Unocal

Companies such as Unocal earn a significant amount of economic rent when the price of oil rises well above the cost of production.

Trade and Growth 2006

A second-rank oil firm such as Unocal is not worth such a sacrifice of principles.

CNOOC winners and losers: US is the loser in this deal Sun Bin 2005

A second-rank oil firm such as Unocal is not worth such a sacrifice of principles.

Archive 2005-08-01 Sun Bin 2005

First, the Delaware Supreme Court developed the "Unocal" standard of enhanced scrutiny.

WSJ M&A 101: The Origins of the Takeover Wars - Deal Journal - WSJ 2010

Political sensitivities most notably quashed Cnooc Ltd.'s 2005 attempt to acquire Unocal Corp. of the U.S. And this February, Huawei Technologies Co. agreed to unravel a $2 million deal to acquire the assets of a small U.S. technology company following objections from CFIUS.

Alibaba's Eye for Yahoo Poses Tests Owen Fletcher 2011

For Sinopec Chairman Fu Chengyu, the move was the first unsolicited bid he has made since leading China-based Cnooc Ltd.'s failed effort to buy U.S. oil company Unocal Corp. six years ago.

China Gas Pushes Back on Bid Chester Yung 2011

Getting back to the TAP -- in 1995, Unocal approached the Administration of then Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto about building a pipeline, from Turkmenistan, across Afghanistan and onwards to Lahore.

Melissa Roddy: The Afghanistan Pipeline Story Is a Floppy Red Herring Melissa Roddy 2010

Instead, in December 1997, Omar sent a trade delegation to Sugarland, Texas to discuss a trans-Afghan gas pipeline deal with the now defunct energy firm, Unocal.

James Fergusson: Understanding The Religious Worldview Of The Taliban James Fergusson 2011

Nevertheless, for the sake of maintaining good relations with Washington, Mrs. Bhutto told Unocal that if they built it, she would buy the gas.

Melissa Roddy: The Afghanistan Pipeline Story Is a Floppy Red Herring Melissa Roddy 2010

But, as Unocal and other oil firms, intrigued by the idea of building energy pipelines from the Caspian Sea across Afghanistan to Indian Ocean energy hubs like Gwadar, eventually found out, the Taliban were hardly an agent of stability.

Pakistan’s Fatal Shore 2009