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BP plc (formerly The British Petroleum Company plc then BP Amoco plc) is a British global energy company that is also the third largest global energy company and the 4th largest company in the world. As a multinational oil company ("oil major") BP is the UK's largest corporation, with its headquarters in St James's, City of Westminster, London.

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Payout official set for surge in BP spill claims

By Reuters

The deadline for claims against BP Plc <BP.L> in connection with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill is 11 months away, but the man responsible for paying the claims said on Thursday he is already bracing for a late surge in filings. (May 18)

MORE TOPICS: COURT, MEXICO, OIL SPILL, SETTLEMENT

Official expects surge in BP spill claims

By Reuters UK

The deadline for claims against BP Plc in connection with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill is 11 months away, but the man responsible for paying the claims said on Thursday he is already bracing for a late surge in filings. (May 17)

MORE TOPICS: COURT, MEXICO, OIL SPILL, SETTLEMENT

Official set for surge in BP spill claims as deadline nears

By Reuters

The deadline for claims against BP Plc <BP.L> in connection with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill is 11 months away, but the man responsible for paying the claims said on Thursday he is already bracing for a late surge in filings. (May 17)

MORE TOPICS: COURT, MEXICO, OIL SPILL, SETTLEMENT

NY City sues BP over Deepwater Horizon spill-Comptroller

By Reuters UK

New York City said on Friday it sued BP Plc for over $39 million of losses it claims beneficiaries of the city's pension funds suffered due to BP's "misconduct and fraudulent behaviour" linked to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (Apr 27)

MORE TOPICS: COURT, MEXICO, NEW YORK, OIL SPILL, LAWSUIT, INVESTMENT

China’s Elite Tsinghua University to Receive $300M Donation from US Billionaire Schwarzman
China’s Elite Tsinghua University to Receive $300M Donation from US Billionaire Schwarzman

By IBTimes AU

Tsinghua University, one of China's universities which trained many of China's top leaders, is bound to receive a $300 million donation from no less than an American mogul, Blackstone Group investment company founder Stephen Schwarzman. (Apr 22)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, GENERAL ELECTRIC, CATERPILLAR, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA, INDIA

Blackstone boss backs $300 million Chinese university fund

By Reuters

Blackstone Group Inc. <BX.N> founder Stephen Schwarzman will personally donate $100 million to a scholarship fund at China's Tsinghua University as part of the largest internationally funded philanthropic project in the country's history. (Apr 22)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, BARACK OBAMA, GENERAL ELECTRIC

Blackstone boss backs 197 million pounds Chinese university fund

By Reuters UK

Blackstone Group Inc. <BX.N> founder Stephen Schwarzman will personally donate about 66 million pounds to a scholarship fund at China's Tsinghua University as part of the largest internationally funded philanthropic project in the country's history. (Apr 21)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, BARACK OBAMA, GENERAL ELECTRIC

BP Plc opts out of wind energy
BP Aims to Get Rid of its US Wind Arm

By Industry Leaders Magazine

If one thinks that renewable energy is the future, then s/he can be surprised with a new decision made by BP Plc. Surprising or not, BP Plc has informed that it wants to get rid of its US wind arm. (Apr 04)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, RENEWABLE ENERGY

BP Plc's petrol station
BP & Partners are to Invest $500m in North Sea’s Clair Field

By Industry Leaders Magazine

On the 28th of March, it was made public that an oil consortium led by BP Plc would plow as much as $500 million in an appraisal drilling project in the Clair field near Shetlands Islands. The investment is expected to bring many benefits to North Sea oil sector. (Apr 02)

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The Energy Report - Gas Cracks!

By Price Futures Group

If almost on cue and just as I said one day earlier, gas confirmed a major top and we got a wild drop against a back drop of some historic numbers on U.S. oil production! RBOB fell like a rock as the gas bubble popped and the sellers rocked. (Mar 01)

MORE TOPICS: DOW JONES, BARCLAYS, CRUDE OIL, RETAIL, NEW JERSEY, ADDICTION