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BP Shares Gain After Gulf Report

September 8, 2010 7:39 AM

LONDON (AP) - Shares in BP PLC have extended gains after the release of an internal report on the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that deflects much of the blame onto contractor Transocean. The stock was up 2 percent at 414.95 pence ($6.41) shortly after the report... more »
Mariner Energy Shares Dropped Nearly 3 Percent

September 2, 2010 1:35 PM

NEW YORK (AP) - Mariner Energy shares dropped nearly 3 percent Thursday following news that one of it's production platforms exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. Mariner shares lost 69 cents, nearly 3 percent, to $22.66 in midday trading. The Houston independent oil and gas company is a relatively small... more »
BP's Shares Climb For a Second Day in a Row

June 11, 2010 2:09 PM

BP shares are climbing for a second straight day despite new estimates that the Gulf oil spill could be worse than previously forecast. In morning trading Friday, BP's shares rose $1.35, or 4.1 percent, to $34.13. Some scientists believe the amount of oil spewing from the blown-out well in the... more »
BP Shares Sunk Thursday

June 10, 2010 12:07 PM

LONDON (AP) - BP shares sunk Thursday in London as U.S. politicians pressed the British oil company to halt its dividend payments and fork out greater compensation for American workers and companies devastated by the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill. But markets were also beginning to heed warnings from... more »