The explosion on BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling platform in Macondo early this year was no less than a cut on the oil industry's artery, out of which gushed millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico - a tragedy that devastated the Gulf Coast ecosystem, paralyzed an oil behemoth and thwarted the Big Oil's prospects by attracting a moratorium on deepwater drilling and a crippling regulatory environment.
Jijo Jacob
Dec 17, 2010
The U.S. sued BP and eight other defendants on Wednesday over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mex ico, seeking civil penalties under the Clean Water Act.
IBT Staff Reporter
Dec 15, 2010
(Following Justice Department correction, makes clear Lloyds was Transocean's insurer, not BP's, in paragraph 2)
IBT Staff Reporter
Dec 15, 2010
Google has released its year-end search report - Zeitgeist 2010. Among the personalities and events that figure on search trends list are Justin Beiber, Lady Gaga, Kim Kardashian, Oil Spill, World Cup, Haiti Earthquake and more.
IBT Staff Reporter
Dec 10, 2010
BP Oil Spill, FIFA World Cup, Lady Gaga, Justin Beiber, iPhone are among the top searches in 2010, according to the Yahoo's 'Year in Review' report which tallies hot searches on a variety of lists.
IBT Staff Reporter
Dec 01, 2010
A U.K. industry taskforce has called on the British government to act now to protect the economy against a potential new threat of rising oil prices.
Palash Ghosh
Nov 18, 2010
Visits to the state of Florida rose in the third quarter of 2010 despite the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
IBT Staff Reporter
Nov 17, 2010
Commercial and recreational fishing may resume as close as 10 miles from the wellhead of the former Deepwater Horizon oil rig, federal officials said on Monday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Nov 17, 2010
The lowest dissolved oxygen measured in the Gulf of Mexico areas was 3.5 parts per million, which is above hypoxic levels, the report said.
IBT Staff Reporter
Sep 09, 2010
BP Plc said the cost of dealing with its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had risen to $8 billion as the oil giant prepared to release the findings of an internal probe into the causes of the disaster.
IBT Staff Reporter
Sep 03, 2010
BP Plc said the cost of dealing with its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had risen to $8 billion (5 billion pounds) as the oil giant prepared to release the findings of an internal probe into the causes of the disaster.
IBT Staff Reporter
Sep 03, 2010
BP Plc said on Friday the cost of dealing with its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had risen to $8 billion and that it was a fortnight away from sealing the well for good.
IBT Staff Reporter
Sep 03, 2010
BP Plc delayed retrieval of the failed blowout preventer atop its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well this week because of bad weather, the top U.S. official overseeing the oil spill said on Monday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 30, 2010
Finding of a new type of oil eating bacteria at the sites of recent Gulf of Mexico oil spill raised new hopes for environmentalists. Scientists discovered the new microbe while studying the underwater dispersion of millions of gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf following the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 26, 2010
Stock index futures pointed to a higher open for Wall Street on Monday, with the S&P 500 futures up 1.1 percent, Nasdaq futures 0.8 percent higher, and futures for the Dow Jones industrial average up 1 percent by 4:38 a.m. ET.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 02, 2010
Some BP gas station owners in the United States want to drop the BP name and return to the Amoco brand to recover business hit by public anger over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 01, 2010
BP Plc is seeking to sell its German petrol station chain Aral for around 2 billion euros ($2.6 billion), German magazine Wirtschaftswoche reported on Saturday, citing investment bankers familiar with BP's plans.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 31, 2010
Royal Dutch Shell Plc said second-quarter profits doubled thanks to high oil prices and bigger than expected restructuring gains and unveiled a plan to boost asset sales, echoing a plan from rival BP .
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 29, 2010
Royal Dutch Shell Plc said second-quarter current cost of supply net income jumped 94 percent to $4.53 billion thanks to a strong operating environment and a speedy restructuring of the group.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 29, 2010
A day after BP said it would sell $30 billion in assets to pay for its Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the focus shifted to what is for sale, while lawyers prepared to tackle a mountain of claims for damages.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 28, 2010
Several U.S. government agencies are preparing a criminal probe of at least three companies involved in the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, though it could take more than a year before any charges are filed, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 28, 2010
With BP poised to move on from the Gulf oil spill with a new chief executive, the beleaguered London-based company might look attractive to Middle East sovereign wealth funds after all. It would be a parting legacy from outgoing CEO Tony Hayward if his efforts earlier this month to court the funds in Abu Dhabi and other oil-producing countries were to bear fruit.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 28, 2010