8chan/8kun QResearch Posts (15)
#15749742 at 2022-03-01 02:43:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #19915: The People's Convoy Is Rolling Into The Heartland Of America Edition
https://resistthemainstream.org/two-global-oil-titans-announce-divestment-from-russia-over-ukraine-invasion
Two United Kingdom-based global petroleum giants have announced that they will be ending partnerships with Russian oil companies in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
British Petroleum first announced Sunday that it was divesting from state-controlled Russian oil giant Rosneft. BP has had nearly a 20% stake in Rosneft since 2013, and both current BP CEO Bernard Looney and former CEO Bob Dudley served on Rosneft's board of directors. In addition to severing its financial ties, Looney, who has been on the board of Rosneft since 2020, and Dudley, who has been on the board since 2013, will both resign from their positions.
"Russia's attack on Ukraine is an act of aggression which is having tragic consequences across the region," BP chair Helge Lund said in a statement.
"[BP] has operated in Russia for over 30 years, working with brilliant Russian colleagues. However, this military action represents a fundamental change. It has led the [BP] board to conclude, after a thorough process, that our involvement with Rosneft, a state-owned enterprise, simply cannot continue. We can no longer support [BP] representatives holding a role on the Rosneft board. The Rosneft holding is no longer aligned with [BP's] business and strategy and it is now the board's decision to exit [BP's] shareholding in Rosneft. The [BP] board believes these decisions are in the best long-term interests of all our shareholders."
BP's announcement was followed by British oil giant Shell announcing Monday that it would discontinue its joint ventures with Russian oil company Gazprom. Shell had previously owned a 27.5 percent stake in a Russian facility producing liquified natural gas, and a 50% stake in two Russian petroleum and energy development ventures. Shell was also involved in the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. ..
#15743184 at 2022-02-28 06:25:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #19906: Russia Has A Clear Path To Victory In Ukraine Edition
BP Abandons $25B In Russian Oil Retreat
Reuters February 27, 2022
By Ron Bousso and Dmitry Zhdannikov (Reuters) - BP is abandoning its stake in Russian oil giant Rosneft in an abrupt and costly end to three decades of operating in the energy-rich country, marking the most significant move yet by a Western company in response to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
Rosneft accounts for around half of BP's oil and gas reserves and a third of its production and divesting the 19.75% stake will result in charges of up to $25 billion, the British company said, without saying how it plans to extricate itself.
"I have been deeply shocked and saddened by the situation unfolding in Ukraine and my heart goes out to everyone affected. It has caused us to fundamentally rethink bp's position with Rosneft," BP BP.L Chief Executive Bernard Looney said.
The rapid retreat represents a dramatic exit for BP, the biggest foreign investor in Russia, and puts the spotlight on other Western companies with operations in the country including France's TotalEnergies TTEF.PA and Britain's Shell SHEL.L, amid an escalating crisis between the West and Moscow.
It also underscores growing pressure from Western governments on their companies to curtail operations in Russia as they widen a net of economic sanctions against Moscow.
British Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng, who on Friday had expressed "concern" over BP's Rosneft, welcomed the decision.
"Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine must be a wake up call for British businesses with commercial interests in (President Vladimir) Putin's Russia," Kwarteng said on Twitter.
Rosneft ROSN.MM blamed BP's decision on "unprecedented political pressure," Russian news agencies reported, saying 30 years of successful cooperation had been ruined.
Susannah Streeter, senior investment analyst at British retail stock broker Hargreaves Lansdown, said it will be "highly difficult" for BP "to recover anywhere near what was considered to be the full value" of Rosneft.
Last week, Looney said that BP was sticking to its Russian business and would comply with any Western sanctions on Moscow.
Earlier, Putin put Russia's nuclear deterrent on high alert in the face of Western reprisals for his invasion of Ukraine, which included blocking access to the SWIFT international payment system for some Russian banks.
And Norway's $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, will divest its Russian assets after the Ukraine invasion, its prime minister said.
