An estimated 5% of the BP oil spill was burnt off the surface. Burning requires concentrating the oil on the sea surface to at least 2-3mm – relatively thick for an oil spill. It also requires ...

The Justice Department and five states on Monday announced a $20 billion final settlement of claims arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP has reached an $18.7 ...

This is primarily done using skimmers which float along the surface of the water and suck up the oil like vacuum cleaners ... After the BP Deep Horizon oil spill, hundreds of skimmers were ...

US examines blowout preventer in BP oil spill The failure of the underwater blowout preventer that led to the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was caused by the inability of attached ...

Under Auchincloss’ predecessor, Bernard Looney, BP pledged in 2020 to cut oil and gas output by 40% while rapidly growing renewables by 2030. BP lowered the reduction target to 25% in 2023.

LONDON—BP BP0.32%increase; green up pointing triangle said it would boost oil-and-gas production and sharply cut investments in clean energy, pivoting back to fossil fuels in a bid to revive its ...

As far as British oil giant BP is concerned, the catastrophic oil spill that tainted Louisiana’s shores more than a decade ago didn’t take place in the Gulf of Mexico. It took place in the ...

LONDON — British energy company BP confirmed Feb. 26 that it would slash spending on green ventures and increase its oil and gas production, a change in direction that it hopes will bolster its ...

Five years ago, BP’s previous chief executive Bernard Looney set some of the most ambitious targets among large oil companies to cut production of oil and gas by 40% by 2030, while significantly ...