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Shell To Acquire BP?
Shell To Acquire BP?
Shell To Acquire BP?
(From The Associated Press) Shares in BP PLC have jumped after a report published Tuesday saying Royal Dutch Shell PLC is interested in a tie-up with the London-based company.
New Deepwater Explosion Article
New Deepwater Explosion Article
New Deepwater Explosion Article
The worst of the explosions gutted the Deepwater Horizon stem to stern. Crew members were cut down by shrapnel, hurled across rooms and buried under smoking wreckage. Some were swallowed by fireballs that raced through the oil rig’s shattered interior. Dazed and battered survivors, half-naked and dripping in highly combustible gas, crawled inch by inch in pitch darkness, willing themselves to the
Feds File Suit Against BP, Transocean & 7 Other Companies
Feds File Suit Against BP, Transocean & 7 Other Companies
Feds File Suit Against BP, Transocean & 7 Other Companies
The Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it is filing suit against BP and eight other companies for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The DOJ is seeking civil penalties under the Clean Water Act—which could add up to as much as $21 billion—and wants to declare eight of those companies "liable without limitation" for the costs of clean up and damage caused by the disaster. Read M