DIVIDEND BLOW
BP said its move and financial hit will not impact its short and long term financial targets within its strategy to shift away from oil and gas to low-carbon fuels and renewables energy.
But Hargreaves Lansdown's Streeter said a write down of this magnitude is "likely to limit the extent to which BP can continue to accelerate its transition towards renewables."
Looney and his predecessor as CEO Bob Dudley will both step down from the board of Rosneft, which BP acquired a shareholding in as part of its $12.5 billion TNK-BP stake sale in 2013.
BP held a board meeting on Friday and another on Sunday where the decision to quit Rosneft, as well as two other joint ventures BP has with Rosneft in Russia, was taken, a spokesperson for the company said.
It will take an $11 billion foreign exchange non-cash charge after the exit from Rosneft, which BP will no longer include in its accounts. BP said it also expects a second non-cash charge of up to $14 billion, for the "carrying value" of Rosneft.
BP received revenue from Rosneft in the form of dividends which totalled around $640 million in 2021, roughly 3% of its overall cash flow from operations.
The company currently has around 200 employees in Russia, most of whom are local staff, the BP spokesperson said.
Many other Western energy companies have operations in Russia, including TotalEnergies which holds a 19.4% Novatek NVTK.MM stake and 20% of the Yamal LNG project.
"In the current environment any European or American company with assets in Russia must be considering similar moves," Eurasia Group analyst Henning Gloystein told Reuters.
https://gcaptain.com/bp-abandons-russian-oil/
#15738334 at 2022-02-27 18:06:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #19900: WHO Children Of Darkness Push For A Global Pandemic Treaty Edition
BP Will Exit 20% Stake In Russian State Oil Giant Rosneft
Following days of intense pressure from the U.K. government, UK energy giant BP Plc said it will exit its 19.75% stake in Russian oil company Rosneft, a dramatic reversal after Russia's invasion of Ukraine as Western nations are trying to inflict as much economic pain as possible on Moscow. BP had held its stake in Rosneft since 2013. BP is Rosneft's biggest private shareholder, according to the Russian company.
Additionally, BP chief executive officer Bernard Looney is resigning from the board of Rosneft with immediate effect. The other Rosneft director nominated by BP, former BP group chief executive Bob Dudley, is similarly resigning from the board.
BP chair Helge Lund said: "Russia's attack on Ukraine is an act of aggression which is having tragic consequences across the region. bp has operated in Russia for over 30 years, working with brilliant Russian colleagues. However, this military action represents a fundamental change. It has led the bp board to conclude, after a thorough process, that our involvement with Rosneft, a state-owned enterprise, simply cannot continue. We can no longer support bp representatives holding a role on the Rosneft board. The Rosneft holding is no longer aligned with bp's business and strategy and it is now the board's decision to exit bp's shareholding in Rosneft. The bp board believes these decisions are in the best long-term interests of all our shareholders."
BP chief executive officer Bernard Looney added: "Like so many, I have been deeply shocked and saddened by the situation unfolding in Ukraine and my heart goes out to everyone affected. It has caused us to fundamentally rethink bp's position with Rosneft. I am convinced that the decisions we have taken as a board are not only the right thing to do, but are also in the long-term interests of bp. Our immediate priority is caring for our great people in the region and we will do our utmost to support them. We are also looking at how bp can support the wider humanitarian effort."
Bernard Looney has been a director of Rosneft as one of two BP-nominated directors since 2020. Bob Dudley has been a director of Rosneft since 2013.
According to the Rosneft website, Putin chairs the board, which includes Looney as well as heads of Russian banks and other entities that have been subject to Western sanctions. The organization supports arts and other cultural causes, according to the website, which says trustees serve voluntarily.
In December 2021 Rosneft reported that BP is the "leading British investor in the Russian economy with a total investment of $18 billion." The figure fluctuates based on Rosneft's value, which has been hammered by the Russia-Ukraine conflict and Western sanctions.
