UPDATE: BP Starts Work On New Gulf Oil Spill-Containment Cap
10th Jul 2010 20:41
(Updates with additional details on containment effort) By Mark Long Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--BP PLC's (BP, BP.LN) effort to contain the oil gushing from the mile-deep leak in the Gulf of Mexico entered a new stage Saturday, with undersea robots starting work to insta
Read moreBP Starts To Install New Gulf Oil Spill-Containment System
10th Jul 2010 18:23
By Mark Long Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) said engineers are starting work Saturday to install a new, tighter-fitting containment cap that could help allow the recovery of all the oil gushing from the Gulf of Mexico leak within two to three weeks. Unde
Read moreBP: Spill Recovery Rate Steady Friday; Work On New Cap Eyed
10th Jul 2010 16:16
By Mark Long Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The rate of oil recovery from the broken Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico held steady Friday at a little under 25,000 barrels, BP PLC (BP) said Saturday, half a day after the federal government cleared the British oil giant to start
Read more2nd UPDATE: BP Starts Work On New Gulf Spill-Containment Cap
10th Jul 2010 00:37
(Updates with details on work's progress, additional comments from BP official.) By Mark Long Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--BP PLC's (BP, BP.LN) effort to contain the oil gushing from the mile-deep leak in the Gulf of Mexico entered a new stage Saturday, with undersea robo
Read moreBP To Work On New Cap As It Continues To Hook Up Third Vessel
9th Jul 2010 23:18
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) told the U.S. Coast Guard late Friday that it would start work on a new containment Saturday instead of waiting until it has hooked up a third vessel to handle oil recovered from its leaking deepwater well in the Gulf of Mexico. In a letter to Ret. Coa
Read more2nd UPDATE: BP Could Start Work On New Spill Cap By Saturday -Coast Guard
9th Jul 2010 21:39
(Updates with quotes from Allen) By Susan Daker Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES HOUSTON (Dow Jones)--BP PLC (BP) could start work on a new effort to contain the oil gushing from the leak in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, the federal government's spill-recovery coordinator said Friday. Ret.
Read moreUPDATE:Anadarko, Mitsui Execs To Testify Before Senate Committee
9th Jul 2010 21:36
(Adds closing share prices for Anadarko and BP.) By Isabel Ordonez Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES HOUSTON (Dow Jones)--The heads of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (APC) and Mitsui Oil Exploration Co. will testify before a U.S. Senate subcommittee on July 22 on their liability in the Gulf of Mexico oil s
Read more2nd UPDATE: Anadarko Tells BP It's Withholding Oil-Spill Payment
9th Jul 2010 21:24
(Updates to add closing share prices for Anadarko and BP) By Isabel Ordonez Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES HOUSTON (Dow Jones)--Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (APC) said Friday it told BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) that it is withholding reimbursement payments for expenses related to the massive oil spill in t
Read moreUPDATE: BP Could Start Work On New Spill Cap By Saturday -Coast Guard
9th Jul 2010 20:53
(Updates with additional details, response from BP.) By Susan Daker Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES HOUSTON (Dow Jones)--BP PLC (BP) could start work on a new effort to contain the oil gushing from the leak in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, the federal government's spill-recovery coordinator s
Read morePRESS RELEASE: S&P Revises Outlooks On Ecopetrol, Centragas, Transgas To Pos
9th Jul 2010 20:36
The following is a press release from Standard & Poor's: -- On July 7, 2010, we revised our foreign currency sovereign outlook on Colombia to positive from stable. -- As a result, we are also revising our outlooks on Ecopetrol, Centragas, and Transgas to positive from stable, while affirm
Read moreCORRECT: Anadarko Tells BP It's Withholding Oil-Spill Payment
9th Jul 2010 20:34
("UPDATE: Anadarko Tells BP It's Withholding Oil-Spill Payment" published at 2:59 a.m. EDT misstated the name of Mitsui's executive in the fifth paragraph. The correct version follows.) By Isabel Ordonez Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES HOUSTON (Dow Jones)--Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (APC) said F
Read moreCORRECT: Anadarko, Mitsui Executives To Testify Before Senate Committee July 22
9th Jul 2010 20:33
("Anadarko, Mitsui CEOs To Testify Before Senate Committee July 22," published at 2:10 p.m. EDT, misstated the name of Mitsui's executive in third paragraph. The correct version follows.) HOUSTON (Dow Jones)--The heads of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (COP) and Mitsui Oil Exploration Co. (8031.TO) u
Read moreUPDATE: Anadarko Tells BP It's Withholding Oil-Spill Payment
9th Jul 2010 19:59
(Updates to add BP response, amount of money invoiced by BP to partners.) By Isabel Ordonez Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES HOUSTON (Dow Jones)--Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (APC) said Friday it told BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) that it is withholding reimbursement payments for expenses related to the massiv
Read moreAnadarko, Mitsui CEOs To Testify Before Senate Committee July 22
9th Jul 2010 19:10
By Isabel Ordonez Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES HOUSTON (Dow Jones)--The heads of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (APC) and Mitsui & Co.'s (8031.TO) oil-exploration unit will testify before a U.S. Senate subcommittee July 22 on their liability in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The testimony will be th
Read moreAnadarko: Notified BP Company Is Withholding Oil-Spill Payment
9th Jul 2010 17:01
HOUSTON (Dow Jones)--Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (APC) said Friday it is withholding reimbursement payments to BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) for expenses related to the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and that it has already notified its partner about its decision. "We have notified BP that we are wit
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