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Oil Giant To Pay Hundreds Of Millions Over Major China Spill

Reuters | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: China Oil Spill, Video, Oil Spill, Conocophillips China Oil Spill, Conocophillips, Reuters, Business News, Conocophillips China, Business News

BEIJING, April 27 (Reuters) - U.S. oil firm ConocoPhillips and its partner CNOOC have agreed to pay 1.683 billion yuan ($266.89 million) in compens...

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MF Global's 10 Highest-Profile Former Clients

Reuters | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Hsbc, Bimbo Foods, Hormel, Coca-Cola, Jon Corzine, Mf Global Collapse, Icahn, Video, Conocophillips, Reuters, MF Global, General Mills, Anheuser-Busch, Slidepollajax, Nestle, Business News

March 26 (Reuters) - ConocoPhillips, billionaire investor Carl Icahn, Coca Cola, Dominion Resources and giant energy trader Mercuria were among high-p...

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Refinery Murder Mystery

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.19.2012

As fuel prices rise, companies like Sunoco and ConocoPhillips are closing the very facilities essential for producing fuels. It raises the question: why would corporations do that?

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Energy Giant Announces Ambitious Oil Discovery Plan

AP | CHRIS KAHN | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Bp, Energy, Rex Tillerson, Gas Prices, Royal Dutch Shell, Chevron Corp., Coal, Video, Crude, Conocophillips, Oil, Oil Prices, Exxon, Natural Gas, Chesapeake Energy Corp., Xto Energy, New York Stock Exchange, Business News

NEW YORK — Exxon said Thursday that it will spend about $150 billion over the next five years to find more oil and natural gas to satisfy the wo...

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'Green News Report' - January 31, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Chevy Volt, Fracking, Economy, West Virginia, Epa, Renewable Energy, Mitch Daniels, Regulation, Conservation, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Coal, Pipeline, Canada, Tar Sands, Video, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, California Air Resources Board, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Nanotechnology, Environmentalism, Subsidies, State Department, Barack Obama, Energy Efficiency, BRAD BLOG, Keystone XL Pipeline, Conocophillips, Green News, Food, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydraulic Fracturing, China, Republicans, Exxon Valdez, Muppets, Eric Bolling, Exxon Mobil, Invasive Species, Rick Santorum, Snakes, Fox News, Florida, Bill O'Reilly, Wind Energy, United Nations, Drought, Heat Wave, Electric Cars, Illinois, Texas, James Hansen, Gmos, Green News

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'Green News Report' - January 26, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Fracking, Economy, West Virginia, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Conservation, Green News Report, Pollution, Coal, Pipeline, Canada, Tar Sands, Video, 2012 Presidential Election, Oil Spill, Sotu, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, State of the Union, Global Warming, Energy, Environmentalism, Subsidies, State Department, Barack Obama, BRAD BLOG, Keystone XL Pipeline, Green News, Food, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydraulic Fracturing, China, Republicans, Chevy Volt, Mitch Daniels, Navy, Green Energy, Military, California Air Resources Board, Wetlands, Nanotechnology, Dept of Defense, Energy Efficiency, Mississippi River, Mining, Conocophillips, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Drill-Bab...

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Chavez's Controversial Stance Could Have Huge Implications For Venezuela

AP | By IAN JAMES | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Video, Exxon Mobil Corp, Conocophillips, International Monetary Fund, Unasur, World Bank, Icsid, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa, International Chamber of Commerce, Business News

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that his government should pull out of a World Bank-affiliated arbitration body and...

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Major Oil Producers Look For New Way To Exploit Natural Gas In Alaska

Reuters | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Bp, Video, LNG Project, Oil Production, Conocophillips, Oil Exports, Exxon Mobil, Reuters, Oil, Transcanada Corp, Valdez, BP CEO Bob Dudley, North Slope, ConocoPhillips CEO Jim Mulva, Business News

(Adds quotes, details) By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - The chief executives of BP and ConocoPhillips, two of Ala...

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Oil Companies Powned in Epic Switcheroo Operation [Video]

Kevin Grandia | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Jon Burgwald, Bp, Conocophillips, Shell, Green News, Sustainability, Yes Men, Arctic Oil Spill, Greenpeace, Statoil, Nunaoil, Video, Green News

Environment campaigners duped representatives of major oil companies into attending a meeting about the harsh realities of offshore oil drilling, instead of their intended meeting with Greenland officials to talk about opening up Northern seas to drilling.

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Oil Company Struggles To Clean Up China Spill

AP | By ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted 11.05.2011

Read More: Energy, China Conocophillips, China Oil Spill, Video, Oil Spill, Conocophillips, Bohai Bay, Bohai Bay Oil Spill, China, Conocophillips China, Green News

SHANGHAI -- The oil spills from offshore wells operated by ConocoPhillips in China's Bohai Bay are posing political and technical challenges for the o...

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ConocoPhillips Says Virtually All Of China Spill Cleared

AP | By ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: China Oil Spill, Bohai Bay China, Oil Spill, Oil Spill Cleanup, Bohai Bay, Conocophillips, Bohai Bay Oil Spill, China, Conocophillips China, Video, Green News

SHANGHAI -- Under fire for oil spills off China's eastern coast, ConocoPhillips says it has finished collecting virtually all oil and drilling mud rel...

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ConocoPhillips Finds New Seeps In China Oil Spill

AP | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: China Spill, Video, China Oil Spill, Oil Spill, China Oil, Conocophillips, Bohai Bay Spill, China, Conocophillips Oil Spill, Conocophillips China, Green News

SHANGHAI -- ConocoPhillips said Friday it has discovered new oil seeps in an area of China's Bohai Bay where it faces a deadline to clean up spills fr...