BP said that the resignations will require BP to change its accounting treatment of its Rosneft shareholding and, as a result, it expects to report a material non-cash charge with its first quarter 2022 results, to be reported in May. The company didn't give details but said the carrying value of the asset stood at $14 billion.
And with BP set to spark a firesale in the already depressed shares, the next question as the FT's Chief Political Correspondents Jim Pickard notes, is "who will the buyer be and at what price."
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/bp-will-exit-20-stake-russian-state-oil-giant-rosneft
#14899213 at 2021-11-01 14:24:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #18847: Just Another Panic Monday E-Bake Edition
I was looking in to the maker of Melania's Burberry jacket. I started looking into Marco Gobbetti, the CEO who stepped down in July and noticed he went to school in Glendale, AZ at the Thunderbird School of Global Management. That school was set up on an old air field in Glendale that trained pilots for the war. It has a big connection to Hollywood. The airfield was sold to the school for one dollar.
Thunderbird Field began in 1939 as a collaborative project by Hollywood agent and producer Leland Hayward, former Air Service pilot John H. "Jack" Connelly, and Life magazine photographer John Swope, founders of Southwest Airways. Backed by investors that included James Stewart, singer-actor Hoagy Carmichael, Cary Grant, Henry Fonda, Robert Taylor, and Margaret Sullavan, construction of the pilot training facility near Glendale, Arizona,[3] began on 2 January 1941, and was completed in three months.
The Wikepedia says there is a full list of graduates at the ASU site but it won't let me see it. I am not a member.
Alumni
Thunderbird has a number of notable graduates, including Walid Chammah, former chairman of Morgan Stanley;[19] Bob Dudley, the retired CEO of BP;[19] and Luis Alberto Moreno, former Ambassador of Colombia to the United States and the current president of the Inter-American Development Bank.[47] Lee Abbamonte, the youngest American to visit all 193 United Nations member states, graduated in 2010.[48] Ramon Laguarta is currently the CEO of PepsiCo,[49] Mark Smucker is the CEO of The J.M. Smucker Company[50] and Sven Ombudstvedt is the CEO of Norske Skog.[51] Also Carlos Neuhaus, who headed the 2019 Lima Panamerican Games. A full list of notable alumni is posted on Thunderbird's website.
Thunderbird has approximately 45,000 alumni who work for more than 12,000 different organizations across 150 countries.[15][19]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Gobbetti
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbird_School_of_Global_Management
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbird_Field_No._1
https://thunderbird.asu.edu/
#10011448 at 2020-07-19 19:30:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12811: Zero Delta WWG1WGA Edition
>>10011231
Igor Sechin
Igor Ivanovich Sechin (Russian: ????? ???????? ?????; born 7 September 1960) is a Russian oligarch and a government official, considered a close ally and "de facto deputy" of Vladimir Putin.[2] Sechin is often described as one of Putin's most conservative counselors and the leader of the Kremlin's Siloviki faction, a lobby gathering former security services agents.[3][4][5][a] Until 21 May 2012, he served as Deputy Prime Minister of Russia in Vladimir Putin's cabinet,[6][7] and he is currently the Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Management Board of Rosneft, the Russian state oil company.[8] His nickname is Darth Vader.[9]
In 2008, Igor Sechin was involved with the BP oil company and did private negotiations with the BP's CEO Bob Dudley.[16] In 2008, Hugo Chávez said that the idea for Venezuelan nuclear energy program came from Sechin. Sechin negotiated deals on weapons and nuclear technology deliveries to Venezuela.[17][18] In July 2009, Sechin negotiated deals with Cuba that brought Russia into deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.[19]
Sechin also presides over the Board of Directors of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, and helped with negotiations with France over the purchase of four Mistral-class ships. Sechin argued that two ships should be constructed in Russia and two in France, as opposed to the initial offer that only one be constructed in Russia.[20] Piotr ?ochowski, of the Polish Center for Eastern Studies, argued that "it cannot be ruled out that Sechin's stance on this issue results from his personal financial involvement in the St Petersburg shipbuilding industry".[20]
