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...years. Although no oil contracts were signed, the French and the Hussein government in the early 1990s entered into a memorandum of understanding calling for French companies to develop oil fields and produce 1 million bbl. a day. Like most of Europe, France relies on imported oil and petroleum products to meet its needs, which amount to about 2 million bbl. daily...
...over 60%, the two combined are not worth as much as the U.K.'s 20 top companies - or the U.S. market's four largest. The Oils Of War George W. Bush isn't the only one who had a good war. First quarter results hit record highs at British Petroleum, where net profit soared 136% to $3.7 billion; at Royal Dutch Shell, where profits jumped 96% to $3.91 billion; and at Exxon, which saw profits more than triple to $7.04 billion. Cracker Jacked A crummy week for Swedish cracker-maker Wasa, after a Swedish court ordered it to re-brand...
...weeks aboard four offshore oil rigs. The crisis ended after an agreement between the oil workers' union and the rigs' owners, U.S.-based Transocean company. Hostage taking is not uncommon in the Southern Niger Delta, where much of the population remains extremely poor despite the country's vast petroleum resources. Race to the Finish argentina Presidential hopefuls Carlos Menem and Nestor Kirchner kicked off their campaigns for the May 18 runoff after leading the first round of voting with 24% and 22% of the vote, respectively. Both Menem, a proponent of the free market, and the center-left Kirchner...
...public, but this is what it has come to. A recession brought on by “stagflation”—increasing interest rates and prices—would be similar though probably much worse than the recession of the 70s when the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries started to seriously restrict supply...
...arrived in a caravan of 400 automobiles at the pumping station of Ras Tanura to witness the first tanker hauling away its cargo of Saudi crude. Henceforth the King would no longer rely for income on the pilgrims arriving in Mecca, Islam's holiest city. And his kingdom's petroleum wealth would emerge as a crucial factor in Middle East politics and the bargaining over global energy supplies. --By Adam Zagorin