US refinery workers find dead monkeys in crate
June 8th, 2012 - 8:51 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Houston, June 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Indiana refinery workers received a very big surprise after they opened a crate of valves coming from India and discovered the remains of two monkeys. ... Read more...
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Tide Water may form joint-venture with JX Nippon
May 30th, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 30 (IANS) Lubricants maker Tide Water Oil Co. Wednesday said it can consider the possibility of forming a joint-venture with Japan's JX Nippon Oil and Energy Corporation-keen to ... Read more...
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BP to pay $7.8 bn to victims of oil spill
March 5th, 2012 - 11:13 am ICT by IANS
London, March 5 (IANS/EFE) British oil supermajor BP Plc said it has reached an out-of-court settlement estimated at $7.8 billion with victims of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.In ... Read more...
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Tide Water acquires Veedol from BP
October 25th, 2011 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 25 (IANS) Tide Water Oil (India) Ltd has acquired Veedol International from energy major BP Plc, putting an end to a legal battle of 17 years.Tide Water, a ... Read more...
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US blames BP’s poor decisions for Gulf oil spill
September 15th, 2011 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 15 (IANS/EFE) Poor management decisions by BP Plc at its Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico were the main causes of last year's disastrous oil spill, ... Read more...
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BP has paid $5 bn to people affected by oil spill
August 24th, 2011 - 11:57 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 24 (IANS/EFE) BP Plc. so far has paid $5 billion to people who were affected by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico after the explosion of ... Read more...
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BP seeks to resume drilling in Gulf of Mexico
April 4th, 2011 - 2:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr.4 (ANI): British petroleum giant BP plc is seeking permission from US regulators, to resume drilling at 10 existing deepwater wells in the Gulf of Mexico, in exchange for adhering to ... Read more...
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Colombian regulator approves BP asset sell-off
December 23rd, 2010 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, Dec 23 (IANS/EFE) Colombia's competition regulator has given the green light for state oil firm Ecopetrol and Canada's Talisman to acquire the Colombian unit of BP Plc.Ecopetrol said Tuesday in a ... Read more...
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Obama Administration Sues BP And The Other Entities For The Catastrophic Oil Spill In April
December 16th, 2010 - 9:41 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
December 16, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Divisions of BP Plc (British Petroleum) and four other businesses have been sued by the Obama government over accusations that the companies infringed American ecological ... Read more...
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Disastrous BP oil well finally killed
September 20th, 2010 - 7:00 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 20 (DPA) The final seal on BP PLC's ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is finally complete, the US official in charge of the disaster said Sunday.
Five ... Read more...
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Massive amounts of oil at bottom of Gulf of Mexico: Report
September 15th, 2010 - 10:15 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 15 (DPA) There is new evidence that massive amounts of crude oil are sitting at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, a finding that could further undermine the US ... Read more...
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Obama confident as BP begins final step
August 10th, 2010 - 2:56 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 10 (DPA) US President Barack Obama said the long struggle to cap a gushing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico appeared "just about over," as oil company BP ... Read more...
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BP completes cementing plugged well
August 6th, 2010 - 6:32 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 6 (DPA) Oil giant BP Plc Thursday completed its cementing job on the well that gushed oil for months into the Gulf of Mexico.
The cement followed the heavy drilling mud ... Read more...
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BP to pour cement into damaged well
August 5th, 2010 - 9:07 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 5 (DPA) BP Plc got the green light late Wednesday to inject cement down the pipe into its damaged well - the next step in sealing off the Gulf of ... Read more...
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‘Static kill’ operation at US oil well successful: BP (Lead)
August 4th, 2010 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
London/Washington, Aug 4 (DPA) Oil company BP Plc said Wednesday that its so-called "static kill" operation of pumping mud into the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico had been successful.
The company ... Read more...
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BP sells operation in Colombia
August 4th, 2010 - 11:17 am ICT by IANS
Bogota, Aug 4 (IANS/EFE) Colombian state oil company Ecopetrol S.A. and Canadian firm Talisman have reached an agreement to buy the Colombia operation of BP Plc for $1.75 billion.
The deal for BP ... Read more...
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BP begins ’static kill’ at ruptured US oil well
August 4th, 2010 - 6:27 am ICT by IANS
Washington/New Orleans, Aug 4 (DPA) Oil company BP Plc Tuesday began the long-awaited pumping of mud into the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico - the so-called "static kill" to permanently ... Read more...
