Libya, BP, the curse of oil, and what Gaddafi Jr failed to learn at the LSE
Our Economics Editor looks at how oil is a major factor in events in Libya.
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Oil company BP has asked contractor Halliburton to pay all of its billions of pounds of costs over the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe.
One year after the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, activists have targeted Tate Britain’s links with BP during a week of worldwide demonstrations.
Six protesters are ejected after trying to storm the stage at BP’s first annual general meeting since the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster last year, amid angry scenes outside the venue.
Our Economics Editor looks at how oil is a major factor in events in Libya.
BP reports its first annual loss in nearly 20 years after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. But as Siobhan Kennedy reports, the disaster has not stopped BP renewing its focus on deep sea exploration.
State-owned Russian oil giant Rosneft has taken a 5 per cent stake in BP, in the first major deal for BP since the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster, as Siobhan Kennedy writes.
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico could have been avoided and was partly caused by short cuts and cost-cutting measures by BP and other companies, a scathing inquiry finds.
The BPI calls on the government to step up its efforts to curb rampant online piracy as more than a billion songs are downloaded this year.
The US government is to sue BP and several of its partners for costs and damages in a bid to recover billions of dollars after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster.
As BP announces a return to profit despite bearing the costs of the Gulf of Mexico disaster, Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson asks whether it signals an end to the oil giant’s rocky year.
Contractor Halliburton used flawed cement on the Gulf of Mexico oil well which may have contributed to the blowout that sparked the biggest offshore spill in US history, a report finds.
American Bob Dudley takes the reins at BP, flagging a return to dividends. Who Knows Who asks if Dudley, once chased from Russia by billionaire oligarchs, could be BP’s all-American hero.
Outgoing BP chief executive Tony Hayward tells MPs safety is the oil giant’s “number one” priority, as he puts the company’s case to be allowed to drill for oil in UK waters, as Tom Clarke reports.
As BP prepares to publish a report into the causes of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion one marine expert tells Channel 4 News it was a major environmental incident but not a catastrophe.
BP blames “failures” for the disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil rig explosion and subsequent major oil spill. Science correspondent Tom Clarke says the report is BP’s “case for the defence”.