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The case of the Great Lakes Business Company Compagnie Aérienne des Grands Lacs

His government's most notable policy, however, was the nationalization of the Iranian oil industry, which had been under British control since 1913 through the Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC ) (later British Petroleum and BP).

Support for oil nationalization Most of Iran's oil reserves were in the Persian Gulf area and had been developed by the British Anglo Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) for export to Britain.

So 100 companies control 25 percent of the trade of all 15 of the most significant commodities on the planet.

State Organization for Marketing of Oil (SOMO) is an Iraqi National Company responsible for marketing Iraq's oil.

Saudi Arabia s national oil company has achieved homegrown expertise in oil drilling that is widely admired in the West.

Indeed, when ICANN started more than ten years ago, we were accused of commercializing the Internet.

In May and November 2004, the Chairman again requested, by telephone, the Managing Director of the same parastatal to give 20,000 for national security purposes, even though nearly one fifth of the total NTGL budget was meant for Security Services Sector.

Nigeria is reorganizing its state oil company, introducing transparency legislation, and launching sweeping audits of the oil and gas sector.

In 1961 Iraq passed Public Law 80 whereby Iraq expropriated 95 of the Iraq Petroleum Company's concessions, and went on to announce the intent to form the INOC in 1964.

Ibrahim too shares the following suggestion to oil giant Saudi Aramco, which is celebrating its centennial this year فيها مطار وفيها كل شئ .. ولا راح يحتاجون انهم يقفلون طرق ولا شئ

Oil is extracted and processed by Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), with proven oil reserves holding approximately steady, although oil production has been declining.

The China National Petroleum Corporation holds a 40 stake in the Greater Nile Petroleum Company and has invested 3 billion in refinery and pipeline construction.

Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Oxy) is a Houston based oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in the United States, the Middle East, North Africa, and South America.

The state owned oil (Pemex) and electric power (Federal Electricity Commission) companies face no competition.

In the year to June 2009, dairy products accounted for 21 percent ( 9.1 billion) of total merchandise exports, and the country's largest company, Fonterra, controls almost one third of the international dairy trade.

In December 2004, Dokubu s militias took 75 oil workers hostage and forced Shell to shut down about 10 of the country s oil supply.

Olam was started by Indians in Nigeria and remains a world beating trader in cotton, coffee, cashews and the like.

Upon reasserting political control in 2003, Chávez fired 40 of PDVSA s staff.

The Bahrain National Gas Company operates a gas liquefaction plant that utilizes gas piped directly from Bahrain's oilfields.

In addition, Gazprom produced about 32.3 million tons of crude oil and nearly 12.1 million tons of gas condensate.

An example is the company of John D. Rockefeller, who was an important figure in shaping the new oil industry.

The Monrovia Oil Transport Corporation is also owed by the Taylor Government ( 2.7 million), but it has not received any payment from the National Transitional Government of Liberia.

In September 1994, a 30 year contract was signed between the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) and 13 oil companies, among them Amoco, BP, ExxonMobil, Lukoil and Statoil.

Yukos, once Russia s leading oil company and a favorite of international investors, is in its death throes.

The first few years of his rule were dominated by his struggle to gain control of the country s state owned oil company, PDVSA.

In 1938, before the beginning of the Second World War, Gulbenkian incorporated in Panama a company to hold his assets in the oil industry.

Increasingly, Russia s oil surpluses drive economic growth through rising investment, which boosts construction and consumption, in turn benefiting retail trade and finance.

In 1905, Italy assumed the responsibility of creating a colony in southern Somalia, after several failed attempts, following revelations that the Benadir Company had tolerated or collaborated in the perpetuation of the slave trade.

Last December, China s state owned National Petroleum Corporation signed a deal with the Afghan authorities that would make it the first foreign company to exploit Afghanistan s oil and natural gas reserves.

Brazilian firms have been investing mostly in primary industries such as energy and mining, led by Petrobras in oil and energy (UNCTAD 2004a).

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And, as if this good news were not enough, Brazil s giant state oil company, Petrobrás, is already at work developing two huge deep water oil fields discovered in the sea off the coast of Rio de Janeiro.

Chávez turned PDVSA into a personal fiefdom and used it as a cash cow many of his social programs were funded directly from the company s budget.

The abolition of the slave trade in 1863 had a devastating impact on their economies, although the economy revived when oil was discovered in Venezuela during the early 20th century, and the islands became major oil refineries.

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Other agreements include a project in which Brazil s state energy company, Petrobrás, and Cuba s Cupet will extract oil in the Gulf of Mexico, and another that involves technological aid from the Brazilian Company Pessquisa Agropecuária for the development of soya production in Cuba.