- BP announces sale of Mexican Gulf assets to Japanese group
The cash deal comes as BP looks to sell up to $30 billion of assets by the end of 2011 to help meet its financial obligations from the Gulf...
25 Oct, 2010, 03.31 PM IST
- BP oil spill costs hit $9.5 billion
British oil giant BP has said the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster has cost it about 9.5 billion dollars (7.3 billions euros) so far.
20 Sep, 2010, 04.20 PM IST
- BP spends 6.1 billion dollars on Gulf spill response: Company
BP announced that it had spent a total of 6.1 billion dollars so far in its response to the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
09 Aug, 2010, 12.12 PM IST
- 75 pc oil from Gulf of Mexico spill is gone: Official
About three-quarters of the oil spilled from the ruptured BP well in the Gulf of Mexico has disappeared, a top US official said on Wednesda...
04 Aug, 2010, 06.45 PM IST
- BP sells Colombian business for $1.9 billion
The divestment is part of BP's plans to sell off up to $30 billion of assets, as it faces soaring costs from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill d...
03 Aug, 2010, 09.00 PM IST
- No final decision on change of management: BP
BP said Monday no final decision has been reached on a change of management, after reports claimed chief executive Tony Hayward would resig...
26 Jul, 2010, 12.41 PM IST
- New cap, ships could contain Gulf leak by Monday
The federal official leading the Gulf oil spill cleanup said on Friday a new containment cap and an additional ship collecting oil could ef...
09 Jul, 2010, 10.57 PM IST
- BP's under-fire Hayward hands the reins
BP's Tony Hayward handed over management of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill on Wednesday after enduring weeks of criticism and ridicule in the...
23 Jun, 2010, 10.13 PM IST
- Deepwater wells needed: oil drillers
Energy chiefs defended deepwater oil as crucial to meeting future demand, telling a conference a prolonged US drilling ban in response to t...
22 Jun, 2010, 07.50 PM IST
- Gulf oil spill costs reach $1.6 bln
British energy group BP said Monday that its costs of sorting out the Gulf of Mexico oil spill had risen to about 1.6 billion dollars (1.3 ...
14 Jun, 2010, 11.54 AM IST
- BP sucking up 10,000 barrels daily from US oil leak
Engineers hoped on Monday to make more headway in their bid to contain a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico after energy giant BP anno...
07 Jun, 2010, 12.27 PM IST
- BP says it has paid more than $48M in claims
An official for BP PLC says the oil giant has paid 18,000 claims along the Gulf Coast totaling more than $48 million.
06 Jun, 2010, 11.21 PM IST
Gulf spill workers complaining of flulike symptomsIn the past week, 11 workers who have been out on the water complained of respiratory problems, headaches and nausea.
03 Jun, 2010, 09.10 PM IST
- Effort to contain Gulf oil stalls with stuck saw
The risky effort to contain the worst US oil spill hit a snag Wednesday when a diamond-edged saw became stuck in a thick pipe on a blown-ou...
02 Jun, 2010, 09.39 PM IST
- BP hopes to cap oil pipe in next 24 hours
BP hopes to place a cap on a fractured oil pipe and contain the Gulf of Mexico spill within the next 24 hours, a top company official said ...
01 Jun, 2010, 11.13 PM IST
- BP says US oil disaster costs almost $1 bn
BP revealed on Tuesday that the US oil disaster had cost it almost $1 billion, helping spark a near 17-per cent plunge in its shares after ...
01 Jun, 2010, 09.13 PM IST
- BP ramps up cleanup efforts, to try new fix
With the ambitious 'top kill' having failed to stop a massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend and a relief well at least tw...
01 Jun, 2010, 05.57 PM IST