Posted on 07 October 2010. Tags: catastrophe, Commodities, gulf of mexico, interim reports, Oil & Gas, white house, worst case
The White House blocked the release of federal agencies’ own worst-case estimates of how much oil was spilling into the Gulf of Mexico as the environmental disaster unfolded, according to critical interim reports from the presidential commission investigating the catastrophe
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Posted on 02 October 2010. Tags: assets, bp, Commodities, gulf of mexico, Oil & Gas, oil spill
BP is looking to reduce the number of operatorships it holds in the Gulf of Mexico as part of a move to cut its capital spending and rebalance its portfolio of assets in the wake of the Macondo oil spill
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Posted in Commodities, Energy
Posted on 01 October 2010. Tags: bp, Europe News, gulf of mexico, london reuters, oil in the gulf of mexico, oil spill
LONDON (Reuters) – BP, which faces U.S. opposition to drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico, named fields there that it will use to help finance its $20 billion fund for victims of the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

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Posted on 01 October 2010. Tags: escrow fund, gulf of mexico, gulf of mexico oil, gulf of mexico oil fields, oil spill, Stock Market, US, US Markets, US News
BP has put up seven of its Gulf of Mexico oil fields as collateral for the $20 billion escrow fund that it’s building to pay oil spill claimants, the company said Friday.
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Posted in Stock Market, US Markets, US News
Posted on 30 September 2010. Tags: Commodities, dividend payments, gulf of mexico, Oil & Gas, oil group, spill, uk oil
The new chief executive of BP sends the clearest signal yet that the UK oil group is on course to restore its dividend payments next year after suspending them in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico spill
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Posted on 30 September 2010. Tags: bp plc, dividend payments, dudley, Europe News, gulf of mexico, london reuters
LONDON (Reuters) – Oil major BP Plc’s incoming Chief Executive Bob Dudley said he wanted to restore dividend payments next year, in line with previous guidance, as the company looks to put the Gulf of Mexico disaster behind it.

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Posted on 30 September 2010. Tags: Commodities, dudley, gulf of mexico, Oil & Gas, oil company, safety unit, spill
Unveiling a radical revamp of the oil company’s upstream division and the creation of a new safety unit, Bob Dudley vowed to “rebuild trust in BP” as he seeks to restore the company’s battered reputation in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico spill
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Posted on 29 September 2010. Tags: bp, Europe News, gulf of mexico, london reuters, safety unit, spill
LONDON (Reuters) – BP said it was to fundamentally restructure itself in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico spill, creating a new safety unit, reviewing incentives it offers managers, and splitting up its core upstream unit.

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Posted on 28 September 2010. Tags: Bonds, Commodities, gulf of mexico, Oil & Gas, oil group, oil leak
Oil group planning to sell $2bn-$3bn in new bonds in a move that marks a return to “business as usual” following the sealing of the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico
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Posted on 28 September 2010. Tags: Bonds, Commodities, gulf of mexico, Oil & Gas, oil group, oil leak
Oil group planning to sell $2bn-$3bn in new bonds in a move that marks a return to “business as usual” following the sealing of the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico
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