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China Mulls Lawsuit Over Environmental Damages From Bohai Bay Oil Spill

AP | By ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted 10.16.2011

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SHANGHAI -- China's oceanic administration says it is preparing to sue the local unit of ConocoPhillips for damages to the environment resulting from ...

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Recession? What Recession? Oil Profits Boom Amid The Gloom

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 09.28.2011

Read More: Bp, Gas Prices, High Gas Prices, Stock Buybacks, Big Oil, Conocophillips, Oil Subsidies, Exxon Mobil, Big Oil Subsidies, Chevron, Big Oil Profits, Shell, Oil Industry Profits, Business News

WASHINGTON -- The sputtering economy, high unemployment rate and punishing gas prices are taking a huge toll on average Americans, but at least somebo...

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ConocoPhillips Profits Drop But Exceed Expectations

AP | Chris Kahn | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Chemical Business, Asset Sales, FactSet Jet Fuel, Gasoline, Wall Street, Revenue, Conocophillips, Oil Prices, Diesel, Jim Mulva, Marathon Oil, Conoco, Houston Oil and Natural Gas Company, Business News

NEW YORK (AP) -- ConocoPhillips said Wednesday its second quarter profit dropped 18.3 percent but beat expectations. The year-ago quarter benefited fr...

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China Orders ConocoPhillips To Halt Oil Operations In Bohai Bay

IndustryWeek | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Oil Rigs, State Oceanic Administration, Bohai Bay Oil, Conoco Phillips Oil, Oil Spill, Bohai Bay, Conocophillips, Oil, China National Offshore Oil Corporation, China, Conocophillips China, Green News

China said Wednesday it had ordered ConocoPhillips to immediately stop operations at several rigs in an area off the nation's eastern coast polluted b...

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Nation's Third-Largest Oil Company Will Split In Two

Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Conoco Oil, Conoco Split, Oil Industry, Fossil Fuels, Conocophillips, Oil Profits, Marathon Oil Company, Oil Splitting, Oil Company, Jim Mulva, Global Warming, Business News

(AP) NEW YORK -- ConocoPhillips, the nation's third-largest oil company, said Thursday that it will split itself into two separate publicly traded com...

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ConocoPhillips Defends Response To China Oil Leaks

AP | By JOE McDONALD | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Penglai, China Oil Spill, China Oil, Conocophillips, Bohai Bay, China Oil Leak, China Oil Leaks, Greenpeace China, China, Conocophillips China, Green News

BEIJING -- American energy giant ConocoPhillips defended its response to a pair of oil leaks off China's northeast coast and said Wednesday it would c...

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China Reportedly Investigating Offshore Oil Spills

AP | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: China Oil Spill, Bohai Bay Oil, Oil Spill, China National Offshore Oil, Offshore Oil Spill, Conocophillips, China Bohai Bay, China Offshore Oil Spill, China, Green News

SHANGHAI -- Recent spills in China's largest offshore oil field are being investigated, reports say. The spills were in the Bohai Penglai 19-3 oil fi...

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Alaska Gasline Failure Disappointing, but No Surprise

AlaskaDispatch.com | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Natural Resources, Bp, Alaska Gasline Inducement Act, Conocophillips, Economy, Sarah Palin, Oil, Natural Gas Drilling, Hydrofracking, Natural Gas, Alaska Gov Sarah Palin, Business News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Backers of Alaska's Denali natural gas pipeline project had barely thrown in the economic towel, when some state lawmakers began ...

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ExxonMobil CEO Says Oil Price Should Be $60 to $70 a Barrel

Robert Lenzner | Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: Bp, Chevron, Opec, Conocophillips, Economy, Shell Oil, Exxon Mobil, Business News

The formal showdown between Big Oil and Big Politics makes for enormously revealing theater about just how selfish and narrow-minded, cash-rich industry can be when called upon to do their patriotic duty in balancing the budget.

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Democratic Senator Calls Big Oil Execs Selfish, Unfeeling -- And Unbeatable

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Oil and Gas Subsidies, Bp, Video, Jay Rockefeller, Oil Industry, Oil and Gas Industry, Conocophillips, Oil Subsidies, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Shell, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The unapologetic -- indeed combative -- testimony on Thursday by top oil executives summoned to defend multi-billion tax subsidies for t...

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Big Oil: Ending Our Tax Breaks Would Be 'Un-American'

Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Senate Finance Committee, Gas Taxes, Big Oil, Conocophillips, Job Discrimination, Oil Taxes, Harry Reid, US Tax Breaks, Democrats, Oil Companies, Barack Obama, Business News

WASHINGTON (Timothy Gardner and Deborah Charles) - The world's biggest oil companies on Wednesday launched broadsides against Democratic plans to ...

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BP Has a Long History of Problems at Alaska's Prudhoe Bay

AlaskaDispatch.com | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Trans-Alaska Pipeline, Prudhoe Bay, Exxon, Bp, Conocophillips, Oil, Domestic Energy, Alaska, North Slope, Business News

On Tuesday, it was announced that BP would pay $25 million and spend another $60 million implementing a state-of-the-art monitoring system to guard ag...

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How High Gas Prices Impoverish The Many While Enriching The Few

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 06.29.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, Gasoline Prices, Stock Buybacks, Oil Q1 2011, Q1 2011, Big Oil, Conocophillips, Exxonmobil, Oil Prices, Big Oil Profits, Oil Industry Profits, Politics News

The next time you're gritting your teeth as you fill your tank with $4 gas, here's something to consider: Your pain is their gain. The last of the ...

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