it seems we might be allowed to trace a serious rivalry between two great oil companies of great britain, i.e. anglo-iranian oil company and royal dutch shell- at the eve of 20th century. this presumed rivalry itself seemed to be a result of two important developments in british industry: conversion of the fuel consumption of british navy from coal to petrol; a development which raised the comp...

Behind pessimistic expectations regarding the future of an international climate treaty, substantial changes can be observed in company positions. Multinationals in the oil and car industries are increasingly moving toward support for the Kyoto Protocol, and take measures to address climate change. This article analyses developments in the oil industry over the past few years, observing conside...

In 1622, disgruntled shareholders of the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie or VOC) complained that their interests had been harmed, as the directors had entered into expensive warfare against the Spaniards. The States General had instructed the VOC directors to chase away the Spaniards from the East. The semi-public nature of the VOC was an important conflict of inter...

TOTAL is the fourth largest multinational oil company in the world after Royal Dutch Shell, BP and Exxon Mobil. It has been strictly under the scrutiny of the public in regards to its operation in Burma where the governments significantly violate human rights. Its investment is considered by many international human rights groups to be supporting the military regime and thus supporting the junt...

The identification of the forces that drive oil stock prices is extremely important given the size of the Oil&Gas industry and its links with the energy sector and the environment. In the next decade oil companies will have to deal with international policies to contrast climate change. This issue is likely to affect companies' shareholder values. In this paper we focus on the long-run financia...

Petroleum oil was used for many centuries in Egypt, China, Mesopotamia and Persia for heating, lighting, roadmaking and building. Small accumulations of oil were reported at Pechelbronn in Alsace in 1498 and in Poland in 1506, and Marco Polo noted 'oil springs' at Baku on the Caspian Sea in the latter part of the thirteenth century. Raleigh, in 1595, reported the existence of the Trinidad Pitch...

Investors increasingly need to account for concerns about non-financial performance and consider the environmental impact of fossil fuel investment. We analyze how financial investors appreciate induced seismicity in oil gas fields US Netherlands. employ an event study investigate stock market reaction two majors, ExxonMobil Royal Dutch Shell. establish that participants’ response is positively...

S urfing on the wings of time, days turned into weeks. Weeks turned into months. And, I found myself at a point to write you again—three months after the first issue of The IJOEM. Since then, many things happened: the Journal was welcomed by various healthcare professionals so that its Web site (www.theijoem.com and www. theijoem.org), received more than 60 000 hits almost three weeks after it ...

In this article we analyse the actions of Royal Dutch/Shell (since 2021, Shell) considering campaign against them and their operations in Nigeria mid-1990s. Using concept counter-frames Shell's internal documentation to understand how a multinational extractive industry engaged disputes legitimacy critiques operations. Focusing on frame contributes with an understanding practical development co...