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Greens plan to stop Chevron's California project: lawyer

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Opponents of a new hydrogen plant under construction at Chevron Corp's San Francisco Bay-area refinery in Richmond, California, plan to ask a California judge to stop the project because of a flawed environmental impact report, an attorney said Tuesday.

Wall Street tumbles on oil's drag, data

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U.S. stock slid on Wednesday, snapping a four-day winning streak as retreating oil prices sunk shares of energy companies, while signs of further contraction in the service sector doused hopes the recession is abating.
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Nigeria militant attack on Chevron shuts 100,000 bpd

Nigerian militants launched their first major strike against the oil industry since the start of a 10-day old military offensive late on Sunday, bombing a Chevron pipeline and shutting 100,000 barrels per day of output.
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Chevron sees sharply lower Q1 profit

Chevron Corp warned that first-quarter earnings would be sharply lower than the previous quarter as lower oil and gas prices took a toll and refined-product margins shrank significantly.
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Kazakhstan says expects Obama to visit

U.S. President Barack Obama plans to visit Kazakhstan as part of a wider tour of Central Asia, Kazakhstan's upper house of parliament quoted him on Tuesday as saying.
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Heads of Oil Industry Push Offshore Drilling

Major companies in the oil industry pushed the U.S. Congress Wednesday for the permanently lifting of a moratoria that blocks them from drilling offshore and reach tremendous amounts of oil and gas resources.
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Stocks Tumble on Inflation Woes

U.S. stocks plunged on Tuesday after oil soared to nearly $130 a barrel fueling concerns that commodity prices will further dampen U.S. consumption levels, while analysts forecast more credit losses and faster inflation.
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Chevron to Lay-Off 1,100 Employees

Chevron Corp. said that about 1,100 employees are eligible for severance payments at the end of the first quarter, after eliminating the positions as part of a restructuring and reorganization plan.
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Chevron-led Russia venture faces challenges: report

An energy development consortium led by U.S. oil producer Chevron Corp. in Kazakhstan is facing challenges from the Russian government over a pipeline that runs through Russian territory, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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Chevron profit up with refining, beats view

Chevron Corp posted a better-than-expected 24 percent rise in quarterly earnings on Friday on higher profits from its refineries and a gain from the sale of its stake in power company Dynegy Inc. Net income in the second quarter increased to $5.38 billion, or $2.52 a share, from $4.35 billion, or $1.97 a share, last year.

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