Posts tagged with the keyword: ‘bp’

BP ‘must be shrunk considerably’ boss Bob Dudley told

BP ‘must be shrunk considerably’ boss Bob Dudley told

BP chief executive Bob Dudley is casting around for a way to keep the Rosneft deal alive. Photo: REUTERS By Rupert Neate 11:41PM BST 16 Apr 2011 Comments Some of the [...]

BP Spill’s Next Phase: Wrangling Over Toll

BP Spill’s Next Phase: Wrangling Over Toll

A year after the worst oil spill to strike U.S. waters, oyster beds are struggling along the Gulf of Mexico, the dolphin population is experiencing what the federal government calls an “unusual mortality event,” and red snapper with rotting fins are showing up on fishing lines. But scientists say it’s far too soon to [...]

Oligarchs renew bid to halt BP deal with Rosneft

Oligarchs renew bid to halt BP deal with Rosneft

BP will attempt to convince the tribunal on Monday that the share-swap element alone should be allowed to proceed Photo: AFP By Alistair Osborne, and Rachel Cooper 9:58PM BST 03 Apr 2011 Comments [...]

Banks, miners and BP drive FTSE higher 

Banks, miners and BP drive FTSE higher 

LONDON (Reuters) - Strong banks and miners helped push Britain’s top share index higher on Friday, as investors said the market has further to run, while BP was lifted by upbeat broker comment.[Read more...]

Death Payouts in BP Spill Start at $8 Million

Death Payouts in BP Spill Start at $8 Million

Settlements with families of workers killed in last year’s Deepwater Horizon oil-rig explosion are running at $8 million to $9 million so far, a range sharply inflated by companies’ interest in avoiding another possible wave of bad publicity from the accident. View Full Image Associated Press In this Nov. 13, 2010 photo, Nelda [...]

Hydrogen fuel for cars comes a step nearer

Hydrogen fuel for cars comes a step nearer

Imagine how swiftly geopolitics would change if somebody invented a viable replacement for oil as a transport fuel. Photo: EPA Garry White 7:51PM GMT 13 Mar 2011 Comments His comments were attacked as alarmist [...]

FTSE today: as it happened - March 2, 2011

FTSE today: as it happened - March 2, 2011

Photo: AFP By Rachel Cooper, and agencies 5:54AM GMT 03 Mar 2011 Comments Having sunk by around 50 points in the morning, the FTSE 100 finished down 20.87 points to [...]

BP partners Reliance in $7.2 billion Indian oil hunt (Reuters)

BP partners Reliance in $7.2 billion Indian oil hunt 
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Reuters - BP lined up one of the biggest foreign direct investments in India to date with a $7.2 billion tie-up with the country’s Reliance Industries to explore for deepwater oil and gas.[Read more...]

BP Reports First Loss In Nearly 20 Years

BP Reports First Loss In Nearly 20 Years

BP has reported a £3.1bn loss for 2010, its first full-year loss in nearly two decades. [Read more...]

BP’s Safety Drive Faces Rough Road

BP’s Safety Drive Faces Rough Road

Bob Dudley, the new chief executive of BP PLC, has vowed to change the safety culture of the accident-prone oil giant in the wake of the deadly explosion and spill at one of its wells in the Gulf of Mexico last year. But the story of a little-known BP safety official on the [...]

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