On 12 April 2011, Sechin resigned from the board of Rosneft upon President Medvedev's 31 March 2011 order for senior officials to resign from large companies.[21] After Vladimir Putin became President of Russia in May 2012, he later resigned as vice prime minister on 21 May 2012 and rejoined the executive board of Rosneft as chairman and became the executive secretary for the Russia Federation's commission on the development strategy of the fuel and energy complex and environmental safety (Russian: ???????? ?? ???????? ????????? ???????? ???? ? ????????????? ????????????) in June.[6][7]
In December 2014, a CNBC article noted that Sechin is "widely believed to be Russia's second-most powerful person" after President Putin.[22] In December 2017, The Guardian noted that Sechin "is widely seen as the second most powerful man in Russia after Vladimir Putin".[23]
The Steele dossier alleged that Sechin met with Carter Page in 2016 as a representative of the Donald Trump presidential campaign, and offered Trump the brokerage of a 19.6% private share in Rosneft in exchange for lifting sanctions imposed following the 2014 Russian intervention in Ukraine.[24][25][26][c] The 2019 Mueller Report did not corroborate those allegations, and neither Page nor Sechin were indicted with any crime.[27]
Sechin was instrumental in the arrest and trial of Putin's former minister of economy, Alexei Ulyukaev, charged and found guilty of soliciting a bribe from Igor Sechin. The verdict was delivered after hearing testimony from Sechin in a closed trial,[28] and is another indicator, according to The Financial times, of the power wielded by Sechin in Russian politics.[29]
In November 2018, Sechin released a statement at the first Russian-Chinese Energy Business Forum in Beijing, about increased levels of cooperation between Rosneft and Chinese owned energy companies, citing "increased protectionism and threats of trade wars" as a reason for the cooperation.[30][31] Agreements of cooperation were signed between Rosneft and Chinese Hengli Group and include expansion in exploration as well as production and refining.[32]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Sechin
#9842242 at 2020-07-03 19:23:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12596: A dull shill is a worthless shill [B spuad] EDITION
>>9842186
Old Oil Fields Are A Major Source Of New Supply
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaellynch/2018/03/13/old-oil-fields-are-a-major-source-of-new-supply/
The animated show South Park ran an episode in which Professor Chaos becomes frustrated trying to come up with an idea for mischief that hasn't already been done by The Simpsons. "Simpons did it," is the response to his every suggestion. In petroleum economics, the place of the Simpsons is filled by (my mentor) the late Morry Adelman, who wrote a number of papers on the basics which have stood the test of time, even if few are aware of them. (How many read "Resources and Energy?")
I was reminded of this by Javier Blas' article "Aging Oil Fields Defy Gravity to Pump More Crude," in which BP CEO Bob Dudley talks that "I cannot remember ever in my career having seen a negative decline rate." The funny thing is that only four days earlier, Rystad Energy reported that they estimated growth in reserves in old fields of 151 billion barrels over the previous four years. (And no, two thirds were in conventional fields, not shale.)
Indeed, many would be incredulous to hear that oil reserves were not declining, given headlines like "Global oil supply to lag demand after 2020 unless new investments are approved soon." Although a careful reading suggests that this is nearly always true, just as a car won't move if you don't hit the gas.
Morry Adelman repeatedly tried to explain that oil reserves are an inventory, draw down by sales (production) and replaced by investment (exploration and development). He also demonstrated that most companies have a choice between more intensive development of existing fields or exploring for and developing new fields, and that the cost of the two endeavors should thus generally be equal. (Very simplified.)
But the point is often overlooked by those who cry alarm at news that 'discoveries' are at historic lows, thinking that new supply only comes from new fields. This reflects in part the fact that drilling a few wells in an existing field, adding gas injection, or doing new seismic to identify missed oil in a reservoir is often so small scale that it doesn't make the news-especially compared to billion dollar oil fields in deepwater or Arctic environments.
