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TXU Buyout Tied to Environmental Agreement
Author: Marston, Jim
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles; Web Sites
Source: EnvironmentalDefenseBlogs.org/Climate411
Publication Year: 2007
Guest blogger Jim Marston is an attorney, and the Director of the Energy Program in the Texas Office of Environmental Defense. Who would have thought that, almost a month to the day after the USCAP initiative was announced, coal-enamored TXU would come on board? But today's big news is victory in Texas, thanks to an unusual buyout agreement...
Crisis in the Oil and Gas Industry
Authors: Parry, Peter; Davidson, Varya; Clark, Andrew
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Strategy + Business
Publication Year: 2006
In the midst of one of the greatest periods of expansion in its history, the global oil and gas industry is facing a labor crisis, brought on by years of layoffs, that could jeopardize its future...
Petrobras in Ecuador (A, B, C)
Authors: Musacchio, Aldo; Goldberg, Lena G.; Reisen de Pinho, Ricardo
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2009
On October 18, 2007, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa announced a dramatic increase in corporate taxes and changes to other contracts to which Petrobras was a party. All foreign oil companies operating In Ecuador would be similarly affected and any company refusing to "renegotiate" its contracts would face a 100% tax on profits.
The Future of Iraq Project (A, B)
Authors: Maurer, Noel ; Tarontsi, Sogomon
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2009
In March 2009, the government of Iraq decided to hold its first oil field auctions. The auctions were for service contracts on the country's southern oil fields; the winner would obtain the right to produce oil above a certain target for a fixed fee.
Perez Companc: Environmental Management Systems
Author: Pratt, Lawrence
Product Type: Cases
Source: World Resources Institute
Publication Year: 1998
Perez Companc was the fourth-largest holding company, second-largest producer of petroleum, and third-largest producer of gas in Argentina. As a part of its corporate policy...
Climate Change Strategy: The Business Logic Behind Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Reductions
Author: Hoffman, Andrew J.
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: California Management Review, 47 (3): 21-46 (2005).
Publication Year: 2005
To date, the United States has declined to ratify the Kyoto Treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, many companies are taking advantage of the lack of a mandatory U.S. GHG emission reduction program to set targets at their own pace and in ways that complement their own strategic objectives.
Global Trends in Energy
Authors: Bozon, Ivo J. H.; Campbell, Warren J.; Lindstrand, Mats
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: The McKinsey Quarterly
Publication Year: 2007
To understand the nature of the forces affecting global energy and materials markets, executives in these sectors will have to confront difficult strategic, organizational, operational, and technological choices...
In BP's Record, a History of Boldness and Costly Blunders
Author: Lyall, Sarah
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2010
This article examines the warning signs associated with BP "taking too many risks and cutting corners in pursuit of growth and profit." All of which have arguably, lead to the devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010.
African Choices
Author: Nnanna, Godwin
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: China Dialogue
Publication Year: 2007
Many Western companies have irreversibly damaged their reputations in Africa through a tragic disregard for local communities. Chinese corporations can avoid making the same mistakes, says Godwin Nnanna...
Weighing the Risks in South American Basic Materials
Authors: Gurlit, Wieland; Mencarini, Eduardo; Montealto, Ricardo
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: The McKinsey Quarterly
Publication Year: 2007
Multinational companies remain wary of political and macroeconomic risk in Latin America. Yet the region is full of attractive opportunities...
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