The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

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Dew,
regarding your comment about COP possibly not possessing experts that could assist with the GOM spill:
i know that the other mentioned companies do have large internal research operations whereas I don't hear of research activities within COP. That doesn't mean they don't have research labs but they are lower profile. I'm not sure if it's still running but Phillips had a research lab in Bartlesville OK. I wouldn't be surprised if it was 'downsized' during the merger. Some COP guys visited our lab about 2 yrs ago but i think part of the point was they were looking for outside help rather than pursuing internal development.
cheers,
Charlie
PS: know any publicly listed FL shrimp companies? i like mine pinkish rather than blackened ;^)