London-based British Petroleum is a global energy company and the fourth-largest company in the world. BP earned $14 billion in 2009 and $6 billion in the first quarter this year. Origins: The ...

Oil giant BP is facing unprecedented scrutiny as a result of the explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, but it's hardly the first time the company has found itself in an unwelcome spotlight.

After BP's Texas City, Tex., refinery blew up in 2005, killing 15 workers, the company vowed to address the safety shortfalls that caused the blast. The next year, when a badly maintained oil pipeline ...

BP released its Q2-2020 results and cut its dividends. The stock still soared. The company has decided to divest its efforts into renewables, and that is great news for the oil bulls. We explain why ...

The following is an excerpt from Drowning in Oil: BP and the Reckless Pursuit of Profit by Houston Chronicle business columnist Loren Steffy and published this month by McGraw-Hill. The North Sea is ...

Since 2000, BP has been fined and criticized for cutting corners and not properly maintaining Prudhoe Bay. BP operates the Alaska oil field on behalf of itself, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil Corp. and ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. BP has wrapped up a deal with Ineos to sell its Forties Pipeline System, which it opened in 1975 as one of the ...

BP temporarily halted "top kill" to assess effectivenes in stopping oil flow. May 27, 2010— -- BP once again has resumed its "top kill" operation, the company's latest effort to stem the flow of ...

British Museum faces fourth BP protest in a month, as hundreds pledge to Make BP History. We can expect an inevitable increase in fossil fuel protests as the climate crisis deepens. The British Museum ...