Topic: BP - on July 25, 2010 at 12:16:00 PM CEST
Mittelmeer: BP startet Ölbohrung vor Libyen
BP will mit einer Tiefseebohrung im Mittelmehr beginnen. Die Rechte hatte der britische Energiekonzern vor drei Jahren von Libyen erworben. Aus den USA kam vor kurzem die Kritik, dass das Millionengeschäft mit der Freilassung des libyschen Lockerbie-Attentäters zu tun hat.
Der Energiekonzern BP will die nächste Tiefseebohrung im Mittelmeer vor der Küste Libyens starten. "Die Bohrungen werden in wenigen Wochen beginnen", sagte BP-Sprecher David Nicholas am Samstag der Nachrichtenagentur dpa und bestätigte damit einen Bericht der "Financial Times". Die Zeitung berichtet, dass die Bohrung im Golf von Sirte erfolge.
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Topic: BP - on July 25, 2010 at 12:14:00 PM CEST
BP Hires Prison Labor to Clean Up Spill While Coastal Residents Struggle
In the first few days after BP's Deepwater Horizon wellhead exploded, spewing crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, cleanup workers could be seen on Louisiana beaches wearing scarlet pants and white t-shirts with the words "Inmate Labor" printed in large red block letters. Coastal residents, many of whom had just seen their livelihoods disappear, expressed outrage at community meetings; why should BP be using cheap or free prison labor when so many people were desperate for work? The outfits disappeared overnight.
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Topic: BP - on July 25, 2010 at 12:12:00 PM CEST
BP stalls payments to oil spill victims: Feinberg
British energy giant BP Plc is holding up payments to economic victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of a $20 billion compensation fund, said on Saturday.
"I have a concern that BP is stalling claims. Yes, BP is stalling. I doubt they are stalling for money. It's not that. I just don't think they know the answers to the questions (by claimants)," Feinberg told reporters.
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Topic: BP - on July 25, 2010 at 12:10:00 PM CEST
Key rig alarm disabled before blast: rig worker
An emergency alarm that could have warned workers aboard the doomed Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico drilling rig was intentionally disabled, a rig engineer told U.S. investigators on Friday.
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