Peter Drysdale Crawford School of Economics and Government The Australian National University and Christopher Findlay School of Economics University of Adelaide Abstract The last nine months has seen Chinese foreign direct investment in the Australian resource sector become an issue of policy interest. There are two big questions that the prospects of a significant rise in foreign direct investment (FDI) from China into the Australian resources sector have raised. Is the surge of FDI into Australian
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9 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Energy report (Forecast closing date: August 6th 2009) Energy consumption, international comparison (m tonnes oil equivalent) Kazakhstan US Japan China Germany Source: Economist Intelligence Unit. 2004 a 60 2,354 530 1,418 346 2005 a 68 2,362 527 1,567 343 2006 a 70 2,362 b 527 b 1,718 344 2007 b 74 2,370 522 1,853 347 2008 b 78 2,338 510 1,977 347 2009 c 76 2,284 490 2,003 339 2010 c 76 2,274 492 2,094 338 2011 c 77 2,272 496 2,207 338
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A. Income. in macroeconomics is more than the income received by employees in the form of salaries or wages. example, for households and individuals, income is the sum of all the wages, salaries, profits, interest s payments, rents and other forms of earning received in a given period of time. B. Consumption. Consumption means the expenditures made by households on goods and services. Example, consumer durable products like washing machines are consumed immediately after purchase. C. Multiplier
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sedimentary rock, which caused extreme pressures and heat. This heat and pressure exerted as time passed developed the crude oils we see today. The quality and composition of the crude oil varies based upon the hydrocarbon makeup of the petroleum. Petroleum was first used to provide kerosene for lighting in the mid nineteenth century. Demand for the less expensive fuel quickly sored in the United States and around the world. This would only be the beginning of a rush in production to feed
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Copyright of Shell Supply & Distribution RESTRICTED July 2012 2 THE WORLD’S LARGEST CORPORATIONS BY REVENUE Rank 2011 revenues ($ million) 484,489 452,926 2011 profits ($ million) 30,918 41,060 15,699 25,700 9,453 16,317 5,678 26,895 12,436 Shell ExxonMobil Wal-Mart Stores 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 446,950 386,463 375,214 352,338 259,142 245,621 237,272 BP Sinopec Group China National Petroleum State Grid Chevron ConocoPhillips Toyota Motor Source: Fortune Global 500, 2012 Copyright
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Impact of Nigeria's Bilateral Investment Agreements in Oil and Gas on the Right to Health and the Right to a Healthy Environment: A Case Study of the Niger Delta” Full Name of Student (Your student registration number) A XXXXXXXXXXX DISSERTATION SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT FOR THE REQUIREMENT OF DEGREE OF XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX UNIVERITY
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carrying petroleum products because they consume significantly more energy (320 BTU for railways and 1700 BTU for roads to move one tonne of petroleum products over one km) than pipelines for which the comparable figure is only 50-135 BTU. Clearly, pipeline transportation is the most efficient way of moving petroleum products and gases and, hence, is the preferred mode all over the world. In developed countries like the USA and the UK, almost all long distance transportation of petroleum products
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a part of LG corportation. LG electronics which is called GoldStar at that time was founded by KOO IN-HWOI who was founder of LG corporation in 1st Oct 1958 at KOREA. At that time, radios were attracting interests as embodiments of civilization, bringing news of the world to their listeners. Mr. Koo thought, ‘we could make a radio by ourselves likes TOSHIBA, NATIONAL.’ So, he founded GoldStar. And finally, at 15th Nov 1959 they made the first Korean radio which is including more than 60% of domestic
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Strategic Research Project Analysis: NOBLE ENERGY, INC Respectfully Submitted to: Dr Shengsheng Charlie Huang Strategic Management MGMT 4309- Fall 2013 Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary 2. Introduction 3.1 Company Background 3.2 Purpose of the study 3. External Analysis 4.3 General Environmental Analysis 4.4.1 Demographic Segment 4.4.2 Economic Segment 4.4.3 Political/Legal Segment 4.4.4 Socio-Cultural Segment
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CentGas was incorporated in formal signing ceremonies in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan by several international oil companies along with the Government of Turkmenistan. In January 1998, the Taliban, selecting CentGas over Argentinian competitor Bridas Corporation, signed an agreement that allowed the proposed project to proceed. In June 1998, Russian Gazprom relinquished its 10% stake in the project. Unocal withdrew from the consortium on 8 December 1998. The new deal on the pipeline was signed on 27
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