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12:05 :
Shetland oil drilling contract agreed -
Oil giant BP has announced a multimillion-pound contract with a specialist offshore engineering firm for the second phase of a massive project off the Shetland Islands.
09:25 :
Court Rules BP Must Pay Deepwater Rig Claims -
A court has ruled that
oil giant BP will have to cover the cost of compensation claims made to Deepwater Horizon rig owner Transocean over the 2010 explosion that killed 11 people and caused the worst
oil spill in U.S. history.
09:14 :
Coryton oil refinery restarts shipments -
Decision by Essex refinery's administrators eases fears of petrol shortages in the south-eastPetrol delivery trucks were once again rolling from the gates of Coryton
oil refinery on Thursday after a shutdown triggered when the site collapsed ...
19:54 :
Former BP boss earns £12m from Iraqi oil venture -
Tony Hayward pockets first tranche of payments from Kurdistan
oil venture with Genel EnergyFormer BP boss, Tony Hayward will pocket more than £12m in a first tranche of payouts less than a year after he set up his own company and then ...
01:01 :
China and India set to drive up hybrid car sales -
Sales of fuel-efficient, hybrid cars may have got off to a sluggish start, but ownership is set to explode to account for more than half of all vehicles sold by 2030, as improving models, government incentives and rising petrol costs escalate demand, ...
16:03 :
Shale oil and gas 'will make US self-sufficient' -
BP forecasts that growth in shale
oil and gas will make the US self-sufficient by 2030 – but UK will still need Gulf suppliesGrowth in shale
oil and gas supplies will make the US virtually self-sufficient in energy by 2030, ...
13:50 :
Sir Robert Horton obituary -
Outspoken businessman who chaired BP and Railtrack and left both in disarraySir Bob Horton, who has died aged 72, was an energetic, outspoken and ambitious business manager whose successful industrial career took him to the chairmanship of two ...
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