(Bloomberg) -- For many decades, BP Plc ... oil spill in US history in the Gulf of Mexico. It was a disaster for the company on many fronts. Then-Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward was pilloried ...

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(Bloomberg) -- For many decades, BP Plc and Shell Plc ... triggered the worst offshore oil spill in US history in the Gulf of Mexico. It was a disaster for the company on many fronts. Then-Chief ...

BP’s Chief Executive Tony Hayward has denied the possibility, Reuters reported. BP’s new oil and gas strategy The company aims to increase its production to 2.3 million to 2.5 million barrels per day ...

BP is looking to raise the number of its board members and hire two more directors as part of its strategy to boost oil and gas production and shareholder returns, the Financial Times reported on ...

The Justice Department and five states on Monday announced a $20 billion final settlement of claims arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP has reached an $18.7 ...

BP, the British oil major, said Wednesday it is refocusing the company on its core oil and gas business and reducing investments in clean energy. In a Wednesday news release, BP officials said ...

John “Jack” Reed spent 20 years and 25 days as a physical oceanographer for the U.S. Coast Guard, and one of the major ...

California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials say around 280 gallons of waste oil were recovered from the water and ...

US examines blowout preventer in BP oil spill The failure of the underwater blowout preventer that led to the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was caused by the inability of attached ...

BP is set to announce it would stop pursuing reductions in its crude oil and natural gas production in a bid to please its new major shareholder Elliott Management. The company had previously ...

Crews have deployed oil-soaking booms in Swan Creek to control the flow and closed the nearby Wabash Cannonball Trail for safety.