UK government tells BP it would oppose takeover: Reports

Last Updated: Monday, April 27, 2015, 22:26

The British government has warned oil giant BP that it would oppose a foreign takeover of the company weakened in recent years by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, media reports said Monday.

BP appeals US judge's ruling on size of Gulf oil spill

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 24, 2015, 08:53

BP Plc on Monday appealed a federal judge`s finding of the size of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, which leaves the company potentially liable to pay $13.7 billion in fines.

US appeals court affirms BP settlement in 2010 Gulf oil spill

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 10:44

BP had supported the settlement agreement leading up to the December 2012 ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Carl Barbier approving it. But the company has since argued the administration of the settlement is faulty because it allows claimants without actual damages to join in.

BP Gulf oil spill still killing dolphins

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 1, 2014, 11:40

A new study has revealed that BP gulf oil spill is still influencing dolphin mortality, prognosis and reproductive health.

Court rejects BP bid to require proof of Gulf oil spill losses

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 10:19

BP Plc has failed to persuade a federal judge to require businesses seeking to recover money over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill to provide proof that their economic losses were caused by the disaster.

BP engineer guilty of obstructing oil spill investigation

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 02:27

A drilling engineer for British oil giant BP was found guilty Wednesday of destroying text messages in his smartphone, obstructing the investigation into the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

BP wins reprieve over Gulf spill payouts: US appeals court

Last Updated: Thursday, October 3, 2013, 09:32

BP Plc won a legal reprieve in its effort to force the administrator of a settlement related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill to tighten standards in assessing claims, potentially sparing the oil company billions of dollars of extra costs.

BP tells court it did not dither in response to US Gulf spill

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 11:20

BP Plc unnecessarily delayed the capping of its Macondo well and worsened the extent of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill through dithering and indecision, according to allegations by plaintiffs' lawyers on Tuesday that the British company denied.

BP lied about size of US Gulf oil spill: Lawyers

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 15:40

In the frantic days after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, BP lied about how much oil was leaking from its Macondo well and took too long to cap it, plaintiffs' lawyers said on Monday at the opening of the second phase of the company's trial.

BP oil disaster case settled at $4 bn

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 30, 2013, 23:48

Eleven workers died when BP's Macondo oil well blew out, triggering an explosion on the drilling rig April 20, 2010.

US oil spill: BP agrees to pay $4.5 bn in penalties

Last Updated: Thursday, November 15, 2012, 23:23

The April, 2010 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 workers.

Energy experts for 'paradigm shift' to prevent disasters

Last Updated: Monday, July 2, 2012, 09:58

With effects of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico still to abate, energy experts have called for a 'paradigm shift' in organisational focus of the energy sector to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future.