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Posts in December 2006

• BP: Two Front-Runners Emerge to Replace Browne

  Andy Rowell

  Dec20

  Its turning out to be quite some week for Tony Hayward, the head of exploration at BP. Yesterday we blogged how his talk of BP’s recent failings was seen as an indirect attack on Lord Browne, and today he has emerged as co-front-runner to replace his Lordship. The other candidate is Robert Dudley, chief executive…
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• ConocoPhillips Produces “Renewable” Diesel

  Andy Rowell

  Dec20

  ConocoPhillips has started commercial production of “renewable” diesel fuel at the company’s refinery in Cork, Ireland. The refinery is currently producing 1,000 barrels of the fuel, which includes soybean and vegetable oils. The company argues it meets the European Union standards for diesel fuels.

• What we’ve done…

  Steve Kretzmann

  Dec19

  Thank you. With your support, we are just more than a year into building an organization that is conducting strategic corporate and educational campaigns to diminish the power of the oil industry. But we need your help to keep challenging Big Oil. We have achieved a lot with a little this year – please read…
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• “Illegal” Oil Deal in Western Sahara

  Andy Rowell

  Dec19

  The Dublin-based company Island Oil & Gas has announced an onshore oil exploration deal in “occupied” Western Sahara that it has signed with the Moroccan Government. The deal is hugely controversial as NGOs argue that it could break international law. Protests against the “illegal deal” are already being formulated and the Irish company now risks…
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• BP Implodes in Infighting

  Andy Rowell

  Dec19

  BP has had to deny that a series of stinging criticisms of the company’s management, culture and cost-cutting by a senior executive were an attack on Lord Browne.

• Council Calls for Energy Security

  Andy Rowell

  Dec18

  A group of CEOs and retired military officers, called the Energy Security Leadership Council, has issued a report urging tougher vehicle fuel-efficiency standards, wider access to offshore petroleum, greater incentives for biofuel development and increased production of flex-fuel cars.

• Santas Target Natural History Museum

  Andy Rowell

  Dec18

  Visitors to the London Natural History Museum were met by a Santa with a difference when Santas Against Excessive Consumption (SAEC) dropped in last Saturday. Visitors were treated to placards saying ‘Lappland is melting’ and ‘Reindeer can’t swim’ placards, explaining what excessive consumption is doing to the planet.

• Iraqi Trade Unions Attack Oil Plans

  Andy Rowell

  Dec18

  Leaders of Iraq’s labour movement have criticised government plans to “hand control” over the country’s oil production to multinational companies. At a meeting in Amman, Jordan, late last week, leaders of Iraq’s five trade union federations called for a fundamental rethink of the forthcoming oil law, which is designed to allow foreign investment in the…
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• An Oil Bath for Xmas…

  Andy Rowell

  Dec15

  Unbelievable story from the New York Times from a few days ago about oil spas in Azerbaijan. According to the Times: “The petroleum spas of Naftalan in central Azerbaijan, one of the little-known but once popular vacation spots of the Soviet Union, are making an unlikely return in a country so awash in oil these…
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• Sea Level Rise “Under-Estimated”

  Andy Rowell

  Dec15

  Current sea level rise projections could be seriously under-estimating the impact of human-induced climate change on the world’s oceans, scientists have suggested. By plotting global mean surface temperatures against sea level rise, the team found that levels could rise by 59% more than current forecasts.