Most oil reserves added every year are due to revisions and extension, not discoveries. While the proportion is higher in the U.S. than some other countries, which do not use the more conservative "proved reserves" estimate, the phenomenon is global.
#6241032 at 2019-04-19 17:53:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7980: Frivolous Investigations Edition
BP and partners sanction Caspian Sea project worth $6 billion
The $6 billion worth Azeri Central East (ACE) project, the next stage of development of the giant ACG field in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea, has been sanctioned.
The investment decision follows an agreement with the Government of Azerbaijan to extend the life of the ACG field until 2049. ACG is a super-giant field and to date more than 3.5 billion barrels (474 million tonnes) of oil have been produced from the field. The oil is exported to world markets, primarily via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan and Western Route Export pipelines.
The project has been sanctioned by the Steering Committee for the development of the Azeri and Chirag fields and the Deep Water portion of the Gunashli (ACG) field - including SOCAR, BP, Chevron, INPEX, Equinor, ExxonMobil, TPAO, ITOCHU, and ONGC Videsh.
The $6 billion development includes a new offshore platform and facilities designed to process up to 100,000 barrels of oil per day. The project is expected to achieve first production in 2023 and produce up to 300 million barrels over its lifetime, BP said on Friday.
The sanction is the first major investment decision by the ACG partnership since the extension of the ACG production sharing agreement (PSA) to 2049 was agreed in 2017. More than $36 billion has been invested into the development of the ACG area since the original PSA was signed in 1994.
Construction activities to create up to 8,000 jobs
Construction activities, which will start this year and run through mid-2022, will take place in-country utilizing local resources. It is expected that, at peak, construction activities will create up to 8,000 jobs.
Rovnaq Abdullayev, president of SOCAR, said: "Today's sanctioning marks yet another important milestone in the development of ACG for the benefit of the nation, which began 25 years ago with the signing of the Contract of the Century.
"For decades, SOCAR has been reinvesting Azerbaijan's oil revenues in the development of a highly qualified workforce and modern industrial facilities in our country."
He added: "Looking forward, we expect more than 3 billion barrels of additional oil production from ACG. This strategic decision supports Azerbaijan's increasing role as an energy supplier for the regional and global markets."
BP chief executive Bob Dudley said: "Working together over the past 25 years, this remarkable partnership has turned these world-class assets into tremendous benefits for the people of Azerbaijan. The ACE extension builds on that legacy and helps ensure that the next quarter century will be just as bright."
Gary Jones, BP's regional president for Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, added: "Today's announcement supports the long-term production plans we set for ACG when we extended the PSA. It demonstrates our commitment to work with SOCAR and Azerbaijan's Government to continue to unlock ACG's resources more efficiently and competitively."
The Azeri Central East (ACE) project is centered on a new 48-slot production, drilling and quarters platform located mid-way between the existing Central Azeri and East Azeri platforms in a water depth of approximately 140 meters. The project will also include new infield pipelines to transfer oil and gas from the ACE platform to the existing ACG Phase 2 oil and gas export pipelines for transportation to the onshore Sangachal Terminal.
In addition, there will be a water injection pipeline installed between the East Azeri and ACE platforms to supply injection water from the Central Azeri compression and water injection platform to the ACE facilities.
