http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/bp/ en-us Sun, 1 Nov 2009 22:38:17 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376093/posts BP Restarts Texas City Refinery Reformer -Filing Sun Nov 1, 2009 5:20pm EST HOUSTON, Nov 1 (Reuters) - BP Plc (BP.L) (BP.N) began restarting Ultraformer No. 4 at its 475,000 barrel per day (bpd) Texas City, Texas, refinery on Sunday, according to a notice filed on Saturday with state pollution regulators.[snip] Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376093/posts#comment Sun, 1 Nov 2009 22:38:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374549/posts BP has been fined a record $87m (£53m) for failing to correct safety hazards at its Texas City refinery in the US. An explosion in 2005 at the Texas plant killed 15 people and injured 170 more. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited 270 violations at the oil refinery, a US Labor Department official said. BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374549/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:42:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350810/posts Energy: An amazing number of oil finds have been made this year, including the biggest in California in 35 years. If the world is running out of oil, why do we keep finding more of it? The mantra of the anti-drilling crowd has been that oil companies like to sit on their leases and the oil in the ground, hoping to drive up the price. They should use the leases they have or lose them, these critics say. They also like to add that the world is running out of oil so it doesn't matter anyway. Occidental Petroleum hasn't been... Real Clear Markets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350810/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:52:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350368/posts Energy: An amazing number of oil finds have been made this year, including the biggest in California in 35 years. If the world is running out of oil, why do we keep finding more of it? The mantra of the anti-drilling crowd has been that oil companies like to sit on their leases and the oil in the ground, hoping to drive up the price. They should use the leases they have or lose them, these critics say. They also like to add that the world is running out of oil so it doesn't matter anyway. Occidental Petroleum hasn't been... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350368/posts#comment Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:48:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333710/posts BP has announced the discovery of yet another huge oil field in the Gulf of Mexico. At the same time, communist Russia is ready to work with Cuba to begin drilling 50 miles offshore Key West in the Gulf, and China is negotiating with Canada for the right to develop the vast oil resources in Alberta. Still, the Obama administration has remained resolute in opposing U.S. offshore drilling, Jerome Corsi's Red Alert reports. Found 250 miles southeast of Houston, the Tiber well was found under 4,132 feet (.8 mile) of water and was drilled to a total depth of 35,055... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333710/posts#comment Mon, 7 Sep 2009 03:43:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331661/posts Energy Policy: Ignoring peak-oil Cassandras, BP has made another giant oil find in the Gulf of Mexico. We're not running out of oil. Our government just doesn't want us to look for it.The world is running out of oil and good riddance. That's the environmentalists' mantra. But since the first well was drilled near Titusville, Pa., 150 years ago, the prophecy has gone unfulfilled. Trouble is, those darn greedy oil companies keep finding the stuff. Oil has been produced in the Gulf of Mexico since the first well was drilled by Kerr-McGee Corp. in 1947. Some of the wells are... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331661/posts#comment Fri, 4 Sep 2009 00:28:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331501/posts BP said Wednesday that it has drilled the world's deepest oil well in the Gulf of Mexico and found a giant pool of crude, a discovery that promises to make an indelible mark on the south Louisiana economy. The Tiber Prospect is expected to rank among the largest petroleum discoveries in the United States, potentially producing half as much crude in a day as Alaska's famous North Slope oil field. Louisiana energy circles were abuzz with news of the discovery Wednesday. "Any incremental business in the Gulf of Mexico is going to be a net positive for us one way... The Times-Picayune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331501/posts#comment Thu, 3 Sep 2009 20:26:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327695/posts The British government decided it was “in the overwhelming interests of the United Kingdom” to make Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber, eligible for return to Libya, leaked ministerial letters reveal. Gordon Brown’s government made the decision after discussions between Libya and BP over a multi-million-pound oil exploration deal had hit difficulties. These were resolved soon afterwards. The letters were sent two years ago by Jack Straw, the justice secretary, to Kenny MacAskill, his counterpart in Scotland, who has been widely criticised for taking the formal decision to permit Megrahi’s release. The correspondence makes it plain that the key... www.timesonline.