LONDON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Oil major BP said on Thursday it will appeal a U.S. court decision that found it grossly negligent with respect to the Gulf of Mexico 2010 oil spill and added the court will hold additional proceedings due to begin next January. BP said it will immediately appeal
Read moreLONDON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - BP shares were set for their worst one-day fall on Thursday since June 2010 after a judge in the United States said the oil major had been negligent in events leading up to the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP was down by 6 percent at 454.35 pence going in
Read more(Repeats to fix USN) HOUSTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - A federal judge has found oil giant BP Plc "grossly negligent" for its role in the 2010 spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a ruling that could add billions of dollars in fines to the more than $42 billion in charges taken so far for the worst offsh
Read more(Adds quote from court) HOUSTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - A federal judge has found oil giant BP Plc "grossly negligent" for its role in the 2010 spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a ruling that could add billions of dollars in fines to the more than $42 billion in charges taken so far for the worst of
Read moreLONDON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Shares in BP fell sharply on Thursday after a judge in the United States said the oil major had been negligent in events leading up to the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP shares were down by 4.4 percent at 462.45 pence by 1435 GMT. BP declined to comment
Read more(Adds BP comment, details, quotes, background) By Aref Mohammed BASRA, Iraq, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Iraq signed revised contracts with foreign oil companies for two southern oilfields on Thursday that reduced their production targets and extended the life of the deals, Iraqi oil officials
Read moreLONDON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - A man has died after an incident on a North Sea oil platform owned by BP Plc, the company said on Thursday. "BP is deeply saddened to confirm that an offshore worker has died following an incident on the Unity platform," BP said in a statement. It did not name the
Read moreMOSCOW, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Russia's Rosneft has started oil production at one of its Sakhalin fields, North-end of Chaivo, CEO Igor Sechin told President Vladimir Putin on Thursday via a video-link. Sechin said the field will produce around 1.5 million tonnes of oil a year (30,000 bpd) at i
Read moreBASRA, Iraq, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Oil major BP has finalised its revised contract for Iraq's giant Rumaila oilfield, cutting the final production target to 2.1 million barrels per day from 2.85 million bpd, an Iraqi oil official said on Thursday. Officials from BP and Iraq's oil ministry sign
Read moreNAIROBI, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Norwegian oil company DNO and other small explorers are destabilising Somalia, the African country's petroleum ministry said on Wednesday, warning it may lodge complaints against these firms to the United Nations Security Council. DNO has been prospecting for oi
Read moreLONDON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Oil and gas producer BP will buy Scandinavian aviation fuel business Statoil Fuel & Retail (SFR), adding 73 airports to its around 600-strong global fuel network, the company said on Wednesday. SFR, owned by Canadian company Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc , operate
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