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...American oil companies Mobil and Chevron told their tankers to avoid the anchorage, where 50 or more ships often can be found at once, and to stay at least 25 miles from shore. The closed area extends seven miles off the coast of Fujairah, one of seven sheikdoms that make up the Emirates, and five along...
...University's announcement on October 3 included plans to sell $160 million worth of investments in 8 corporations including Exxon. The other seven--Royal Dutch Petroleum/Shell, the Chevron Corporation, Ford Motor Co., Texaco, Mobil Oil, Phelps Dodge, and Schlumberger, Inc.--retain links to South Africa. Harvard's endowment still includes approximately $367 million worth of stocks and bonds in companies with South African operations...
...even in the fertile savanna plateau running across the heart of the country, half the children are suffering from malnutrition. Angola's diamond production, which once ranked fourth in the world, has plummeted by nearly 70%. Only the country's vast oil resources, including those controlled by Chevron Corp.'s subsidiary Gulf, continue to bolster the war effort. However, there are estimates that almost half of last year's $2.2 billion in total export earnings has already been lost, as a result of the drop in oil prices...
...coast of Southern California, a small boat tows a 760-ft.-long tower of steel known as Platform Gail in an endless circle. In August, Chevron had the $25 million, Japanese-built drilling rig pulled across the Pacific, intending to set it up near the Channel Islands National Park. But last week the California coastal commission refused for a second time to give Chevron the go-ahead, partly because of fears that a spill could threaten the park's brown pelicans. Chevron is appealing the decision to Secretary of Commerce Malcolm Baldrige. Meanwhile, the company is racking...
...several years Exxon, traditionally a major source of funding for Middle East-related research, has reduced its support for Centers like Harvard's, according to Exxon spokesman Donald L. Snook. Spokesmen for Chevron and for other "petrodollar" companies say their companies have made similar funding cuts. They say such reductions will continue for the foreseeable future...