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Oil is seen in the water as it washes ashore from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on June 26, 2010 in Orange Beach, Alabama. Photo: AFP

BP oil spill from Deepwater Horizon spread over huge area of ocean floor

About two million barrels of oil from the BP spill off the US Gulf Coast in 2010 are believed to have settled on the ocean floor, according to a study.

29 Oct 2014 - 4:35AM

BP supervisors cleared of manslaughter charges over Mexico gulf spill

11 Dec 2013 - 5:25PM

DeepWater Horizon

BP faces new trial and US$18b in fines over 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster

30 Sep 2013 - 9:48PM

DeepWater Horizon

BP renews bid to suspend settlement payments

24 Sep 2013 - 11:44AM

DeepWater Horizon

BP drills at 'giant' Gulf field after setback due to spill

BP has begun appraisal drilling in its highly touted Tiber oil prospect in the Gulf of Mexico, the company said on Thursday, more than three years after its massive Macondo blowout and crude spill set back drilling in the basin.

14 Sep 2013 - 12:50AM

DeepWater Horizon

Judge orders BP to pay US$130m fees to Gulf claims program

8 Aug 2013 - 12:57PM

US regulator seeks US$29m from BP over natgas trading

6 Aug 2013 - 11:35AM

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) says BP has 30 days to pay a fine of almost US$29 million or contest the order. Photo: Reuters

DeepWater Horizon

BP cites new fraud allegations in spill settlement

6 Aug 2013 - 10:59AM

DeepWater Horizon

Contentious oil spill claims set up BP for long legal battle

12 Jul 2013 - 11:27AM

Royal Dutch Shell

EU oil pricing probe spurs lawsuit against BP, others

24 May 2013 - 11:44AM

BP, as well as Royal Dutch Shell and Statoil, could face a class action lawsuit. Photo: AP

Monitor | Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

American asset prices have been enjoying a ripsnorting rally lately. Over the last six months the S&P500 stock index has climbed 20 per cent. Alternative assets like hedge funds are generating decent returns. Even house prices are up.

22 May 2013 - 4:45AM

New output, trading lift BP profits

30 Apr 2013 - 3:19PM

Three years after Gulf spill, BP fights billions in fines

18 Apr 2013 - 11:24AM

Billions of dollars at stake as BP oil spill trial starts

The British energy giant has already resolved thousands of lawsuits linked to the deadly disaster out of court, including a record US$4.5 billion plea deal with the US government in which BP pleaded guilty to criminal charges and a US$7.8 billion settlement with people and businesses affected by the spill.

26 Feb 2013 - 10:06AM

The Deepwater Horizon blast in 2010 killed 11 workers. Photo: EPA

Park Geun-hye

Talking points

Park Geun-hye is officially headed to the Blue House as the country's first female president. Park, the daughter of a former strongman, has already faced a test over Pyongyang's recent nuclear missiles testing.

25 Feb 2013 - 6:00AM

Energy

World not running out of oil just yet, BP claims

20 Jan 2013 - 3:35AM

Briefs, December 23, 2012

Britain's former prime minister Margaret Thatcher was in hospital yesterday recovering from a minor operation to remove a growth in her bladder and may remain there over Christmas.

23 Dec 2012 - 7:05AM

General Motors

Briefs, November 29, 2012

29 Nov 2012 - 3:46AM

Lenovo started selling smartphones in Russia.

BP's Deepwater Horizon employees unfairly targeted, their lawyers say

17 Nov 2012 - 2:22AM

BP to sell half its Russian venture TNK-BP to Rosneft

British oil giant BP said on Monday that it has agreed to sell its half of Russian venture TNK-BP to Rosneft for US$17.1 billion and another 12.84 per cent share in the state energy giant.

22 Oct 2012 - 8:22PM

Briefs, October 22, 2012

22 Oct 2012 - 5:15AM

A massive clean-up was under way in the French pilgrimage town of Lourdes yesterday. Pilgrims were evacuated from flood-hit hotels. Photo: AFP

United Energy plans US$200m Pakistan splurge

4 May 2012 - 12:00AM

Oilfield shut down as 'punishment'

3 Sep 2011 - 12:00AM

Fears gas project will fuel tensions in Papua

7 Apr 2008 - 12:00AM

Cnooc

Moscow blocks COSL acquisition proposal

25 Jan 2008 - 12:00AM

Camp teaches debating the British way

28 Jul 2006 - 12:00AM

Green push set to spur mainland price rises

10 Apr 2006 - 12:00AM

M&S finds need for a new look is a black-and-white decision

16 Jun 2005 - 12:00AM

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BP is a London-based oil company with operations in more than 80 countries. The company is one of the biggest in the world, measured by 2011 revenues, and operates in all areas of the oil and gas sectors. In January 2013, a US judge accepted an agreement by BP to plead guilty for its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster in which 11 workers died and pay a record US$4 billion in criminal penalties for the worst offshore oil spill in US history.

Chairman / President

Helge Lund

CEO / Managing Director

Murray Auchincloss

CFO / Finance Director

Kate Thomson

Industry

Oil / Gas / Mining

Website

bp.com

Headquarters address

London, England, UK

Stock Code

LSE: BP

Year founded

1909

last updated:

27 August, 2024