17.05.2010
- Energy giant BP was making some progress on Monday with its efforts to contain the oil gushing forth from a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico, But the stakes are high amid fears...
17.05.2010
- Air Products and Chemicals nominated three heavyweight corporate executives to Airgas’ board on Thursday and wants shareholders to hold an annual meeting every January. The action...
17.05.2010
- A growing number of oil companies, trading houses and other international companies have stopped doing business with Iran this year amid a U.S. drive to isolate Tehran and...
11.05.2010
- Big oil goes under the spotlight on Tuesday when U.S. lawmakers grill top executives on a drilling rig explosion and oil spill that threatens an environmental catastrophe in the...
10.05.2010
- BP was considering its next move on Monday after its most promising short-term remedy for a massive undersea oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico struck a snag over the weekend, fueling...
07.05.2010
- BP engineers were expected to lower a massive metal containment chamber onto a ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday in an effort to stem the widening slick. If all...
06.05.2010
- The Gulf of Mexico oil spill has not slowed ship traffic to New Orleans, and shipping lanes into the port are expected to stay clear at least into Friday, a spokesman said. No...
05.05.2010
- The shares of companies that make products used to counteract the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico jumped on Monday, as industry and government officials frantically tried to stop...
03.05.2010
- As a massive oil spill makes landfall off the Gulf of Mexico and begins to wreak havoc on local wildlife and industries, some companies may end up benefiting from containment and...