BP plc News

When Western forces intervened in the Libyan revolution two years ago, it was the first time the U.N. had ever approved the establishment of a no-fly zone in an OPEC member country.

Chicago-based Prime International Trading Ltd. is suing BP Plc, Statoil ASA and Royal Dutch Shell based on an investigation by the European Union into alleged oil-price fixing.

It seems an odd time for environment policy wonks to throw a party. The level of carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere is higher than it has been in three million years, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the US.

CEO Tim Cook testified before a U.S. Senate panel yesterday about allegations that the technology giant had engaged in massive tax evasion, there was no sign on Apple's corporate website of this headline-making news story.

A U.S. judge dismissed one obstruction charge against a former BP executive related to testimony about the rate of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

Attracting a lot of attention in BP plc's options pits today is the October 46 call , which has seen over 5,400 contracts change hands.

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's stock had its "market perform" rating restated by equities researchers at Sanford C. Bernstein in a report issued on Monday, ARN reports.

BP announced today that it expects to complete the sale of its Carson Refinery and Southwest U.S. retail assets to Tesoro Corporation in the second quarter of this year now that the transaction has received U.S. Federal Trade Commission clearance.

The state of Texas on Friday joined other Gulf Coast states that have sued London-based BP Plc for damages and civil penalties related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

Hansson opened the interview by mentioning his upcoming visit with oil giant Exxon Mobil , commenting Nordic American Tanker has "done a lot of business with them", along with Shell and BP .

Texas will receive millions of dollars from a cleanup fund aimed at restoring coastal damage from the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010.

In what he describes as "the mother of all conspiracy theories," an Arizona-based talk radio host says the powers that be are intentionally destroying large bodies of water in a bid to create a multi-trillion-dollar biofuel industry.

Although the North Sea event didn't have the massive implications of the Gulf of Mexico spill, it continues a trend that should worry investors.

's stock had its "buy" rating restated by analysts at Deutsche Bank in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, StocKRatingsNetwork.com reports.

U.S. officials discussed the need for collaboration with Mexico in the Eagle Ford Shale during the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston.

We're calling it 'The B-Sides," and it's an online feature on Fridays that will include portions of business-leader profiles that we simply couldn't fit in the print edition of the paper.

Energy pundits sing natural gas' praises, but Bill Powers, author of "Cold, Hungry and in the Dark: Exploding the Natural Gas Supply Myth," isn't buying it.

Typically united on the progressive front, unions now stand in opposition to environmentalists on the Keystone pipeline because of the project's job creation potential.

Deepwater drilling is overshadowed by onshore oil and natural gas plays, but the profits are still very real.