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BusinessWeek
October 25, 2004 |
A Big Tax Hike On Oil Majors In Venezuela Venezuela's mercurial President, Hugo Chavez, took foreign oil companies by surprise on Oct. 10 by decreeing a tax hike from 1% to 16.7% on heavy crude oil projects in the Orinoco Belt.   |
The Motley Fool
October 18, 2004
Rich Smith |
Russia Names Its Price YUKOS provides a real-life example of expropriation by taxation. |
BusinessWeek
October 18, 2004
Jason Bush |
Novatek: A Gas Giant You've Never Heard Of Meet Novatek, a Russian gas producer that has just clinched one of the biggest foreign-investment deals in Russian history. |
The Motley Fool
October 11, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
One Very Speculative Oil Stock Ivanhoe Energy is making discoveries, but its valuation is sky high. |
IDB America
September 2004
Paul Constance |
Service Worth the Price In Puerto Cortes, Honduras, the water rate more than doubled in a single year. So why aren't people complaining? |
IDB America
September 2004
Paul Constance |
That Cursed Meter! Though frequently maligned, water meters in Puerto Cortes, Honduras have benefited the poorest consumers. |
BusinessWeek
October 18, 2004
Robert Barker |
An Oil Giant For Players With Patience Given the gravity of its transgression -- overstating its estimate of proven reserves by nearly 24% -- Royal Dutch/Shell can count on doing much more than the five months facing Martha Stewart. Meantime, the company is paying relatively rich dividends |
Technology Research News
October 6, 2004 |
Gas flow makes electricity Gas flows at speeds as low as a few meters per second over semiconductor materials and carbon nanotubes have produced electricity. The phenomenon could lead to small, inexpensive, accurate gas flow sensors in less than two years, according to the researchers. |
BusinessWeek
October 11, 2004
Stanley Reed |
Why Nigeria Will Rock Oil Markets Again Continued threats to the oil supply in Nigeria are bound to occur, given the fractious state of regional politics in that huge African country. |
BusinessWeek
October 11, 2004 |
Buying A Piece Of Russia ConocoPhillips bought a 7.59% stake in Russia's biggest oil company, and may up its stake to 20% within two or three years. |
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