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Final tests to precede ’static kill’ attempt in Gulf of Mexico
August 3rd, 2010 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
Washington/New Orleans, Aug 3 (DPA) Oil company BP Plc was planning final tests Tuesday before a possible attempt to permanently seal its damaged well on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico.
The ... Read more...
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US Coast Guard under fire for chemicals used against BP gusher
August 2nd, 2010 - 4:56 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 2 (DPA) The US Coast Guard is under fire for allowing huge amounts of chemical dispersants to be used against BP Plc's Gulf of Mexico oil gusher despite strict mandates ... Read more...
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BP chief executive Tony Hayward to step down (Lead)
July 25th, 2010 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 25 (DPA) BP Plc chief executive Tony Hayward is to step down following intense criticism of his handling of the worst oil spill in US history, British Broadcasting Corporation reported ... Read more...
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Cleanup to resume at US oil spill
July 25th, 2010 - 7:28 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 25 (DPA) Ships will be able to return to the Gulf of Mexico within hours to continue siphoning oil from the BP Plc spill, a spokesman for cleanup coordinators said ... Read more...
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BP gets another 24 hours
July 21st, 2010 - 6:37 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 21 (DPA) BP Plc Tuesday was given another 24 hours to maintain its cap on the ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico as engineers continued monitoring for ... Read more...
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Cameron pledges cooperation on Lockerbie bomber case
July 21st, 2010 - 2:50 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 21 (DPA) British Prime Minister David Cameron pledged Tuesday to cooperate with US congressional hearings into the release of the Lockerbie bomber, but said he does not back a ... Read more...
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Clinton seeks review of Lockerbie bomber’s release decision
July 20th, 2010 - 7:03 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 20 (DPA) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged British and Scottish authorities to review the decision last year to release the only person convicted for the 1988 ... Read more...
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BP’s oil cap tests extended for 24 hours
July 18th, 2010 - 8:21 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 18 (DPA) BP Plc and the US government agreed Saturday to extend pressure testing on the new cap sealing the leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, which ... Read more...
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BP’s oil cap holding amid tense wait for test results
July 17th, 2010 - 10:08 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 17 (DPA) BP's first successful effort to cap the ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico held fast through Friday, but engineers will continue watching tensely for signs ... Read more...
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BP says it has capped oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico
July 16th, 2010 - 3:34 am ICT by BNO News
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA (BNO NEWS) – British Petroleum (BP) on Thursday said no more oil is gushing into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time since April after an integrity test ... Read more...
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BP begins test for last effort to cap oil leak
July 15th, 2010 - 6:47 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 15 (DPA) Oil giant BP Wednesday began a critical test to determine whether it can finally stop an oil leak that has been gushing from a ruptured well in the ... Read more...
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Leaking US oil well capped; tests to show how effectively
July 13th, 2010 - 11:38 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 13 (DPA) The most ambitious attempt yet to halt the oil gushing from the floor of the Gulf of Mexico was underway as a new, tight-fitting cap was successfully placed ... Read more...
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BP to install tighter cap on oil well
July 10th, 2010 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 10 (DPA) Efforts by BP Plc to replace an existing cap on the gushing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico could begin Saturday, leading to a possible halt of ... Read more...
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US gives BP deadline for answers on oil well cap
July 9th, 2010 - 5:16 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 9 (DPA) The White House Thursday gave BP Plc 24 hours to respond to questions on its plans to replace a containment cap with a tighter seal on the gushing ... Read more...
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Oil spill cast shadow over Obama-Cameron meet
June 27th, 2010 - 6:32 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, June 27 (DPA) US President Barack Obama and new British Prime Minister David Cameron held their first bilateral meeting Saturday in Canada, overshadowed by tensions over BP Plc's ongoing oil ... Read more...
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US government appeals court defeat on drilling moratorium
June 24th, 2010 - 11:34 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 24 (DPA) The US government sought to keep its moratorium on offshore oil drilling in place, filing an appeal against an earlier court order to end the ban.
The government ... Read more...
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US judge lifts oil drilling moratorium
June 23rd, 2010 - 5:01 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 23 (DPA) A US judge Tuesday lifted a government moratorium on offshore oil drilling that President Barack Obama put in place in response to the ongoing BP Plc spill ... Read more...
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US mounts pressure on BP; Obama heads to Gulf Coast
June 14th, 2010 - 8:46 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 14 (DPA) The US increased pressure on energy giant BP Plc to boost capacity to contain the gushing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, as President Barack Obama ... Read more...
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