British Petroleum
Russia’s Rosneft nears deal for BP’s TNK-BP stake
19 Oct 2012
The combination of Rosneft and TNK-BP would create the world’s largest investor-owned oil company, surpassing US giant ExxonMobil with a production capacity of over 4 million barrels of oil equivalent per day
RIL-BP surrenders 9 oil and gas blocks
15 Oct 2012
BP to sell Texas refinery to Marathon Petroleum in a $2.5 billion deal
09 Oct 2012
As part of its plan to sell assets in order to pay for its 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, British oil giant BP Plc is selling its Texas City refinery to Marathon Petroleum Corp for $2.5 billion
BP to sell California refinery to Tesoro Corp for $2.5 billion
13 Aug 2012
BP will sell the ARCO retail brand rights and exclusively license the rights from Tesoro for Northern California, Oregon and Washington and continue to produce transportation fuels at its Cherry Point, Washington refinery
RIL gets conditional approval for $1-bn investment in KG-D6 fields
08 Aug 2012
Oil minister Jaipal Reddy has pledged conditional support for Reliance Industries' plans to increase gas output
TNK-BP profit down on lower crude prices, taxes
27 Jul 2012
BP considers stake sale in Russian joint venture TNK-BP
01 Jun 2012
TNK-BP, which has a market value of $59 billion, generates a quarter of BP’s production and contributed $3.7 billion to its revenues last year
BP in $7.8-bn deal to settle part of Gulf of Mexico oil spill claims
03 Mar 2012
BP Plc has reached a $7.8-billion deal with the group of aggrieved parties suing it over the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill
BP seeks three-fold hike in KG-D6 gas price
27 Feb 2012
BP oil spill trial delayed amid settlement talks
27 Feb 2012
BP cuts book value of its RIL holding by over 10%
16 Feb 2012
BP's move follows hard on the heels of a top petroleum ministry official saying that Reliance’s Krishna-Godavari D6 offshore fields may see production drop to an all-time low of about 27 units day by April
Tata Power buys out BP's stake in Tata BP Solar
27 Dec 2011
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