BP buys into £7b Viking CCS South Humber Bank carbon capture and storage project Oil major invests big in energy transition in the Humber as it partners with operator Birmingham Post · Apr 11, 2023
Elegant 5-course tasting menu is served in a Minnesota gas station An immigrant chef's path to independent restaurant ownership makes a pit stop at a BP convenience store. Tribune News Service · Apr 10, 2023
Service station takeover: OTR expansion set to wipe out Coles Express Viva Energy's acquisition of the OTR service station chain gives consumers the first glimpse of what's to become of Coles Express. The New Daily · Apr 9, 2023
SG Flips Position on Whether Removed Climate Change Cases Are "Inherently Federal In Nature" "After the change in Administration and in light of those intervening developments, the United States has reexamined its position and has concluded that state-law claims like those pleaded here should not be recharacterized as claims arising under federal common law." Reason · Apr 5, 2023
Oil drilling in Gulf safer, but concerns linger, report says A new National Academy of Science study says that 13 years after a massive BP oil spill fouled the Gulf of Mexico, regulators and industry have reduced some risks in deep water exploration in the gulf but some troublesome safety issues persist The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2023
Costcutter shop gets alcohol licence back despite youth disorder concerns A shop representative complained that the nearby BP garage had been given an alcohol licence and they had not. Daily Record · Apr 4, 2023
Oil prices surge after Opec+ production cuts Shell and BP saw their share prices rise following a jump in the price of oil. The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2023
As GameStop Gears up for Another Short Squeeze, Focus on These Specialty Retailers Instead With a positive earnings surprise in Q4, GameStop (GME) might be on its way to going bonkers as it did in 2021. However, given its unstable performance and uncertain prospects, fundamentally sound retail stocks ODP Corporation (ODP), TravelCenters of America (TA), and Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) appear to be more worthy… StockNews.com · Mar 31, 2023
Rolls-Royce appoints first female finance chief in boardroom shake-up Helen McCabe joins from BP where she worked alongside Rolls-Royce CEO Tufan Erginbilgic The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2023
Shoplifting in UK on the rise as food prices soar Grocery price inflation hit record highs in March The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2023
Russia's Rosneft files suit against Reuters over BP article Russian oil giant Rosneft has filed a suit against Reuters in a Moscow court, alleging parts of a Reuters article about BP's decision to exit its stake in Rosneft were defamatory. Reuters · Mar 29, 2023
Season’s greetings: Making sense of Kyle Wright and Cubs and Sox win totals Bet on it: Smart baseball bettors can find value in MLB futures bets Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 25, 2023
Scots roofer who dealt drugs for crime gang caught red-handed with cocaine worth almost £100k Gareth Speirs was caught and faces jail time following the discovery of the Class A drugs. Daily Record · Mar 20, 2023
North Sea oil and gas workers vote to strike amid bumper profits Series of actions planned this spring as union members call for more pay since firms are ‘raking it’ The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2023
Insider UK · Mar 17, 2023 Scotland’s first Energy Incubator and Scale Up Hub wins support from BP and Scottish Enterprise ETZ says £6.5m complex will support supply chain and deliver a ‘cutting-edge innovation ecosystem’
The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2023 Saving Time by Jenny Odell review – clocking off The artist and writer offers a powerful critique of the way we conceive of time in the modern, industrial world, and explores alternatives
ABC News · Mar 13, 2023 BHP launches renewable diesel trial, raising concerns over biofuel in net zero transition Mining giant BHP has launched a "renewable diesel" trial to reduce carbon emissions at a Pilbara iron ore mine, but an environmental engineer says the company may be better off with the real thing.
Daily Mirror · Mar 10, 2023 Oil giant BP slammed for handing fatcat boss £10million pay and perks bonanza BP CEO Bernard Looney's £10million pay and perks bonanza is a 'kick the teeth' for struggling Brits, a campaigner has said - the oil giant is among those to have benefitted from a surge in wholesale energy prices in the wake of Russia ’s invasion of Ukraine
Evening Standard · Mar 10, 2023 BP North Sea installations to be hit by strikes until June, union says Offshore workers are to hold a series of strikes that will hit BP North Sea installations starting this month and running until June, the Unite union announced on Friday.
Wales Online · Mar 10, 2023 BP boss earns 172 times more than average employee as his pay doubles Bernard Looney’s total pay packet increased from around £4.5m to about £10m
The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2023 BP CEO pay doubles to $12M as high energy costs surge profit Total pay for BP’s CEO more than doubled to $12 million last year
The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2023 Doubling of BP boss pay to £10m is a ‘kick in the teeth’, say campaigners Bernard Looney’s bumper pay package follows annual profits of £23bn linked to soaring gas prices sparked by Russia-Ukraine war
The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2023 Shell’s van Beurden gets lucky. Harbour Energy doesn’t Former CEO did handsomely on the back of high oil and gas prices while the windfall levy hits the small players harder
The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2023 ‘Outrageous’ Shell bonus triggers call for higher windfall tax – but UK firms take hit from levy ‘The money being made out of Putin’s war should be helping struggling families’
The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2023 Fossil fuels received £20bn more UK support than renewables since 2015 Exclusive: One-fifth of money given directly to fossil fuel industry was to support new extraction and mining