Did taxpayers lose on deal for oil field?: Elk Hills timeline

By Josey Ballenger, Nathaniel Heller and Knut Royce

1922WASHINGTON, October 27, 2000 — 1912: Out of concern for the long-term availability of oil supplies for naval ships, President Taft estab

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"… k Hills to be submitted, at noon in Houston.October 6, 1997: DOE announces Occidental Petroleum Corp. is the high bidder on Elk Hills, at $3.65 billion. DOE does not divu …"

Did taxpayers lose on deal for oil field?

By Josey Ballenger, Nathaniel Heller and Knut Royce

WASHINGTON, October 27, 2000 — "For the last eight years, I have had the challenge of running the streamlining program called 'Reinventing

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"… as the oil field is more commonly known due to its prevalence of Tule elk. Occidental Petroleum Corp. made the highest bid, at $3.65 billion. But from the start, the sale …"

"… icial wrongdoing in the Elk Hills sale. But underlying questions about how Occidental Petroleum bested 14 other bidders for one of the nation’s biggest oil fields remai …"

"… s previous report, “How the Gores, Father and Son, Helped Their Patron Occidental Petroleum” from The Buying of the President 2000.)Then-Secretary of Energy Federic …"

"… signing ceremony in February 1998, Peña wrote, “Albert Gore, Sr. is on Occidental Petroleum’s Board of Directors. However, there is no dispute that Occidental was t …"

A Spy Inc. no stranger to controversy

LONDON / WASHINGTON, June 12, 2002 — Even within the secretive world of private military companies, AirScan is noted for being unforthcoming

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"… ed involvement in the incident, saying their plane was only used to survey Occidental Petroleum’s pipeline. The Colombian attorney general was unable to question the th …"

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Commentary: Gore's failure to respond is outrageous, unacceptable

By Charles Lewis

WASHINGTON, October 27, 2000 — Sometimes government officials treat the American people like growing mushrooms - keep them in the dark and c

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"… did Vice President Al Gore — who has deep personal and financial ties to Occidental Petroleum — know and when did he know it about the sale of the Elk Hills oil reser …"

"… n to unload this valuable land to his family’s largest source of wealth, Occidental Petroleum?It is difficult for the Republicans to raise these questions, of course, b …"

Bush administration kills safety regulation opposed by donors

By Bill Dawson

WASHINGTON, April 11, 2002 — The Bush administration quietly shelved a proposal to tighten regulations on a group of hazardous chemicals des

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"…                   $34,884Occidental Petroleum                    $22,2 …"

Greasing the skids of corruption

By Phillip van Niekerk and Laura Peterson

Money from multinational oil companies moves through labyrinths of international bank accounts, avoiding national budgets and banks

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"… roperty in remote parts of the world. Chevron, Shell, Texaco, U.S. company Occidental Petroleum and Norway's Statoil have all signed the Sullivan Principles, based on a 1 …"

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Gun groups, defense contractors buck downward trend in lobbying

By Dave Levinthal

Gun groups, defense contractors, oil companies and Facebook increased spending on lobbying last quarter.

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"… lion), the American Petroleum Institute ($1.8 million to $2.1 million) and Occidental Petroleum ($1.6 million to $2.1 million). The American Medical Association, CTIA-Th …"