British Petroleum
BP decides against selling US wind farm business
30 Jul 2013
Halliburton to admit it destroyed evidence on Gulf of Mexico disaster
26 Jul 2013
The plea agreement arrived yesterday with the US Justice Department (DoJ), comes after the Houston-based company had initially aggressively denied that it was in any way responsible for the oil spill, the largest in US history
BP’s Dudley, RIL’s Ambani meet PM, seek market-driven gas price
16 Apr 2013
BP and RIL have been lobbying against the C Rangarajan Committee recommendation of doubling domestic natural gas price, saying it will be inadequate to bring high-risk deep sea discoveries to production
BP to exit wind power business
04 Apr 2013
BP faces escalating spill penalities
08 Mar 2013
BP nears $16-bn settlement over Gulf of Mexico oil spill: report
25 Feb 2013
The settlement offer would cover potential fines owed by BP under the Clean Water Act, and payments under an environmental evaluation known as the Natural Resources Damage Assessment statute
RIL-BP to invest Rs25,000 crore more in KG-D6 fields
19 Feb 2013
RIL and BP Plc will jointly invest more than $5 billion over the next 3-5 years to boost natural gas output at the KG-D6 block, off the east coast of India
BP Q4 profits hit by $4.1-bn oil spill charge
06 Feb 2013
Judge allows BP plea in Gulf spill case
30 Jan 2013
Transocean to pay $1.4 bn for 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill
05 Jan 2013
British oil giant BP, which had leased the rig at the time of the blowout, had already agreed to pay a penalty of $4.5 billion
Judge approves BP class action suit settlement
24 Dec 2012
BP to plead guilty to 14 criminal counts over Gulf of Mexico disaster
16 Nov 2012
If the federal court hearing the case were to approve the plea bargain, the penalties would be the largest ever in a federal criminal case
Investors cheer as BP raises dividend
31 Oct 2012
Rosneft to buy TNK-BP stake from BP, AAR in $54.7-bn deal
22 Oct 2012
Rosneft will pay the AAR consortium $28 billion in cash for its 50-per cent stake in TNK-BP, and pay BP $26.7 billion in a cash and stock deal
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