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Oil Companies Still Hiding the True Risks of Deepwater Drilling from Investors

OilPrice.com -- Oil and gas companies are doing a terrible job of disclosing climate and deepwater drilling risks, even in light of the tragic Gulf of Mexico oil spill, according to a new report.

While companies are making extensive capital investments related to climate change and deepwater drilling, they are generally failing to adequately disclose the associated risks in a manner consistent with US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) rules and growing investor expectations, according to a report co-authored by Boston-based investor coalition Ceres and advisory firm David Gardiner & Associates.

The report evaluated SEC filings for the 10 largest US-listed oil and gas companies – Apache, BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Eni, ExxonMobil, Marathon, Shell, Suncor and Total – none of which received an e


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honda0105
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Message Posted: Aug 9, 2012 12:00:17 AM

If Pig Oil's mouthpiece, OilPrice.com, is bringing this up, then it stands to reason that this is solely the tip of the iceberg.
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NHLiveFree and jrsva have both made very interesting points ....
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Gas_Eyes
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Message Posted: Aug 8, 2012 2:12:14 AM

Most of the drilling are not done by big oil companies but are farmed out to oil services companies. Big oil should disclose what they are doing.
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Message Posted: Aug 6, 2012 7:24:18 PM


Most of the easy oil has been recovered. Drilling in deep water and other hostile places increases the cost and the risk of oil production. The sooner we have viable alternatives to petroleum fuels the better off we will all be.
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us4usa
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Message Posted: Aug 6, 2012 7:06:28 PM

Same with car salesman/DC, still hiding the true risks...
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Message Posted: Aug 6, 2012 6:56:01 PM

They wouldn't do that.
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NHLiveFree
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Message Posted: Aug 6, 2012 6:45:18 PM


Most of the Big Oil resident shills and spin doctors are MIA on this news article. Interesting?
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NHLiveFree
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Message Posted: Aug 6, 2012 6:41:24 PM


Big Oil is right up there with Wall St and the mega Banks for a total lack of ehtics and trustworthiness!
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Oil companies pray to their God in hopes it will be a banner year without government involvement
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Message Posted: Aug 6, 2012 6:28:25 PM

Big Oil isn't telling the truth? I'm shocked! Shocked!
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Message Posted: Aug 6, 2012 6:21:36 PM

OIL COMPANIES ARE JUST LYING BUTT HEADS
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gaswatchON
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Message Posted: Aug 6, 2012 6:20:23 PM

I'm so surprised that the oil company's are telling a lie NOT!!!
If the oil company's had to pay taxes on there lies nobody else would have to pay taxes
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everything has risks...... DUH
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Message Posted: Aug 6, 2012 6:19:51 PM

Um, I think Deepwater Horizon showed us all the risks we need to know about.
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Message Posted: Aug 6, 2012 6:19:46 PM

ok
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Liberals still making up LIES!
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Message Posted: Aug 6, 2012 6:15:12 PM

greed lives--so is anyone really surprised ??
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Message Posted: Aug 6, 2012 6:14:00 PM

Ok
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Message Posted: Aug 6, 2012 6:13:48 PM

No surprise
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Message Posted: Aug 6, 2012 6:13:04 PM

This comes as no real surprise to any of us, I'm sure. I think that is why they push so hard to get rid of the EPA and any other organization that will hold them to account for some of the trash they subject the American public to- far too much money and too many stupid people standing in the way... it's all about the dollars.
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Big Oil Lies - ha ha ha
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Message Posted: Aug 6, 2012 6:11:59 PM

I should think the big investors already know that.
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Message Posted: Aug 6, 2012 6:11:53 PM

Thank you Mr. Obvious!
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Message Posted: Aug 6, 2012 6:11:40 PM

Ok
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Message Posted: Aug 6, 2012 6:11:26 PM

thanks for the post
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Message Posted: Aug 6, 2012 6:11:11 PM

Who believes they would tell the truth? Only an idiot.
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It has to be dangerous.
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Message Posted: Aug 6, 2012 6:09:58 PM

Of course they are
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Message Posted: Aug 6, 2012 6:09:17 PM

no surprise there. it's all about cash flows and stock price
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If we only knew the truth.
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Message Posted: Aug 6, 2012 6:07:03 PM

Wouldn't surprise me a bit.
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Message Posted: Aug 6, 2012 6:06:22 PM

Nothing new.
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Ok.
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Ok
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ok
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Nothing new here.
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ok
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Message Posted: Aug 6, 2012 5:51:51 PM

they hide a lot they don't want us to know ...
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Message Posted: Aug 6, 2012 5:44:15 PM

there are risks in every day of life!!
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Message Posted: Aug 6, 2012 5:43:59 PM

BIG OIL is LIEING AGAIN??? How can that be!
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Message Posted: Aug 6, 2012 5:43:36 PM

They want us kept in the dark.
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Message Posted: Aug 6, 2012 5:42:36 PM

Not good.
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NOT A SHOCKER!
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Message Posted: Aug 6, 2012 5:34:33 PM

Would Oil companies ever lie?

Oh, don't answer that one!

[Edited by: mdskier at 8/6/2012 11:35:17 PM EST]
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Being truthful is something most companies are not known for.
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they don't want anyone to know the facts
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Message Posted: Aug 6, 2012 5:32:17 PM

hmmm
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