BP Efforts to Permanently Stop Oil Flow May Be Delayed by Tropical Storm
Although people are ready for this oil spill problem to be done with for good, it seems that efforts to finally stop it permanently could be delayed. This is due to the fact that the Gulf of Mexico, where the ...
by Samantha Donovan July 26th, 2010
BP Finally able to Plug the Gulf of Mexico Oil Leak
Reports are now showing that, after 87 days, BP has at least temporarily contained the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, which had threatened to bring the company down. Although this news is unlikely to bring a whole lot ...
by Lynnette Adamson July 19th, 2010
BP Now Looks to Raise $9 Billion From Selling South American Assets
According to new reports, BP is now looking to raise some extra money by selling some of its South American assets to China. China will be bailing out BP by buying up at least $9 billion worth of energy assets ...
by Lynnette Adamson July 7th, 2010
BP Gas Stations in the United States Attract Negative Reaction From Consumers
It now appears that Americans are not quite ready to forget about the massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Unfortunately for staff working at BP petrol stations around the United States, it would seem that American consumers are taking it out on them and anything that is bearing the BP logo. The
by Jason Drew July 5th, 2010
BP Reports Energy Consumption Fell During the Global Downturn
According to energy company BP, the recent global recession led to a decline in overall energy consumption. The company pointed out, in its 2010 BP Statistical Review of World Energy, that the amount of energy used in 2009 was lower ...
by Samantha Donovan June 14th, 2010
Oil Industry to See Insurance Costs Rise Thanks to BP Disaster
Many people all over the world have already heard about BP, which is a British energy company, and its huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Just after this, the oil industry was hit by a sharp rise in ...
by Beth Williams June 7th, 2010
BP Says Dash For Gas Is UK Best Energy Hope
The chief executive of BP, Tony Hayward, says that wind power ambitions may not be able to meet the UK's energy need. He goes on to say that these green energy programs need to be scaled down. BP, the UK's largest oil company, warned just earlier this week that Britain's offshore
by Tessa Clarke February 5th, 2010
Total enters natural gas business in the US
French oil firm Total has become the most recent oil giant to enter the US non-conventional gas sector after declaring a joint venture with Chesapeake, a US natural gas producer. Total will get 25 per cent of Chesapeake's Barnett Shale natural ...
by editor January 4th, 2010
ETI grants over £53 million for 15 energy projects
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI), the association commissioned to develop the engineering and technology approaches that will support the UK to meet its carbon emission targets in 2050, published a summary of the projects it has financed in 2009. In total, ...
by Justin Becks December 22nd, 2009
BP Sells Wind Farm Assets in India
BP just announced that they have sold their wind farm in India today, just another sign of BP's efforts to diminish their internationally holdings in the renewable energy sector. BP also recently disbanded their London renewable energy headquarters saying they ...
by Samantha Donovan September 17th, 2009
BP Makes Large Oil Well Discovery In Gulf of Mexico
Last week BP, proved the Gulf of Mexico was still an untapped oil resource when they announced their finding of a large, as-of-yet undiscovered oil well in the Gulf. It is predicted that the new find may house up to ...
by Lynnette Adamson September 7th, 2009
