Read more oil companies stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/23120/oil-companies.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:52:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73881/american-adviser-to-kurds-outed-as-oil-shareholder.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn influential American advocate for Iraqi Kurds, who helped successfully secure Kurdish control over new oil finds in northern Iraq in the country's constitution, stands to reap more than $100 million from the policy he shaped. Peter Galbraith, it turns out, received rights to an enormous oil stake in Kurdistan...http://www.newser.com/story/73881/american-adviser-to-kurds-outed-as-oil-shareholder.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 9:15:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69608/oil-giant-tries-to-settle-biggest-ever-uk-lawsuit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA British multinational has offered a multimillion-dollar payout to settle a case involving toxic pollution in the Ivory Coast, the Independent reports. A contractor working for oil trading firm Trafigura dumped hundreds of tons of toxic sludge around Abidjan in 2006, sickening tens of thousands. Some were permanently disfigured, and...http://www.newser.com/story/69608/oil-giant-tries-to-settle-biggest-ever-uk-lawsuit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Sep 2009 8:49:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63182/in-televised-auction-of-oil-contracts-iraq-plays-hardball.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Iraqi oil industry has been nationalized since 1972, but today the country is awarding the first contracts in decades to private petroleum companies—live on television. So far a joint bid by British Petroleum and a Chinese firm has won the first contract, for a 17 billion-barrel field in...http://www.newser.com/story/63182/in-televised-auction-of-oil-contracts-iraq-plays-hardball.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Jun 2009 7:34:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62651/big-oil-drooling-over-iraq-contracts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIraq is preparing to welcome back the foreign oil companies it ejected over 30 years ago, and the firms are giddy with anticipation, the Wall Street Journal reports. Contracts to revive production at neglected oil fields go up for auction next week, and competition is expected to be fierce. Oil...http://www.newser.com/story/62651/big-oil-drooling-over-iraq-contracts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 24 Jun 2009 1:48:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62292/amazon-indians-win-repeal-of-land-grab-laws.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPeru's Congress has revoked two laws that led to bloody clashes between police and indigenous protesters, CNN reports. Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favor of ditching the laws that opened up the country's Amazon region to mining, logging, and oil companies. Dozens of people died earlier this month when police moved...http://www.newser.com/story/62292/amazon-indians-win-repeal-of-land-grab-laws.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 19 Jun 2009 5:05:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56016/oil-industry-squeezed-as-us-demand-tanks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBig oil execs, analysts, and government sources say a century-old American tradition is waning: after years of increasing oil consumption, US guzzling has peaked, they believe. Last year, demand plunged 7.1% for gas, diesel, and jet fuel—the biggest drop since 1950, when dependable records began. And major changes...http://www.newser.com/story/56016/oil-industry-squeezed-as-us-demand-tanks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 13 Apr 2009 6:57:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50516/iraq-pm-shrugs-off-us-as-sarko-cozies-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFrench prez Nicolas Sarkozy, whose predecessor led international opposition to the Iraq war, paid a surprise visit to Baghdad yesterday in an attempt to raise his country's profile in the region. Sarkozy met with PM Nouri al-Maliki, who used a joint news conference to slap at recent US pressure to...http://www.newser.com/story/50516/iraq-pm-shrugs-off-us-as-sarko-cozies-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Feb 2009 8:23:44 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47960/chavez-quietly-courts-western-oil-firms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe falling price of oil is forcing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to quietly make overtures to the Western oil companies he used to harass and shun, reports the New York Times . Chavez needs the foreign expertise and purchasing power to help boost Venezuela's declining production and income. The lure of...http://www.newser.com/story/47960/chavez-quietly-courts-western-oil-firms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Jan 2009 1:50:56 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47686/fat-cat-exxon-primed-to-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFlush with cash after resisting costly acquisitions while oil prices hit record highs, Exxon Mobil could be ready for a shopping spree that could alter the face of the world’s energy supply, reports the Wall Street Journal . The company has nearly $37 billion in reserves and could target another oil...http://www.newser.com/story/47686/fat-cat-exxon-primed-to-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Jan 2009 10:22:50 CST