BP says they have spent nearly four billion pounds since April, when the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in Mexico. The staggering sums have accumulated in scarcely three months since the disaster. BP attribute the majority of the sum to their initial spill response, namely the 31,000 people deployed in the numerous containment attempts. The gushing [...]
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The effects of the BP oil spill
BP hit hard in the aftermath of the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico It’s almost two months since the widely reported disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, where the Deepwater Horizon BP oil rig exploded and was sunk on April 20, killing 11 workers and leaving a hole in the ocean floor [...]
OPEC decides on no cuts to crude oil output
The intergovernmental consortium has decided not to further reduce the amount of crude oil exported in fear of damaging the global economy. The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) controls 40% of the world’s oil. The decision came at a meeting in Vienna, and it was unclear as to what OPEC would decide, given that [...]
President Obama backs renewable energy
US President voices support for green energy alternatives Speaking on Monday, President Obama claimed that the country to make power from renewable energy sources such as solar and wind available to customers at a similar price to energy from fossil fuels will become the economic superpower of the future. He acknowledged the fact that whilst [...]

