British Petroleum
BP and Rosneft extend share swap deadline
14 Apr 2011
BP's alliance with OAO Rosneft has run foul of its partners in another Russian joint venture, TNK-BP, who claim that the BP-Rosneft alliance violates the terms of the TNK-BP shareholder agreement
BP in last minute efforts to save Rosneft deal
14 Apr 2011
BP to shed UK upstream assets
23 Feb 2011
BP picks up 30 per cent stake in Reliance's oil and gas blocks for $7.2 bn
21 Feb 2011
The two companies will also form a 50:50 joint venture for sourcing and marketing of gas in India
Gulf oil spill costs BP $41-bn; plans to divest US assets
02 Feb 2011
Despite the oil spill costs, BP had cash reserves of over $18 billion at the end of 2010.
MTN boss Phuthuma Nhelko joins BP board
01 Feb 2011
BP signs $7.8-bn strategic alliance with Roseneft for Arctic resources
15 Jan 2011
The British oil giant has signed a broad alliance with Russia's state-owned oil company, Rosneft, to explore the Arctic, one of the world's last remaining unexplored basins
BP to sell Argentinean asset to Bridas for $7.06 billion
29 Nov 2010
As part of its $30-billion asset disposal plan to fund its Gulf of Mexico oil spill clean-up and compensations, BP is selling its 60 per cent stake in Pan American Energy
Pakistan oil companies eye BP’s local assets
25 Nov 2010
BP receives 450,000 compensation claims
25 Nov 2010
BP, which set up a $20-billion fund for the Gulf of Mexico clean-up and claims settlement, however, expects more than half the applications to have either bad paper work or to be fraudulent.
BP to link executive bonuses to safety
20 Oct 2010
BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill costs $11.2 billion; pledges assets as spill fund collateral
04 Oct 2010
The cost includes the spill response, containment, relief well drilling, static kill and cementing, grants to the Gulf states, claims paid and federal costs.
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