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327695/posts#comment Sat, 29 Aug 2009 23:03:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2146481/posts SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- President-elect Barack Obama will nominate Nobel laureate Steven Chu as energy secretary and Lisa Jackson to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, according to media reports Wednesday. Obama is also expected to name Carol Browner as energy 'czar,' the reports said. Chu, a Chinese-American, won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1997. Market Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2146481/posts#comment Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:22:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1772339/posts The global-warming debate is shifting from science to economics. For years, the fight over the Earth's rising temperature has been mostly over what's causing it: fossil-fuel emissions or natural factors beyond man's control. Now, some of the country's biggest industrial companies are acknowledging that fossil fuels are a major culprit whose emissions should be cut significantly over time. A growing number of these companies are pushing for a mandatory emissions limit, or "cap." Some see a lucrative new market in clean-energy technologies. Many figure a regulation is politically inevitable and they want to be in the room when it's negotiated,... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1772339/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:19:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1910887/posts Al Gore’s campaign against global warming is shifting into high gear. Reporters and commentators follow his every move and bombard the public with notice of his activities and opinions. But while the mainstream media promote his ideas about the state of planet Earth, they are mostly silent about the dramatic impact his economic proposals would have on America. And journalists routinely ignore evidence that he may personally benefit from his programs. Would the romance fizzle if Gore’s followers realized how much their man stands to gain? Earlier this year Gore experienced a notable public relations debacle. The Tennessee Center for... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1910887/posts#comment Sat, 13 Oct 2007 23:35:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282714/posts BP and CNPC have won the right to help Iraq develop the Rumaila field. The UK and Chinese companies beat ExxonMobil, the US oil company, which had partnered with Petronas, the Malaysian oil company. BP clinched the contract when it agreed to reduce its fee per barrel from $3.99 to $2. But the rest of the auction has not gone as smoothly. In fact, so far, the smaller five of the eight oil and gas fields being auctioned off have failed to find a company willing to accept the narrow terms and the relatively low price Iraq is willing to... ft.com/energysource (Blog for Financial Times) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282714/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:49:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2207326/posts This guy is one of a kind in the rap world, with pro-Christian, pro-America, pro-liberty rhymes. Evil Conservative Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2207326/posts#comment Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:10:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167501/posts US Army report states that America may be forced to intervene in Mexico to prevent the country from collapsing at the hands of organised crime and drug cartels. The report compiled by the army’s highest command has placed Mexico alongside Pakistan as possible failed states of the future. The report states: “Two large and important states bear consideration for rapid and sudden collapse: Pakistan and Mexico.” Mexico has a population of 110 million and shares a two thousand mile border with America. It also is next to the smuggling routes linking the US with the drug-growing areas of South America... Digital Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167501/posts#comment Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:45:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2159520/posts Levi Johnston, the boyfriend of Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol, has quit his North Slope oil field job over questions about his eligibility to work in an electrical apprenticeship program, Johnston's father said Monday. Johnston, 18, began working this fall in the Milne Point oil field with ASRC Energy Services Inc., a major Slope contractor. In a Sunday newspaper column, Anchorage radio talk show host Dan Fagan questioned how Johnston could take part in ASRC's apprenticeship program without a high school diploma. Fagan said he understood federal regulations require all members of apprenticeship programs to have a diploma. He also... Anchorage Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2159520/posts#comment Tue, 6 Jan 2009 13:42:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1126062/posts Does America need a terrorist financier to secure its “freedom”? Sami al-Arian thinks so. His National Coalition to Protect Political Freedom poses as a watchdog for the Constitution, but he has focused his lobbying efforts on repealing anti-terrorist legislation. While Sami al-Arian himself has been arrested for being a prime financier for Palestinian Islamic Jihad (and likely one of its three founders), his political movement continues to threaten homeland security. Al-Arian founded the National Coalition to Protect Political Freedom (NCPPF) in 1997 as a reaction to the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1996. The coalition’s stated goal “is to help change the... Front Page Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1126062/posts#comment Wed, 28 Apr 2004 18:02:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2100058/posts Four people were in custody Tuesday after a smuggling suspect tried to run over a U.S. Border Patrol agent at an East County freeway checkpoint, prompting the officer to open fire, authorities said. The driver allegedly steered a vehicle carrying suspected illegal immigrants at the federal officer at the Buckman Springs-area citizenship verification station on westbound Interstate 8 about 4 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol and USBP public affairs. The agent suffered minor injuries, either when struck by the vehicle or while jumping out of the way, officials reported. The federal officer's gunfire caused no injuries, Border Patrol... 