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BP criticised for neglecting its accident safety in Deepwater
London :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
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News in pictures Suggested Topics BP failed to pay attention to major areas of potential danger on its oil rigs, according to a new report into the Deepwater Horizon explosion that killed 11 people and unleashed America's worst oil spill. While the
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BP missed big hazard issues in oil spill, panel says
Washington :: DC :: USA | 10 months ago
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BP focused too much on the little details of personal worker safety instead of the big systemic hazards that led to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill and wasn't as strict on overall safety when drilling rigs involved other companies that they hired,
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Safety boosted on land, but not offshore
Texas City :: TX :: USA | 10 months ago
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After the lethal explosion at BP's Texas City refinery that killed 15 workers in 2005, the oil industry boosted safety at industrial operations on land but never made the same improvements offshore, according to federal investigators meeting in
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BP says safety No. 1 after OSHA settlement
Houston :: TX :: USA | 10 months ago
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BP expressed its commitment to workplace safety after agreeing to pay more than $13 million to settle claims tied to a Texas refinery explosion in 2005...Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration said it resolved with BP
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BP agrees to pay $13M for Texas refinery penalties
Washington :: DC :: USA | 10 months ago
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The government had been seeking a total of $80 million in penalties, the largest fine in its history. Resolving the fines could help BP in its effort to sell the Texas City refinery, which the nation's sixth largest.
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Settlement coming in BP Texas City blast
Texas City :: TX :: USA | 10 months ago
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Hide Caption Eva Rowe (right) who lost both her parents, James and Linda Rowe, in the 2005 BP Texas City plant explosion sits next to her boy friend Brian Huff (left) during a press conference held that the law office of Brent Coon & Associates
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Investors want strategy shakeup at BP
Moscow :: Russia | 11 months ago
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BP's shareholders want to see some radical management action to help the company turn the page on U.S. oil spill litigation and the quarrel with its Russian partners. Both issues have dragged on the value of a company that was once Britain's biggest,
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Op-Ed Contributor: A Punishment BP Can't Pay Off
Texas City :: TX :: USA | 1 year ago
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Related in Opinion TWO years after a series of gambles and ill-advised decisions on a BP drilling project led to the largest accidental oil spill in United States history and the death of 11 workers on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, no one has been
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Victims' questions may still linger after BP deal
Texas City :: TX :: USA | 1 year ago
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49 pm by 0 | As Katherine Rodriquez read about the tentative settlement between BP and thousands of businesses and individuals, the memories flooded back. She remembered driving to Galveston for the first day of a different legal proceeding with
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BP, feds talk about settling spill claims
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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BP Plc (BP/) is negotiating with U.S. officials to settle pollution claims over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill that may leave the company liable for as much as $17.6 billion in fines, a person familiar with the talks said. The government cited the
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