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BP (BP), ConocoPhillips (COP) and Exxon Mobil (XOM) have cut their oil production from Alaska's Prudhoe Bay field by 95% after a leak was discovered in the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. No one is certain how long the leak will take to fix. It appears to be in a concrete casing along the pipeline at the...

Facing widespread calls for boycotts, owners responded by hammering home the message that the U.K. oil company doesn't own most of the retail locations that bear its name. Now as anger fades, business is coming back, and few owners ditched the brand.

A presidential commission's conclusion on the largest offshore oil spill in history that decisions meant to save time and money created an unreasonable amount of risk won't be the final word on the disaster. But it already has the companies involved with the blown-out well and Deepwater Horizon...

Shares of BP (BP) jumped to the highest level in six months on media reports that Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A) considered bidding for the British company during the Gulf Oil disaster. BP shares climbed 5% to 488.85 pence at 10:00 GMT, Reuters reported. British newspaper The Daily Mail reported...

One would think that BP's massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill this year would have given pause to the global oil industry, but that doesn't appear to be the case. Companies in the sector are planning to spend a record $490 billion in 2011, including a large amount for deep-water development.

The Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico may have unleashed a chain of events that could extend economically far beyond the region, threatening one of the world's most lucrative fishing species -- the bluefin tuna. The main culprit: the dispersants used to dissolve the oil.

BP (BP) shares fell the most in four months in London after the Obama administration sued the oil giant, saying it violated environmental laws during the Gulf oil disaster. BP shares retreated by as much as 3.2%, the most since August, Bloomberg News said. As of 9:08am local time, the shares were...