BP is facing fresh questions about its safety record after being given a series of deadlines by the British Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to address problems on North Sea installations that are potentially putting workers at risk.
Following a review of safety after the Texas City fire that killed 15 people and injured 150 two […]

BP’s new CEO, Tony Hayward will present his plans for a reshuffle of the top team at BP when he attends his first board meeting as chief executive in Washington next week.
After the traumatic events over the last few days for BP, Hayward is said to be looking to “refresh the executive” and “reassert a […]

BP has suffered its biggest shareholder protest for at least a decade in a snub that overshadowed an emotional send-off for Lord Browne in his final AGM in charge of BP.
More than 17% of those BP investors who voted opposed a “golden goodbye” estimated by some to be worth up to £72m to the man […]

A leading union leader from Britain’s offshore industry has called on all British oil companies to pull out of the volatile Niger Delta region until safety can be guaranteed.
The call by Graham Tran, a regional officer of Amicus, one of the North Sea’s major unions, came as the search went on for a missing […]

Safety issues continue to plague BP. Workers for BP allege that a labour shortage at Prudhoe Bay, the United States’ largest oil field has made conditions ripe for fatigue-related accidents similar to one that killed 15 employees at the company’s Texas plant in 2005.
BP has failed to fill about a dozen vacancies for highly skilled […]