https://www.offshoreenergytoday.com/breaking-bp-and-partners-sanction-caspian-sea-project-worth-6-billion/
#4308529 at 2018-12-14 15:45:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5490: Simmering Stockpot Edition
>>4306030 pb
>Dig on Ambani - Piramal Wedding in India
>>4307158 pb
>Huma, HRC & Bob Dudley at wedding
>>4307221
>Dudley is CEO of British Petroleum
>>4307365
>Dudley was executive in charge of "restoration" after Deepwater Horizon spill
>>4307614 lb
>In 2008, Bob Dudley, now the head of BP , was run out of Russia,
Some crumbs on BP from the archives. Topics covered: Gulf oil spill, Hillary/Hakluyt, Lockerbie/Libya/Mueller, Iran/CIA 1953 coup, Five Eyes
#4307690 at 2018-12-14 14:11:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5489: Farmer Appreciation Edition
>4307614
>>4307424 pb
>>4307221 pb
Shades of Browder/Magnitsky
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/01/complete-urban-myth-bp-cfo-refutes-reports-ceo-Bob-Dudley-was-poisoned-in-russian-plot.html
BP's finance chief does not believe there is any evidence to support the story that the oil giant's chief executive was once poisoned in a Russian plot.
Bob Dudley, the American boss of the British oil major, was thought to have been forced to leave Moscow in 2008 after blood test results showed he was slowly being poisoned, British newspaper The Sunday Telegraph reported, citing a former employee of BP.
"I think that firmly sits in the category of urban myth," Brian Gilvary told CNBC's "Squawk Box Europe" on Tuesday. "I served on the TNK board for two terms, one with Bob and one when Bob left, but the story seems to do the rounds every three, four or five years."
#4307614 at 2018-12-14 13:59:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5489: Farmer Appreciation Edition
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1347876/BP-shares-soar-cent-Russia-deal.html
BP already has a partnership in Russia with its TNK-BP joint venture, which Mr Dudley ran until a major bust-up with the Russians in 2008.
The Russian authorities raided the company's Moscow offices, made it impossible for the firm to carry on doing business for a period, and even forced Mr Dudley into hiding.
There will be deep concerns that if the Russians gain any kind of control in BP, it could expose the company to a repeat of the dispute.
From WSJ but pay to play
In 2008, Bob Dudley, now the head of BP , was run out of Russia, reportedly fearing for his life, after his joint venture was seized by his Russian partners.
He got sideways with Russia back around the days of the Yukos stuff.
#4307221 at 2018-12-14 12:57:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5488: Elf on the Shelf Edition
>>4307158
Bob Dudley of British Petroleum
his name was listed in >>4306030 (pb)
dig moar
#4306030 at 2018-12-14 07:51:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5487: They All Have Foundations & Institutes For A Reason Edition
Dig on Ambani - Piramal Wedding
Not much info in the notables or past breads
Attendees
Isha Abani - Bride
Anand Piramal - Husband
John Kerry - Disgraced SoS
John Legend - Muscian
Beyonce (preforming in a gold costume)
Hillary Clinton (wearing a gold dress)
Devendra Fadnavis - Maharashtra chief minister
Lakshmi Mittal - CEO of ArcelorMittal (largest steel making company)
Bob Dudley - BP group chief executive
James Murdoch - 21st Century Fox CEO
Ivan Menezes - Diageo CEO
Khalid Al-Falih - Saudi Energy Minister
Bill Winters - CEO, Standard Chartered Bank
Martin Sorell - CEO WPP (worlds largest PR and Advert company)
Kenneth Hitchner - chairman and chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs in Asia Pacific ex-Japan
Nicolas Aguzin - chairman and CEO, JP Morgan Asia Pacific
Farhan Faruquh - group executive international
Klaus Schwab - Founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum
Arianna Huffington - Founder of The Huffington Post and CEO of Thrive Global
Rajeev Suri - President and CEO of Nokia
Anil Kapoor - Actor
David Dhawan - Film Director
Vidya Balan and Siddharth Roy Kapur - Actress
John Abraham and Priya Runchal - Actor
Javed Jaffrey - Actor
Sachin Tendulkar and Anjali Tendulkar, - Cricket Player
Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas, Bollywood Actress and Musician
Sakshi Singh Dhoni and her daughter Ziva Wife and daughter of cricket player
https://www.news18 .com/news/india/hillary-clinton-lakshmi-mittal-sachin-tendulkar-arrive-for-isha-ambanis-pre-wedding-celebration-in-udaipur-1964697.html
Pre-Wedding was held at the City Palce of Udaipur which is located in the southernmost part of Rajasthan
Cost of wedding was 100 million dollars
#4302353 at 2018-12-14 02:05:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5482: Thank you Mr. Sessions Edition
Udaipur Turns into Davos as Fortune 500 CEOs, Hillary Clinton Arrive for Isha Ambani's Wedding
New Delhi: Global CEOs, including steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, BP group chief executive Bob Dudley, 21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch and Diageo CEO Ivan Menezes, among others, descended on Udaipur to attend the wedding festivities of Isha Ambani, the daughter of RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani, along with prominent politicians and movie stars.
