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Shell Denies It Is About to Buy Rival BP in $80B Mega Deal

The company’s public refusal comes only hours after The Wall Street Journal reported the potential mega-merger.

Kenneal Patterson

BP CEO Bernard Looney resigned suddenly on Tuesday.
BYE BYE

BP CEO Suddenly Resigns Amid Murky New Allegations

BP CEO Bernard Looney resigned unexpectedly on Tuesday after new information about his undisclosed “relationships” surfaced.

Chaya Tong

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DEVASTATION

Terrible Truth About Deepwater Horizon

Leigh Fondakowski’s ‘Spill’ is a piercing, stunningly mounted play, demonstrating the full human and environmental catastrophe caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil platform disaster.

Tim Teeman

Power Play

BP, Putin, and the Power of Oil

John Browne, former BP chief, reveals why energy will always be used as a weapon, and how to deal with Putin.

Tim Teeman

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Gusher

Oil Cash Floods Gulf

Three years after BP’s disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was capped, funds continue to flood the region. Is the legal fallout providing a form of continuous stimulus?

Filipa Ioannou

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BP: Where Are They Now

One year after the Deepwater Horizon disaster dumped 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the region may still be struggling, but some players have rebounded. Who’s recovering, and who's still stuck in the muck? See photos.

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The Gulf of Mexico's Seafood Rebirth a Year After the BP Oil Spill

One year after the BP oil disaster, marine life is thriving in the Gulf of Mexico and fishermen and state officials are optimistic about the summer season. But locals still battling health problems are angry at the oil giant's failure to meet its commitments, Rick Outzen reports.

Rick Outzen

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Is BP Guilty of Manslaughter?

Does the government have a case against BP for the deaths of workers in the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion? Journalist Tom Shroder lays out a timeline of safety lapses that could help their case.

Tom Shroder

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BP's Worthless CEO Shuffle

Across the weary Gulf Coast, BP’s dismissal of Tony Hayward failed to garner any goodwill. The Daily Beast’s Rick Outzen on how four months of spin, lies, and delays have jaded a region.

Rick Outzen

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Plugging the Hole in BP

Tony Hayward sunk himself with his media gaffes and poor political performances. Can Bob Dudley do better? Tom Bower on the challenge of rebuilding the company's badly tarred reputation.Tom Bower's new book, Oil: Money, Politics, and Power in the 21st Century, is out now.

Tom Bower

articles/2010/07/20/bp-and-the-lockerbie-bomber-why-the-conspiracy-is-false/massie-lockerbie-bp_114837_znmeng

The Loony BP-Lockerbie Conspiracy Theory

The U.S. Senate’s error-riddled letter demanding an inquiry into BP’s role in the release of the Lockerbie bomber is little more than crude political grandstanding, says Alex Massie.

Alex Massie

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