BP may have changed leadership, but its old habits continue. The company BP has said that its US division will contest the latest safety citations and a fine imposed by federal regulators over hazardous conditions at the company’s Texas City refinery.
Last month the Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited BP for one willful […]

In his first appearance as BP’s new chief executive, Tony Hayward, has pledged to oversee a turnaround at the oil giant as the company posted a drop in second-quarter profits.
Hayward told reporters that rather than make optimistic predictions he would “prefer to concentrate on real delivery”. He added that “My message today is simple: BP’s […]

It may not be such a happy retirement for Lord Browne. His former employer, BP has frozen payments worth more than £1.5m owed to him, while a court case is resolved.
John Manzoni, the outgoing head of BP’s refining operations, is also having payments worth nearly £500,000 suspended.

BP’s internal investigator has admitted in sworn testimony that his final draft report on the UK company’s management responsibility for the 2005 Texas refinery explosion was toned down.
Wilhelm Bonse-Geuking, BP’s European refining group vice-president, was charged with leading a team to determine management responsibility for the devastating explosion which killed 15.

Shell’s subsidiary, Shell Oil Products has paid nearly $3 million in penalties at its California refinery following an equipment failure that sent nearly 1,000 tons of excess carbon monoxide into the air.
The pollution escaped the refinery in Martinez back in March after three boilers that simultaneously produce steam and control the plant’s carbon monoxide output […]