, combined with increasing calls for Action on global warming by students, mayors, and others have led British Petroleum / Amoco, Shell Oil, Ford Motor Company, and Daimler Chrysler to all leave the GCC over the last two years.

«Any plans to reorganize need to be seen in the wider context of Zinke's crusade to downsize and change Interior's mission by handing over our public lands and waters to oil companies and other special interests,» Alex Taurel, deputy legislative director of the League of Conservation Voters, told Earther in a statement.

Given the sheer amount of hazardous and toxic substances released to air, water, and land over such a large area along the Texas coast, it is reasonable to expect that ExxonMobil, along with other oil and gas companies affected by Harvey, will be named as defendants in a class - action suit for failing to take proper precautions to prevent these releases.

McDaniel has already ordered the oil company turn over investigative reports, inspection reports and other information about the Pegasus pipeline, which burst in late March.

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.

Defended foreign energy company in a dispute over oil concession in Central Asia; allegations of breach of contract, fraud, and other torts with damage claim in excess of one billion dollars

The practice's recent representations include: (i) CONMEBOL in connection with U.S. criminal investigations and prosecutions into allegations of bribery and corruption in the international soccer world; (ii) the Special Committee of Banco BTG Pactual S.A. («BTG Pactual») in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its former CEO and other bank executives, in which we found no basis to support the allegations against the Bank and its employees; (iii) two of the largest construction companies in Brazil in potential civil and criminal investigations and litigation involving the Petrobras bribery scandal (Lava Jato), the largest corruption scandal in Latin American history, involving allegations of over $ 2.5 billion in bribes and kickbacks; (iv) the Government of Brazil in a corruption matter involving former senior government officials and multiple jurisdictions; (v) the General Manager of one of the largest energy companies in Central America in connection with allegations of bribery in Guatemala; (vi) a Mexican high - ranking executive for Wal - Mart Stores, Inc. in connection with DOJ and SEC FCPA investigations against Wal - Mart; (vii) a large Argentinean oil company and its owner, one of Argentina's wealthiest individuals, in connection with high - profile DOJ and SEC investigations involving alleged FCPA violations to secure an extension of oil rights in an Argentinean oilfield; (viii) the United State's largest chemical and industrial products companies in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its Mexican subsidiary; (ix) the Rosenthal family, one of the most prominent families in Central America, in a number of related criminal matters; and (x) a senior executive of one of Venezuela's largest engineering companies in DOJ investigations into corruption and money laundering involving PdVSA.