Isha Ambani, 27, will marry Anand Piramal, 33, executive director of Piramal Group, in Mumbai on Tuesday, but the festivities began this weekend in Rajasthan's 'City of Lakes' Udaipur, with three days of pre-wedding rituals.
Other high-profile corporate leaders attending the wedding festivities include Khalid Al-Falih, chairman of Saudi Aramco; Bill Winters, CEO, Standard Chartered Bank; WPP founder Martin Sorell; Kenneth Hitchner, chairman and chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs in Asia Pacific ex-Japan; Nicolas Aguzin, chairman and CEO, JP Morgan Asia Pacific; Farhan Faruqui, group executive international, ANZ; Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum; Arianna Huffington, founder of The Huffington Post and CEO of Thrive Global; and Rajeev Suri, president and CEO of Nokia.
The guest list also includes former US secretary of state and Democratic candidate in the 2016 presidential election Hillary Clinton and Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. According to sources, US singer Beyonce will perform at the wedding.
Anil Kapoor, David Dhawan, Vidya Balan-Siddharth Roy Kapur, John Abraham-Priya Runchal and Javed Jaffrey, Sachin Tendulkar-Anjali Tendulkar, Priyanka Chopra-Nick Jonas, Sakshi Singh Dhoni and her daughter Ziva, among others were also seen.
The soon-to-be married couple arrived in Udaipur on December 6 with designer Manish Malhotra to kick-off the preparations for their wedding celebrations, which are speculated to be an intimate affair. The couple apparently wants to celebrate their wedding as a personal and private moment with their close circle of friends.
The wedding will bring together two of India's most prominent business families. RIL is India's biggest private enterprise. The Piramals have interests in pharmaceuticals and real estate.
The couple's engagement took place at the luxury Villa D'Este hotel on Italy's Lake Como, attended by more than 600 guests, and featuring a private performance by singer John Legend.
https://www.news18.com/news/india/hillary-clinton-lakshmi-mittal-sachin-tendulkar-arrive-for-isha-ambanis-pre-wedding-celebration-in-udaipur-1964697.html
#4271707 at 2018-12-12 15:05:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5442: Quo Vadis Edition
No coincidences.
https://www.indiatimes.com/entertainment/google-ceo-sundar-pichai-thinks-shah-rukh-khan-helped-him-become-more-popular-336609.html
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/hillary-clinton-grooves-to-bollywood-numbers-with-shah-rukh-khan/articleshow/67056547.cms
Also there.
John Kerry
Beyonce
Arianna Huffington
James Murdoch (FOX)
Bob Dudley (think BP oil spill)
#1612397 at 2018-06-02 02:16:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2028: "Re_read drops - you have more than you know" Edition
Does any anon have any idea what this could be about?
Pope Francis is hosting a gathering next week at the Vatican with executives of major oil producers and investment firms to talk about how the companies can address climate change, according to several people familiar with the event.
Why it matters: It's one of the most significant developments showing how corporations are working with other world leaders on climate change amid President Trump's whole-scale retreat on the issue.
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Situational awareness: One year ago today, Trump announced his intention to withdraw America from the Paris climate deal, which now has support from every country except the United States. Three years ago, Pope Francis wrote his encyclical - a papal letter sent to all bishops of the Roman Catholic Church - on the importance of addressing climate change, a first in the church's history.
