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- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Desert Dust-Up
Simmons Photo Courtesy Simmons & Co. INTL. Oil and water don’t mix. That truism about elements at odds could also serve as an analogy for Matthew Simmons (MBA ’67), who’s sometimes known as a petroleum-industry contrarian. But it’s the... View Details
Lyman Stewart
Prior to starting the Hardison and Stewart Oil Company, the entity that later became Union Oil, Stewart engaged in several unsuccessful business ventures in the oil industry. At Union Oil, however, Stewart... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 15 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Navigating the Future of Renewable Energy at Port Esbjerg
transitioned increasingly to serve oil and gas companies. However, in recent years, the port has undergone another transition, to meet the growing demand for offshore wind. Our visit was divided into four parts: an introductory... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Robert B. Stobaugh (DBA '68)
engineer Bob Stobaugh decided to pursue his true vocation: teaching. "As a manager in the oil and chemical industries, I often needed to explain complex business problems to my coworkers," Stobaugh says. "I found that I enjoyed the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Hollywood Story
has a lot in common with film producing and screenwriting. “There is definitely something to be said for having the kind of training I had at Goldman,” says Epstein, who finished production in May on The Deal, a “global oil thriller” she... View Details
Armand Hammer
Hammer expanded Occidental Oil from a tiny, near-bankrupt California oil firm into one of the “Big Oil” companies - turning it into a conglomerate, beginning with the acquisition of an View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Ross S. Sterling
Using proceeds from his feed store business, Sterling began investing in oil wells in 1909. Forming Humble Oil with several other astute oil businessmen, Sterling led his... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Joshua S. Cosden
Known as the “prince of petroleum,” Cosden is credited with establishing Oklahoma as a major oil producing state. Starting with a small parcel of land, he built a $35 million oil business in ten short years.... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
To create breakthrough strategies, harness creativity to the scientific method
strategies. Procter & Gamble employed this model when it wanted to become a major player in the global beauty-care sector. It transformed the down-market Oil of Olay into a world-class brand and proved that this product could attract both... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Leading in the face of complex challenges
founded in the 1930s as Hess Oil and Chemical Company. A longtime advocate for and supporter of HBS, Hess is at the helm of an effort that also seeks to actively engage the alumni community. He considers the mobilization of alumni as... View Details
Otto D. Donnell
When Donnell took over the presidency of Ohio Oil in 1927, the company had over $104 million in assets with $7 million in net profits. Donnell began a program of expansion in 1930, purchasing various oil... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- Profile
Ben Faw
deep personal interest of mine to wean ourselves from oil. When you have friends and colleagues who have given their lives in conflicts related to oil interests, you’re motivated to find ways to reduce oil... View Details
- 19 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 19, 2016
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/716070-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 716-065 Suncor and the Future of Oil Sands Suncor, Canada's largest producer of "oil sands," faces a host of issues involving prices, costs,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Running on empty
Does an invention that would guarantee motorists they'd never run out of gas sound like a good investment? Hundreds of venture capital firms didn't think so, but that didn't stop Maryland retiree William Hubbard (MBA '49), a former executive at Shell View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Hail to the Chief
oil from these ecologically sensitive areas would fuel North America’s energy needs for just two weeks. That stark fact took on a human face when Sander met Santiago, chief of the Achuar, a rain-forest tribe. “Alison, you need to go back... View Details
- 15 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Closing the ‘Intention-Action’ Gap
goods that have often struggled to demonstrate a significant shift towards sustainability. Here, we feature two such business leaders from Malaysia and Jordan: Mavath R. Chandran is one of the most influential figures in the Malaysian palm View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Cynthia Carroll
it. Oil companies, looking ahead to depleted petroleum reserves, are reinventing themselves as energy companies. Do you have to think about diversifying? I don’t believe oil companies are actually doing that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
A Better World, One Idea at a Time
offering a brand of all-natural facial moisturizing oils derived from argan oil, obtained from southern Morocco’s argan tree. The company will work with the rural poor to build sustainable business around argan View Details
William L. Mellon
Under Mellon’s management, the firm became a pioneer on several fronts. He opened the nation’s first service stations in 1913 became and expanded into international oil exploration. By the mid-1920s, Gulf’s refinery at Port Arthur, Texas,... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Monroe J. Rathbone
As CEO of Standard Oil of New Jersey, Rathbone is credited for making Jersey Standard into an international company. Seeing problems with an ever increasing dependence on oil from the Middle East, Rathbone... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy