Its turning out to be quite some week for Tony Hayward, the head of exploration at BP. Yesterday we blogged how his talk of BP’s recent failings was seen as an indirect attack on Lord Browne, and today he has emerged as co-front-runner to replace his Lordship. The other candidate is Robert Dudley, chief executive […]

ConocoPhillips has started commercial production of “renewable” diesel fuel at the company’s refinery in Cork, Ireland. The refinery is currently producing 1,000 barrels of the fuel, which includes soybean and vegetable oils. The company argues it meets the European Union standards for diesel fuels.

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The Dublin-based company Island Oil & Gas has announced an onshore oil exploration deal in “occupied” Western Sahara that it has signed with the Moroccan Government. The deal is hugely controversial as NGOs argue that it could break international law.
Protests against the “illegal deal” are already being formulated and the Irish company now risks being […]

BP has had to deny that a series of stinging criticisms of the company’s management, culture and cost-cutting by a senior executive were an attack on Lord Browne.