
Image 1 of 2 Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Photo: AFP Image 1 of 2 Gordon Brown (L) shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their bilateral meeting Moscow’s Kremlin, 11 February 2006 Photo: AFP [...]
September 9, 2011 | Posted in
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BP claims that Transocean is withholding drafts of its internal investigation into the disaster Photo: EPA By Rowena Mason 10:11PM BST 27 Aug 2011 Comments [...]
August 27, 2011 | Posted in
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Exxon Mobil Corp. is fighting with the U.S. government to keep control of one of its biggest oil discoveries ever, in a showdown where billions of dollars hang in the balance for both sides. View Full Image The massive Gulf of Mexico discovery contains an estimated one billion barrels of recoverable oil, [...]
August 18, 2011 | Posted in
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AP - In the words of Gov. Rick Perry, secession was one scenario on the table for frustrated Texans. The BP oil spill? Might have been an act of God instead of corporate errors. And if the Federal Reserve puts more money in the U.S. system, as Perry told voters in Iowa this week, you [...]
August 17, 2011 | Posted in
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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 [...]
April 17, 2011 | Posted in
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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 [...]
April 13, 2011 | Posted in
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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 [...]
April 4, 2011 | Posted in
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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...]
April 1, 2011 | Posted in
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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 [...]
March 30, 2011 | Posted in
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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 [...]
March 13, 2011 | Posted in
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