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Oil Executives Face U.S. Congress on Gulf Spill

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...

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No End in Sight as Huge U.S. Oil Spill Veers West

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...

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Huge Containment Chamber Expected Atop U.S. Gulf Leak

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...

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BP Fights Gulf Oil Spill On All Fronts

06.05.2010 - Workers toiled above and below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday to plug a gushing oil leak and protect the U.S. shoreline in one of the biggest spill containment...

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Oil Spill Boosts Shares of Recovery Companies

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...

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For Some, Oil Spill a Business Opportunity

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...

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European Oil Refineries Sold And Up For Sale

26.04.2010 - Many European oil and chemical firms have been looking to sell domestic refineries since last year as demand for fuels and petrochemical products has fallen more sharply in Europe...

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Reliance Out of Race for Canada Firm

16.03.2010 - Indian energy major Reliance Industries is out of the race for Value Creation after the Canadian firm sold a majority stake in an oil sands property to BP, a source with direct...