BP Complaints

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-06-16 12:29 WRAPUP 3-Obama to demand BP pay for oil spill damage
By Caren Bohan and Tom Bergin
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-06-13 08:05 WRAPUP 1-Heat on BP to improve oil spill response
By Jeffrey Jones and Keith Weir
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-06-12 17:34 UPDATE 1-U.S. to BP: devise better leak response in 48 hours
BOSTON, June 12 (Reuters) – A top U.S. Coast Guard official has told BP Plc the company’s plans to contain the gushing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico do not go far enough or contain enough back-up measures. “BP must identify in the next 48 hours additional leak containment capacity that could be operationalized and expedited,” Coast Guard Rear Admiral James Watson said in a letter to BP dated …
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-06-09 20:12 UPDATE 1-BP buys Google ads for search term “oil spill”
LONDON, June 9 (Reuters) – BP Plc has bought terms such as “oil spill” from search engine providers including Google Inc to help direct Internet users to its website as it attempts to control the worst oil spill in U.S. history. A spokesman said BP would pay fees so its own website would rank higher or even top in the list of advertisements that appear alongside search results when Internet …
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-06-09 15:30 BP buys search term “oil spill” from Google
LONDON, June 9 (Reuters) – BP Plc has bought terms such as “oil spill” from search engine providers including Google Inc to help direct Internet users to its website as it attempts to control the worst oil spill in U.S. history. A spokesman said BP would pay fees so its own website would rank higher or even top in the list of results when Internet users search on terms such as “oil spill …
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-06-11 22:37 WRAPUP 9-Britain sticks up for BP amid spill, shares rise
By Keith Weir and Jeffrey Jones
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Recent Updates for Deepwater Horizon Response.

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-06-08 15:15 FACTBOX-Developments in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill
June 8 (Reuters) – Here are developments in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the largest in U.S. history:
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-06-08 15:43 NOAA says confirms undersea oil from BP well
HOUSTON, June 8 (Reuters) – The top U.S. climate forecaster on Tuesday confirmed the presence of low levels of undersea oil emanating from BP Plc’s stricken well in the Gulf of Mexico. “NOAA is confirming the presence of very low concentrations of subsurface oil,” said Jane Lubchenco, administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), speaking at a briefing in …
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-06-08 03:09 UPDATE 1-Obama forcefully defends handling of BP’s spill
WASHINGTON, June 7 (Reuters) – In his angriest words yet after being widely criticized for his response to the Gulf oil spill, U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday said he was talking to experts because he wants to know “whose ass to kick.” “I don’t sit around just talking to experts because this is a college seminar. We talk to these folks because they potentially have the best answer so I …
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