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Time to scrap BP brand? Gas-station owners divided (AP)
7/30/2010 9:26:25 AM

FILE - In this file photo made Oct. 25, 2007, the BP (British Petroleum) logo is seen at a gas station in Washington. BP gas station owners across the country are divided over whether the oil giant stained by its handling of the Gulf spill should rebrand U.S. outlets as Amoco or another name as part of its effort to repair the company's badly damaged reputation. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - BP gas station owners across the country are divided over whether the oil giant stained by its handling of the Gulf spill should rebrand U.S. outlets as Amoco or another name as part of its effort to repair the company's badly damaged reputation.
Dudley to outline BP plans to help Gulf recover (AP)
7/30/2010 9:16:53 AM

File - In this June 16, 2010 file photo, BP Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward, left, and BP Managing Director Bob Dudley arrive with other BP executives at the White House in Washington DC. The appointment of American oilman Robert Dudley to replace luckless Briton Tony Hayward as CEO is the latest milestone in the waning Britishness of the company once known as British Petroleum. (AP Photo / Susan Walsh, file)AP - Incoming BP CEO Bob Dudley was set to outline his company's long-term efforts to help the Gulf of Mexico recover from the oil spill Friday morning, and will be getting help from a Clinton administration-era emergency management official.
Glance: AEP's 2Q and carbon capture costs (AP)
7/30/2010 9:09:12 AM
AP - WHAT: American Electric Power said in its Friday earnings release that a 57 percent drop in its second-quarter numbers was partly due to a charge related to a carbon capture project at its Mountaineer Plant in W.Va., serving that state and Virginia through AEP's Appalachian Power unit.
Hayward says leaving top post out of 'love' for BP (AFP)
7/30/2010 9:05:12 AM

Outgoing BP CEO Tony Hayward, seen here on July 27 in London, would have liked to remain in his job, but is leaving after a firestorm over his handling of the US oil spill because of his AFP - Outgoing BP CEO Tony Hayward would have liked to remain in his job, but is leaving after a firestorm over his handling of the US oil spill because of his "love" for the British firm.
US expert: China oil spill far bigger than stated (AP)
7/30/2010 8:48:01 AM

In this photo taken on Sunday, July 25, 2010, a worker cleans up the oil at the Nantuo Fishing Harbor after the oil spill in Dalian in northeast China's Liaoning province. An American oil spill expert says China's worst-known oil spill is far larger than the government has reported. China's government has said 1,500 tons of oil spilled after an explosion two weeks ago near the northeastern city of Dalian. But Rick Steiner estimates that 60,000 to 90,000 tons spilled into the Yellow Sea. He says the spill is at least as large as the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil disaster in Alaska. (AP Photo)**CHINA OUT**AP - China's worst known oil spill is dozens of times larger than the government has reported, and some of the oil was spilled deliberately to avoid an even larger disaster, an American expert said Friday.
House to take up offshore drilling reform bill (Reuters)
7/30/2010 8:44:47 AM
Reuters - Three months after the catastrophic oil rig explosion that sent millions of gallons of crude spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. House of Representatives was poised on Friday to debate legislation clamping down on the industry's offshore drilling practices.
BP Oil Spill: Has Environmental Damage Been Exaggerated? (Time.com)
7/30/2010 6:20:00 AM

The sun sets over an oil platform waiting to be towed out into the Gulf of Mexico at Port Fourchon in Louisiana in May. World oil prices were higher on Thursday, winning support from firmer equities and the weaker dollar after recent falls that were sparked by downbeat news in key consumer the United States.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)Time.com - So far, predictions of ecological catastrophe on the Gulf Coast following the BP oil spill seem overblown
Company at center of Mich. oil cited for problems (AP)
7/30/2010 4:03:12 AM

This July 28, 2010 photo provided by the State of Michigan shows what Michigan officials say is a sheen of oil on Morrow Lake in Kalamazoo County. The lake is a key point where officials had hoped to stop oil from a spill into the Kalamazoo River that has coated wildlife with oil. (AP Photo/State of Michigan)AP - A Canadian company at the center of a huge oil spill in southern Michigan has a history of pipeline problems, including leaks, an explosion and dozens of regulatory violations.
BP lawsuits over oil spill take center stage (Reuters)
7/29/2010 7:35:53 PM

A large sheen of oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, background, is seen approaching Timbalier Island in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Reuters - More than 2,000 miles from the Gulf of Mexico shoreline, a panel of U.S. judges heard arguments from lawyers on Thursday on how piles of oil spill-related lawsuits against BP Plc should be merged.
BP denies Texas a cash advance, gets scathing response (Reuters)
7/29/2010 7:09:09 PM
Reuters - Oil giant BP Plc rejected a request from Texas for a $25 million cash advance to clean up shorelines sullied by the Gulf oil spill, and got a scathing response from top Texas officials, according to letters given to Reuters on Thursday.




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