BP appeals to Cameron over US crisis
BP appeals to Prime Minister David Cameron to intervene over the escalating compensation costs of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.
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Monday, May 20th, 2013
Sunday, April 21st, 2013
Florida sues BP over Gulf oil spill
It is the fourth state to seek damages related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.
Thursday, April 18th, 2013
Testimony ends in gulf disaster trial
Testimony ended in a federal trial to determine civil liability faced by BP and other companies as a result of the fatal 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill in...
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
BP puts U.S. wind farm arm up for sale
LONDON, April 3 (Reuters) - BP has put its U.S. wind farm operation, one of the largest in the country, up for sale, marking the continued retreat of big oil companies...
Sunday, March 24th, 2013
Rosneft completes TNK-BP deal
The Russian state oil giant has now become the world's largest listed oil producer, with BP holding almost a 20% stake.
Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
BP executive says explosion was known risk
Testifying for the company in a federal trial, Lamar McKay, the former chief executive of BP America, concedes that a well blowout was identified as a hazard before the...
Monday, February 25th, 2013
High-stakes trial begins over 2010 Gulf oil spill
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- With billions of dollars at stake, a trial to figure out how much more BP and other companies should pay for the nation's worst offshore oil...
Monday, January 7th, 2013
BP, Shell back development of world’s longest wind turbine blade
The Energy Technologies Institute, backed by Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) and BP Plc, invested 15.5 million pounds ($25 million) in the U.K. to build the world’s longest...
Sunday, December 9th, 2012
BP Biofuels to invest $350M to expand sugarcane ethanol production in Brazil
BP Biofuels plans to invest $350 million to expand the ethanol processing capacity of Tropical, one of its sugarcane processing ventures in Brazil.
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
EPA temporarily suspends BP from U.S. federal gov't contracts
WASHINGTON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday that it has temporarily suspended BP Plc and its affiliates from new...
Thursday, November 15th, 2012
BP gets record fine for Gulf oil spill
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Oil giant BP has agreed to pay the largest criminal penalty in U.S. history, totaling billions of dollars, for the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico,...
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
BP deal sees Rosneft dominate Russian energy
Purchase of Russia's third-largest oil producer propels Rosneft ahead of Exxon-Mobil as largest global oil producer.
Wednesday, September 12th, 2012
BP in $5.5B deal to sell Gulf fields
BP reached a deal to sell some of its Gulf of Mexico offshore oil fields to Plains Exploration & Production for $5.55 billion, as BP continues to divest itself of...
Wednesday, August 1st, 2012
BP posts unexpectedly large loss
Europe's second-largest oil company reported a $1.4 billion loss for the quarter, mostly because of write-downs on refineries, shale gas assets in the United States...
Wednesday, July 25th, 2012
Rosneft opens talks on buying BP's stake in oil joint venture
MOSCOW — Igor I. Sechin, chief executive of Rosneft and confidant of the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin, is the most powerful oilman you’ve never heard of. And Mr....
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012
Oceanographers accuse BP of an assault on academic freedom
A pair of scientists have accused BP of an attack on academic freedom after the oil company successfully subpoenaed thousands of confidential emails related to research on...
Monday, June 4th, 2012
BP to seek sale of Russian venture TNK-BP
LONDON — After a decade of a profitable but contentious marriage, BP and its billionaire Russian partners are headed for a divorce.
Friday, April 27th, 2012
BP engineer's arrest may force company to reveal internal estimates on Gulf spill
Company disputes government figures but has fought release of its own data on how much oil leaked into Gulf of Mexico in 2010The unveiling of the first criminal charges in...
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
Engineer charged in BP spill case
HOUSTON — Two years after the immense BP oil spill that killed 11 people and blackened beaches along the Gulf of Mexico, federal prosecutors have filed the first criminal...
Sunday, March 4th, 2012
BP, plaintiffs reach $7.8B Gulf spill settlement
NEW YORK (AP) – BP's multibillion-dollar settlement with people and businesses harmed by its 2010 oil spill removes some uncertainty about the potential financial...
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