Here's a list of some of the participants in the private conference, with more expected:
Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, world's largest asset manager.
Bob Dudley, CEO of BP.
Darren Woods, CEO of ExxonMobil.
Eldar Sætre, CEO of Equinor, oil and energy producer partially owned by the Norwegian government (formerly Statoil).
Ernest Moniz, former U.S. Energy Secretary under then-President Obama.
Lord John Browne, former CEO of BP and current executive chairman of L1 Energy, an oil and gas investment firm.
Ben Van Beurden, CEO of Royal Dutch Shell, was invited but declined because he had an obligation elsewhere, according to an official.
8chan/8kun QResearch2Gen Posts (1)
#24264 at 2018-06-05 21:06:28 (UTC+1)
2nd Generation Q Research General #32 - End of an Era? Edition
Sudden interest in global power plants for Italy. On the same days when the Bilderberg group meets in Turin, in Rome, Bergoglio presides over a summit, which he has summoned, with the Seven Sisters - to be precise, with the supreme leaders of the crude multinationals - and their sufficient transnational auxiliaries . The meeting is held on 7-10 June. The information on this enigmatic Pope-Petrolieri summit is about as scarce as those on the Bilderberg. The meeting is in fact defined as "private", that is, secret and with invitations.
The excuse for the meeting, to read the unofficial press releases, is the common concern of the oil billionaires and El Papa for climate change. "It is one of the most highly significant developments", the statement says, "demonstrating how the big corporations work with the other world leaders on climate change, coinciding with President Trump's complete withdrawal from the theme of global warming".
It can be well said: the neo-church of Bergoglio has replaced to anxiety for the eternal salvation of the souls anxious thirst for the salvation of the planet - threatened, as everyone knows, by that polluter that is the human race. In this, with perfect consistency, in January of last year, the Vatican has called to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, as a speaker at the conference "Saving the natural world", that is to instruct Christians about their new urgent moral tasks, the entomologist Paul Ehrlich, famous promoter of selective abortion and mass sterilization to defuse what he called "the Population Bomb", the demographic bomb.
The statement gives a first list of participants, warning that it is incomplete. There will be:
Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, "the invisible rock that governs the world", an article by Corriere, the largest investment fund on the planet, "with managed assets of 6.3 trillion dollars, the GDP of France and Spain put together, almost three times our public debt. The black rock owes its fortune to asset management: pension funds, banks, states ". And the "first foreign investor in Europe (and in Italy), a major shareholder in banks such as Deutsche Bank, Intesa San Paolo, BNP, Ing, a significant shareholder in the energy, chemical, transport, agri-food, aeronautics and real estate sectors ".
Fink is the big boss!!!
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Bob Dudley, president-chief executive officer (CEO) of BP, British Petroleum, based in London, $ 240 billion revenue.
Darren Woods, CEO of Exxon Mobil.
Ben Van Beurden, CEO of oyal Dutch Shell ", who declined having a previous commitment.
Ernest Moniz, former Secretary of Energy under the then President Obama.
The world's first investment fund is ready to jump on alternative energy along with the Seven Sisters, because they are becoming "competitive" on an economic level, attractive to American liquid capital; but certainly this requires enormous investments in the conversion of mega-infrastructures, and a change of paradigm among the populations, that is, a great psycho-propaganda operation that stamps the use of oil as immoral towards the planet. So investors have to make sure that the moral authority par excellence is part of the plan, cooperating with the Overton windows that the lords will open, and begin to preach for "clean" energies (or self-styled ones) and anathematize the "Pollutants" (or so-called: see the sudden Western campaign on the Diesel engine).
The head teacher of this strange business school, Leo Burke, did not want to comment on the papal meeting of which he appears to have been the maneuver: with an email, he reminded the investigative journalist that "we have already said that every energy meeting involving the Vatican will be a private dialogue with the guests ".