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BP is a London-based oil company with operations in more than 80 countries. The company is one of the biggest in the world, measured by 2011 revenues, and operates in all areas of the oil and gas sectors. In January 2013, a US judge accepted an agreement by BP to plead guilty for its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster in which 11 workers died and pay a record US$4 billion in criminal penalties for the worst offshore oil spill in US history.
Study finds that two million barrels from Deepwater Horizon spread over huge area
Britain's former prime minister Margaret Thatcher was in hospital yesterday recovering from a minor operation to remove a growth in her bladder and may remain there over Christmas.
Britain's former prime minister Margaret Thatcher was in hospital yesterday recovering from a minor operation to remove a growth in her bladder and may remain there over Christmas.
The British energy giant has already resolved thousands of lawsuits linked to the deadly disaster out of court, including a record US$4.5 billion plea deal with the US government in which BP pleaded guilty to criminal charges and a US$7.8 billion settlement with people and businesses affected by the spill.
The British energy giant has already resolved thousands of lawsuits linked to the deadly disaster out of court, including a record US$4.5 billion plea deal with the US government in which BP pleaded guilty to criminal charges and a US$7.8 billion settlement with people and businesses affected by the spill.
Oil giant BP is to fight attempts to fine it up to US$18 billion over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, at a new trial in New Orleans.
Oil giant BP is to fight attempts to fine it up to US$18 billion over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, at a new trial in New Orleans.
Park Geun-hye is officially headed to the Blue House as the country's first female president. Park, the daughter of a former strongman, has already faced a test over Pyongyang's recent nuclear missiles testing.
Park Geun-hye is officially headed to the Blue House as the country's first female president. Park, the daughter of a former strongman, has already faced a test over Pyongyang's recent nuclear missiles testing.