An oil spill born of complacency
Oil companies should not rely on external measures alone to restore confidence in deep-water drilling. The industry’s culture – its respect for safety – must change too
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The US National Commission investigating the Macondo well blow-out in the Gulf of Mexico last year has delivered a scathing verdict on BP, Halliburton and Transocean
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BP puts US refineries up for sale
The move is part of a wholesale shake-up of the UK oil group’s refining and marketing business in the US, which will see it divest half of its refining capacity there
BP set for first dividend since Gulf spill
Signal that UK oil group is back on growth trajectory
BP spill inquiry calls for safety overhaul
Main industry group opposes findings
Rejecting oil is not an option, says report
Panel calls for institutional change
Call for tougher standards
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Halliburton/BP
The release of test data on the cement that Halliburton provided for the Macondo well has unleashed a new round of finger-pointing.
Energy: A sea change needed
Energy: BP’s new head has vowed to strengthen a safety culture blamed for causing the Gulf of Mexico oil spill; the group’s survival depends on him getting it right
BP spill report shares the blame
Proposed changes would require oil groups to keep far closer watch on what is being done in their name. BP is right to accept them: the rest of the sector should study them
Man in the News: Bob Dudley
BP’s quiet American, who has become the oil company's new chief executive, is a reassuring presence who has much reassuring to do
BP: Change at the top
Tony Hayward has to go, but Bob Dudley may not be his natural successor
Time to probe the Megrahi release
There is much mileage to be had in vilifying BP over the gulf oil spill. But the charge that BP lobbied for the Lockerbie bomber’s release to secure Libyan oil concessions is incendiary in the US
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