BP Pays $13M to Settle Texas Refinery Safety Probe
BP Plc on Thursday agreed to pay $13 million to settle safety violations at its Texas City, Texas refinery, paving the way for a sale of the refinery by the London-based energy company. The settlement...
View ArticleBP Pays $12M in Claims to Date in Midwest Bad Gas Recall
BP says it has paid more than $12 million in claims arising from a multistate recall of incorrectly formulated gasoline that damaged some vehicles’ mechanical components. BP spokesman Scott Dean tells...
View ArticleBP Faces August 2014 Trial on Shareholders’ Gulf Spill Claims
A U.S. civil trial has been set for Aug. 25, 2014, regarding accusations that BP Plc committed fraud by misleading shareholders before and after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill about its ability to...
View ArticleRig Worker: Training Saved Lives After BP Blowout
A Transocean employee who served as chief mate on the Deepwater Horizon testified in New Orleans that he believes the rig crew’s emergency training saved lives following the 2010 explosion that killed...
View ArticleTexas Joins Flood of States Suing BP over 2010 Gulf Spill
Texas has joined the crowd of Gulf of Mexico states to file suit against BP Plc, Halliburton Co and others for their role in one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history. The complaint, filed Friday in...
View ArticleLouisiana Agency Sues Big Oil Firms for Hurting Wetlands
A Louisiana agency sued 97 oil companies – including BP Plc, Exxon Mobil Corp, Chevron Corp and Royal Dutch Shell Plc – in state court on Wednesday for allegedly damaging hundreds of miles of sensitive...
View ArticleRebel Claimants In BP Spill Settlement Get Expedited Hearing
A U.S. appeals court will hold an expedited hearing for a small group of claimants in a Gulf spill settlement with BP Plc, with oral arguments set for the week of Nov. 4, the court said. BP’s...
View ArticleBP Texas Refinery Neighbors Seek Billions at Toxic-Gas Trial
BP Plc faces the first of almost 48,000 toxic exposure claims from neighbors of a Texas refinery who say they’ll give the billions of dollars in punitive damages they’re seeking to charity if they win...
View ArticleBP Exposed Neighbors to Toxic Gases, Jury Told at Trial End
BP Plc deliberately exposed neighbors of a Texas refinery to tons of cancer-causing gases and then misled regulators and community leaders about the dangers, a lawyer told a Texas jury. Jurors are...
View ArticleCourt Revives Lawsuit Against BP Over Alaska Oil Spill Statements
A U.S. appeals court on Thursday revived a shareholder lawsuit against BP PLC over statements the company made in the wake of a 2006 oil spill in Alaska. The ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of...
View ArticleVermont AG Sues 2 Dozen U.S. Refiners Over Pollution
BP Plc, Chevron Corp. and Exxon Mobil Corp. are among two dozen U.S. refiners sued by Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell and accused of polluting the state’s groundwater with a gasoline additive....
View ArticleBP Pays $13M to Settle Texas Refinery Safety Probe
BP Plc on Thursday agreed to pay $13 million to settle safety violations at its Texas City, Texas refinery, paving the way for a sale of the refinery by the London-based energy company. The settlement...
View ArticleBP Pays $12M in Claims to Date in Midwest Bad Gas Recall
BP says it has paid more than $12 million in claims arising from a multistate recall of incorrectly formulated gasoline that damaged some vehicles’ mechanical components. BP spokesman Scott Dean tells...
View ArticleBP Faces August 2014 Trial on Shareholders’ Gulf Spill Claims
A U.S. civil trial has been set for Aug. 25, 2014, regarding accusations that BP Plc committed fraud by misleading shareholders before and after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill about its ability to...
View ArticleRig Worker: Training Saved Lives After BP Blowout
A Transocean employee who served as chief mate on the Deepwater Horizon testified in New Orleans that he believes the rig crew’s emergency training saved lives following the 2010 explosion that killed...
View ArticleTexas Joins Flood of States Suing BP over 2010 Gulf Spill
Texas has joined the crowd of Gulf of Mexico states to file suit against BP Plc, Halliburton Co and others for their role in one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history. The complaint, filed Friday in...
View ArticleLouisiana Agency Sues Big Oil Firms for Hurting Wetlands
A Louisiana agency sued 97 oil companies – including BP Plc, Exxon Mobil Corp, Chevron Corp and Royal Dutch Shell Plc – in state court on Wednesday for allegedly damaging hundreds of miles of sensitive...
View ArticleRebel Claimants In BP Spill Settlement Get Expedited Hearing
A U.S. appeals court will hold an expedited hearing for a small group of claimants in a Gulf spill settlement with BP Plc, with oral arguments set for the week of Nov. 4, the court said. BP’s...
View ArticleBP Texas Refinery Neighbors Seek Billions at Toxic-Gas Trial
BP Plc faces the first of almost 48,000 toxic exposure claims from neighbors of a Texas refinery who say they’ll give the billions of dollars in punitive damages they’re seeking to charity if they win...
View ArticleBP Exposed Neighbors to Toxic Gases, Jury Told at Trial End
BP Plc deliberately exposed neighbors of a Texas refinery to tons of cancer-causing gases and then misled regulators and community leaders about the dangers, a lawyer told a Texas jury. Jurors are...
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