10News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2100058/posts#comment Wed, 8 Oct 2008 01:14:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073523/posts So how does the experience of Sarah Palin stack up against the experience of Joe Biden? Just ask British PetroleumWould you trust Sarah Palin to negotiate with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad without preconditions? Well, why not? Palin came into the governor's office and found a mess on her desk. The oil deal struck by defeated Republican governor Frank Murkowski wasn't working. Through creative accounting by big oil and ambiguous reporting standards, the Murkowski plan just wasn't giving the State of Alaska the pay-off that was expected. So the former mayor of Wasilla (population 9,000, as the MSM always points out) demanded that... American Prowler http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073523/posts#comment Wed, 3 Sep 2008 04:43:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065684/posts LONDON (Reuters) - BP (BP.L: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday exports of Azeri oil from Turkey should resume next week after repairs to the $4 billion (2.1 billion pounds) Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline damaged by a fire two weeks ago. The line can pump up to 1 million barrels per day of oil, equal to more than 1 percent of world supply, from fields in the Azeri part of the Caspian Sea to Ceyhan in Turkey. Its closure had supported world oil prices, which fell initially on news that it was reopening. "We've taken the decision to start dynamic integrity... Rueters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065684/posts#comment Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:41:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059682/posts Russian jets targeted a key oil pipeline with over 50 missiles in a weekend bombing raid in Georgia that raised fears the conflict will tighten Moscow's stranglehold on Europe's energy supplies. Deep craters pockmark the landscape south of the Georgian capital Tblisi in a Y-shaped pattern straddling the British-operated pipeline. The attack left two deep holes less than 100 yards either side of a pressure vent on the pipeline. Shrapnel of highly engineered munitions litters the area. There was no visible damage to the pipeline. Its vulnerability is summed up by a yellow hazard sign next to the vent warning... Telegraph.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059682/posts#comment Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:58:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059221/posts The war in Georgia escalated dangerously last night after Russian jets reportedly bombed a vital pipeline that supplies oil to the West. After a day of heightening international tensions, Georgian leaders claimed that the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, which transports oil from the Caspian Sea to Turkey, had been attacked. But it is thought the bombs missed their target. Their claims came after Russian jets struck deep into the territory of its tiny neighbour, killing civilians and ‘completely devastating’ the strategic Black Sea port of Poti, a staging post for oil and other energy supplies. Georgian economic development minister Ekaterina Sharashidzne said:... mailonline.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059221/posts#comment Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:24:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051615/posts Excerpt - MOSCOW (AFP)--British-Russian oil company TNK-BP chief executive, Robert Dudley, has been summoned to appear before Russian prosecutors on Monday to explain "violations" of labor laws by his company, Interfax news agency reported Saturday. Dudley "temporarily" left Russia this week, the company said Thursday, saying he would run the company from outside the country. ~ snip ~ Agence France-Presse (excerpt) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051615/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:34:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050898/posts TNK-BP: something rotten in the state of Russia David Wighton: Business Editor’s commentary With its tail between its legs, Britain's biggest company is being all but chased out of Russia. BP will try to put a brave face on the retreat of Bob Dudley, still nominally chief executive of TNK-BP, to the safety of St James's Square. But it does not look good. When you wish to assert your authority, the best way to conduct business is not by e-mail from an office thousands of miles away. If BP is to avoid a de facto transfer of management authority to... Times of London http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050898/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:28:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031286/posts ASHINGTON - Less than a month after declaring polar bears a threatened species because of global warming, the Bush administration is giving oil companies permission to annoy and potentially harm them in the pursuit of oil and natural gas. ap http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031286/posts#comment Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:46:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030615/posts BP has upped the stakes in its battle for control of its Russian joint venture, by accusing Vladimir Putin of damaging his country's reputation through failing to intervene in the escalating dispute. John Sutherland, the BP chairman, used a press conference in Stockholm to lament the prime minister's lack of action to halt oligarchs using strong-arm tactics to try to take control of TNK-BP. "This is just a return to the corporate raiding activities that were prevalent in Russia in the 1990s. Prime minister Putin has referred to these tactics as relics of the 1990s, but unfortunately our partners continue... guardian.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030615/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:40:06 GMT