En matière de réchauffement climatique, l’industrie pétrolière est sans surprise la première montrée du doigt. Le produit final et le processus de production sont jugés polluants par un grand nombre d’observateurs. Leader du secteur, l’américain ExxonMobil est la principale cible…
Now, you could view the efforts of companies like BP, Shell, Chevron and ConocoPhillips to branch out into wind, solar and biofuels as the early stages of diversification into the types of energy that must someday replace oil & gas,…
Enriched by high oil prices, Chevron Corp. will spend up to US$15 billion buying back its own stock _ a commitment that pleased shareholders and rankled critics clamouring for bigger investments in projects that might help lower energy costs. The…
The programme organised by Development Support Institute (DSI) in partnership with Esso/Exxon-Mobil at the Banquet Hall, Wellington Hotel, Warri, Delta State, was intended to equip the women in the rural area with basic skills so that they would be empowered…
A new Web site built by an American technology student has uncovered the lengths that companies apparently go to improve their public image by tweaking their entries on Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia that – famously – "anyone can edit." The…
Last month Democrats wrote Gov. Sarah Palin requesting a special session to fix Alaska’s flawed oil tax law. When we did that, I hesitated at making the easy argument – that last year’s oil tax law is now clouded by…
In the business world these days, it appears that just about everything is for sale. Multi-billion-dollar deals are commonplace, and even venerable institutions such as the Wall Street Journal find themselves put into play. Yet companies are not the only…
A GREEN-minded firm has refused to work with oil giant ExxonMobil because it claims the company has a history of climate change denial. Ardeley-based corporate events company MotivAction was approached by ExxonMobil to run an event, but turned it down.…
ExxonMobil Chemical (NYSE:XOM) has earned awards for energy efficiency from the American Chemistry Council (ACC) and from the Industrial Energy Technology Conference (IETC) hosted by the Energy Systems Laboratory of the Texas A&M University System. Since 2000, ExxonMobil has identified…
Selon les multinationales pétrolières, l’Afrique sera dans dix, vingt prochaines années « le champ de bataille le plus chaud, dans la répartition des nouveaux marchés pétroliers » parce que les coà»ts de production y sont bas et que les sociétés…
