BP Complaints

BP’s Spill Fund a Billion Shakedown, Barton Says (Update5)
June 17 (Bloomberg) — Representative Joe Barton , a Texas Republican, said a fund BP Plc agreed to establish after meeting with President Barack Obama yesterday amounted to “a billion shakedown.”
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Obama Replaces Offshore Agency Faulted in BP Spill (Update5)
The Obama administration replaced the Minerals Management Service, faulted for lax regulation of offshore drilling before the BP Plc spill last month, with three offices to oversee leases, drilling safety and fee collection.
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