Qatar Petroleum
QATAR PETROLEUM
Qatar's national oil company, established in 1974, formerly known as Qatar General Petroleum Company.
As they did in other countries in the region, Western companies controlled Qatar's oil production until local leaders insisted on nationalizing this valuable resource. The Qatar General Petroleum Company (QGPC) was established in 1974, with 40 percent of the ownership held by foreign companies. The company was fully nationalized in 1977, after which it began to expand its operations from onshore and offshore oil and natural gas production to refining, petrochemical production, exploration, and development.
A major turning point came in 1991, with the opening of phase one of the North Field natural gas development project. The North Field is the largest natural gas field in the world, and its development has made Qatar a major producer. Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiya, minister of energy and industry and the company's chairman and managing director, announced in 2001 that his company's name change to Qatar Petroleum (QP), which happened in that year, reflected in part its increased status in world energy markets. Many of QP's projects revolve around developing the field and utilizing its products in domestic and international markets while promoting the hiring of Qatari nationals in the company and maintaining a policy sensitive to the region's natural environment.
see also
qatar.
Bibliography
Economist Intelligence Unit. Country Profile: Qatar. London: Author, 2002.
El Mallakh, Ragaei. Qatar: Energy and Development. Dover, NH; London: Croom Helm, 1985.
Metz, Helen Chapin, ed. Persian Gulf States: Country Studies, 3d edition. Washington: Library of Congress, 1994.
mary ann tÉtreault
updated by anthony b. toth
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Profile Punch & Judy A puppet regime that's still going strong after 350 years As tasteless as candyfloss, as stomach-churning as the Big Dipper - no wonder children still love Britain's grossest seaside attraction, says William Langley
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 8/17/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...to do it," cackles Mr Punch, as his wife, Judy, collects a mighty blow...have never seen a Punch & Judy show. Only a generation...and eventually to plain Punch. On May 9, 1662, Samuel...certain account of a Punch & Judy show in Britain. By the...
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Nine to Five: Name Miraiker Battey, 34 Occupation Punch & Judy professor Salary pounds 5,000 (part-time) Address Stowmarket, Suffolk
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 7/11/1999; ; 700+ words
; How did Mr Punch enter your life? You...to put on a Punch and Judy show at my daughter Rebecca...children don't like seeing Punch hitting Judy or the baby...version called Judy and Punch. Right on, sister...PETER CROSS Punch & Judy Fellowship (tel: 01438...
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THAT'S NOT THE WAY TO DO IT; Punch &Judy banned for being too violent.(News)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England); 5/2/2004; 700+ words
; A PUNCH and Judy showman has been banned from...scene in which Punch hits Judy, he says he was told the...and wrongs. 'Ultimately, Punch is led away by the policeman...book Mr Alden's Punch and Judy show as part of this. 'After...
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That's the way to do it!; Punch and Judy stage comeback in new stamps.(News)
Newspaper article from: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England); 8/31/2001; 554 words
; ...Mail with the issue of stamps featuring Punch and Judy characters. Codman's Victorian Punch & Judy Theatre's striped booth used to be a familiar...of the six new stamps featuring Punch, Judy, the crocodile, policeman, clown and...
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Big impression: Punch and Judy immortalised on stamps.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 8/31/2001; 414 words
; A giant sized Mr. Punch with his young helpers, whose...Mail's new set of 'Punch and Judy' character stamps on the Earl...class stamps, showing Punch, Judy, the policeman, the clown...these stamps because Punch and Judy are associated with violence...
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THAT'S THE WAY I DO IT; Punch & Judy l essons from a master.(News)
Newspaper article from: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England); 10/24/2002; 432 words
; ...James Arnott was as pleased as Punch when he met a traditional puppeteer. Punch and Judy man Professor Ron Codman...I don't think Punch and Judy will die out. For children...liked puppetry and Punch and Judy is the most traditional form...
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Does anyone have the punch and judy parts?
Newspaper article from: Plymouth Evening Herald, The; 4/5/2008; 362 words
; ...grandfather Joseph was bequeathed the Punch & Judy show, the mechanical targets and...parts. "I have part of the Punch and Judy stand - photograph attached - along...have the other parts of the Punch and Judy show, or maybe the gentleman builder...
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Tales of the Cocktail Announces Punch & Judy as Official Cocktail of 2008 Event.
PR Newswire; 5/21/2008; 700+ words
; ...the judges with her creative punch concoction of Old New Orleans...become the official cocktail punch of this year's event. Voisey...Concierge Magazine. PUNCH & JUDY 1 oz Martell VSOP 1/4 oz Old...place on top of the Punch and Judy; add a hearty sprinkle of ground...
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Shelley Vision; Final punch (& Judy) line [...].(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 7/6/2009; 700+ words
; Byline: JIM SHELLEY Final punch (& Judy) line for Rich vein of humour THANKS...excruciating Ali G impression or Judy's "wardrobe malfunction". But...was a kleptomaniac and complimented Judy by saying she was "sturdy" as if...
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Review: Punch & Judy Redux
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 8/16/2007; ; 327 words
; THEATRE PUNCH & JUDY REDUX, PLEASANCE COURTYARD (VENUE 33) *** A SOMBER meditation...impressionistic piece, which views the story through the prism of a Punch & Judy show, raises far more questions than it answers. A Kemmler expert...
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Punch and Judy
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Punch and Judy famous English puppet play, very popular with...cruel and boastful husband of a nagging wife, Judy, whom he often beat and in many versions killed...Playing With Punch (1944); P. Fraser, Punch and Judy (1970).
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punch
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...no time clocks. DERIVATIVES: punch·er n. punch 2 • n. 1. a device...etc.) with or as though with a punch. ∎ pierce...male character of the Punch and Judy show. Punch is the English variant...
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Judy
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Judy the wife of Punch in the Punch and Judy show.
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Birtwistle, (Sir) Harrison (Paul)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
...Eng. composers of his generation. His first opera, Punch and Judy , is a compelling study in violence and was followed...CH 2001. Prin. comps.:OPERA AND MUSIC THEATRE: Punch and Judy (1966–7); Down by the Greenwood Side...
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Puppet
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
...and the toy theatre . Because of the popularity of the Punch and Judy show the hand-puppet is the best known in England...Europe by wandering showmen. Apart from the English Punch there is the French Guignol , a generous, bibulous...
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