BP Complaints

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-06-01 14:55 WRAPUP 4-BP shares plunge on oil spill containment failure
By Ed Stoddard and Sarah Young
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-05-31 06:23 FACTBOX-Developments in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill
May 31 (Reuters) – Here are developments in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the largest in U.S. history:
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Recent Updates for Deepwater Horizon Response

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-05-30 16:09 Obama aide says US oil spill could last until August
WASHINGTON, May 30 (Reuters) – Oil could gush into the Gulf of Mexico from the BP Plc rig until August and the U.S. government is “preparing for the worst,” Carol Browner, President Barack Obama’s top adviser on energy and climate change, said on Sunday. She spoke on the CBS TV show “Face The Nation.” (Reporting by Alan Elsner) Keywords: OIL RIG/AUGUST
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-05-28 20:28 Obama says “buck stops with me” over oil spill
GRAND ISLE, Louisiana, May 28 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama repeated on Friday that he would hold BP accountable for the costs of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico but took ultimate responsibility for resolving the disaster. “I ultimately take responsibility for solving this crisis,” Obama said during a visit to Louisiana to inspect oil spill damage. “I am the president and the buck stops …
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-05-30 02:14 FACTBOX-BP’s ‘top kill’ out, spill containment cap in
May 29 (Reuters) – BP Plc abandoned its failed “top kill” effort to plug a leak in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday after it failed to stop the flow of oil and gas. BP’s next step is to install a containment cap on top of a lower marine riser package, or LMRP — a piece of equipment that sits atop the failed blowout preventer at the seabed. Here is an explanation of how the LMRP cap is supposed to …
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-05-28 19:00 FACTBOX-Gulf of Mexico rig contractors and operators
May 28 (Reuters) – Most offshore rig contractors have a big presence in the Gulf of Mexico. Transocean Ltd, whose Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and sank last month, has the greatest number of active rigs in the Gulf of Mexico with 14.
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-05-28 22:55 WRAPUP 9-Obama in Gulf, cautious on new BP oil spill effort
By Patricia Zengerle
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-05-28 21:35 WRAPUP 8-Obama in Gulf, cautious on new BP oil spill effort
By Patricia Zengerle
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-05-26 16:42 UPDATE 1-BP shares see-saw on uncertainty over spill plans
LONDON, May 26 (Reuters) – Shares in BP Plc see-sawed on Wednesday as nervy investors awaited news over the oil major’s next steps to contain an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Shares in BP were up 2.6 percent to 498 pence at 1450 GMT, broadly in line with a 2.8 percent rise in Britain’s FTSE 100 index of blue chip companies, as traders cited market talk that the company was close to giving a …
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