BP’s CEO Sir John Browne said in a speech Wednesday in London that his company no longer would make political contributions anywhere in the world. He said BP’s policy shift reflects a desire to help preserve, or perhaps restore, the “legitimacy” of the political process and of governments around the world, but particularly in the United States, which is where most of BP’s political donations have been directed.
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Hebert Says Gas Market Will Work Itself Out
In a speech to natural gas buyers, sellers and transporters at the LDC Forum in Boston Thursday, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Curt Hebert, Jr. challenged his audience to use all the “clubs in their bags” to ensure that free market forces — and not price caps — are the future of the gas marketplace.
April 20, 2001
Jurisdictional Battle Develops Over BC Pipeline
As predicted by National Energy Board (NEB) member Jean-PaulTheoret in a winter speech to a Quebec lawyers’ conference, thefirst results of unleashing competition in the formerly stableCanadian natural gas pipeline community are “messy markets” andpotentially “messy outcomes.” That became clear in one of the firsttests of the NEB’s declared intentions to encourage growth of atrue market in transportation services by making flexibility andadaptability the watchwords for a new era of light-handedregulation.
April 2, 2001
Jurisdictional Battle Develops Over Maxhamish Pipeline in BC
As predicted by National Energy Board (NEB) member Jean-Paul Theoret in a winter speech to a Quebec lawyers’ conference, the first results of unleashing competition in the formerly stable Canadian natural gas pipeline community are “messy markets” and potentially “messy outcomes.” That became clear in one of the first tests of the NEB’s declared intentions to encourage growth of a true market in transportation services by making flexibility and adaptability the watchwords for a new era of light-handed regulation.
April 2, 2001
Alaska Cool to BP Amoco, ARCO
After Alaska’s governor balked at a move by BP Amoco to pushconsideration of its ARCO acquisition through the Federal TradeCommission, the company has backed off and pledged to address thestate’s anti-competitive concerns. Discussions between the companyand Alaska were ongoing last week.
November 8, 1999
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