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When Chevron, one of the world's oil giants, announced in early April that it was buying Unocal, a smaller rival, for about $17 billion, it seemed like business as usual in the oil patch: the big getting bigger by swallowing the not quite so big. Across the Pacific, though, management at Chinese National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC), one of China's largest oil firms, was still pursuing what it calls "Operation Treasure Ship." Unocal, some at CNOOC think, fits perfectly into China's fervent effort to secure new oil and gas supplies to fuel its surging economy. Within...
...very nature, encourages its members to argue, question, and debate each other. But when politics and personal interests get involved, people sometimes lose sight of what they are elected to do. Representatives are elected to the UC to serve the student body as best they can. As this rough patch for the UC comes to a close, it is important for us to put it into perspective, to remember the hard work and progress that has been made...
...Sinopec is essentially a contractor, whereas [PetroChina’s parent] CNPC actually owns the lead shares in the consortium that runs Sudan’s oil patch,” Goodman wrote in an e-mail to The Crimson...
...point, it got so bad that when I decided to play one particular frozen rope, destined for a patch of green a mere five feet in front of me, on the hop, Danielle Kerper shouted in my direction: “You’re supposed to catch...
Although he initially thought that a patch previously installed on his femoral artery had ruptured, a buildup of scar tissue was responsible for the pain, Gross said...