By: Josh Greenberger
(June 2008) Nancy Pelosi will probably go down in history as the greatest enemy-from-within this country has ever had. As bad as Bush’s ratings are, the Democratic Congress’ is even worse, and Nancy Pelosi scrapes the bottom of the barrel.
Her claim of not opening more offshore drilling because energy companies are not using [...]
By: Paul Aitchison
The world today needs energy. Energy to drive engines, energy for domestic purposes and energy to make life comfortable. In the search for sources of energy petrol or OIL and COAL was regarded as the best possible options in the last century. But is it the same today??? Not quite so. Petrol, being an [...]
By: Bob Smith
CRA Limited (now known as Rio Tinto) Corporate Counsel, Rohan George Skea, was one of the key lawyers on CRA’s Australian legal defense team, comprising Sir Roderick Carnegie, Executive Chairman of CRA, other CRA in-house counsel, Australian lawyers, Arthur Robinson & Co, and CRA’s US Counsel, Robert Osgood of Sullivan & Cromwell in [...]
By: Mike Samadi
Not my article. The Author wanted everyone read and know.
This article came to me for the purpose of being distributed. I, Mike Samadi am NOT to take credit for this; however, wishes for you (the readers to know-how much you should love your government representatives and the oil company executives). You pay for [...]
By: James Finch
In light of Toshiba’s recent proposed acquisition of Westinghouse Electric from the government-owned British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL), historians may be reminded of former Westinghouse Chairman Robert Kirby’s litigious international outcry and prolonged battle over secretive and illegal price manipulation by a global uranium cartel. In the 1970s, Westinghouse, determined to capture the world [...]
By: Josh Greenberger
(June 4, 2008) It’s easy to blame our current predicament of high gasoline prices on insufficient oil production or export by OPEC. It’s more difficult to blame ourselves for passivity and lack of resolve. There’s no question that OPEC could help alleviate the situation. But we could do the same on our own, [...]
By: Donald Mitchell
What if you work in a volatile environment? Shift from forecasting to thinking about “what if” changes happen.
Sometimes the winds of irresistible forces can blow in many and unpredictable directions, and the required actions can be quite diverse. Consider the pricing and demand for commodities like oil. How can you prepare for [...]
By: Donald Mitchell
Some businesses are affected by powerful trends and irresistible trends more than others. In this article we’ll look at a business that is sensitive to consider how to anticipate shifts in trends and forces.Rigged to WinImagine for a moment that you rent drilling rigs and crews to petroleum companies exploring for oil [...]
By: Sidharta Chatterejee
Markets Outlook- Who’s moving the markets?Global equity markets have been through volatile times and we noticed some rebound since been affected by the US subprime mortgage market collapse. What started of in the subprime sector enveloped the prime home loan as well as the securitized debt markets as a spillover effect. Yet, the [...]
By: modu
The war is not justified, but necessary!The first impression that resonate in the minds of most Americans on the war in Iraq, is why the war in the first place? They do not see any reason, neither has anyone suggested or given vivid clue for the war. All we hear is that the late [...]
By: Jordan ChristopherNo doubt about the pawns in this international game of chess. The general public, the six pack majority, the middle class, the poor, come to think of it about anyone without a major financial interest in oil fits the Webster’s definition of a pawn; “a person used to advance another’s purposes.So if most [...]
By: Donald Mitchell
The actual irresistible forces (such as upward pressure on health-care costs) that cause the effects you are experiencing (such as declining bed utilization in hospitals) have probably been in place for some time. To approach the ideal best practice in anticipating changes in irresistible forces, start by looking at the history of [...]
By: Paul Aitchison
Energy is surely the most sought after resource today for reasons more than one. Energy is used to drive engines, used for domestic purposes and in general to make life comfortable. In the search for sources of energy OIL and COAL broadly classified as fossil fuels was regarded as the best possible options [...]
By: Market Wire
CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwire – Nov. 5, 2009) – PENN WEST ENERGY TRUST (TSX:PWT.UN) (NYSE:PWE) is pleased to announce its results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009Corporate Strategy- Penn West continued to focus on positioning the company to move from a trust to a corporate model prior to the end of 2011. In [...]