The recent fire at an oil production platform in the Gulf of Mexico has brought unexpected focus on the platform's owner, Mariner Energy. Here's more on a company that isn't well known outside oil circles.
Will there even be a BP as we now know it? The answers rest on several variables, most notably: continued asset sales, future litigation and efforts to restore the company's now-tattered public image. Its problems are only beginning.
The controversy over whether BP should pay out a dividend to its shareholders is causing new friction in relations between London and Washington.
As energy giant BP struggles with one of the worst ecological, financial and PR disasters in recent history, its shares have been royally pummeled. Years of trouble lie ahead, yet there are plenty of reasons why BP may be a good buy.
