Business
Oil Industry Giants Report Losses, Layoffs And Lower Profits
Posted on · Low prices keep leading to more more bad news for the oil sector.
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Energy & Environment
Crude Oil Prices Plunge To Lowest Level Since 2003
Posted on · The drop came as BP announced plans to cut another 4,000 exploration and production jobs by 2017.
Business
BP Announces 4,000 More Job Cuts As Oil Prices Plunge
Posted on · The British company employs nearly 6,000 people in Greater Houston.
Energy & Environment
State Lays Out Broad Plans To Fix The Gulf After The BP Spill
Posted on · The public hearing will lay out the goals to get the Gulf Coast back to what it looked like before the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010.
News
Gulf Coast States Announce Civil Settlement With BP
Posted on · A deal announced today resolves all civil claims against BP arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill.
Energy & Environment
Officials Release Latest Plans For Gulf Coast Restoration
Posted on · Five years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill devastated areas along the Gulf of Mexico, federal and state officials have released the latest plans for environmental restoration.
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Making Houston More Bike Friendly: Tuesday’s Show (July 7, 2015)
Posted on · A couple weeks back, cyclists staged a "die-in" outside Houston’s City Hall, to send a message to the City Council that cyclists need safer roads and that motorists need to be held accountable for bike-related accidents, especially in light of four bicycle-related fatalities that occurred over a recent three-week period. The demonstration outside City Hall […]
Houston Matters
Deepwater Horizon: Lessons Learned Five Years Later
Posted on · Five years ago Monday, an oil well exploded deep in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven crewmen were killed on the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig, about 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana. That deadly incident was just the start of what became an all-out environmental catastrophe, as millions of barrels of crude oil spilled […]
News
Harris County Seeks Damages from BP for Deepwater Horizon Spill
Posted on · The county sues for $23 million in damages from lost tax revenues.
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UH Students Vie For BP’s Field Trip Prize
Posted on · Three University of Houston sophomores are advancing to the national competition of BP's Ultimate Field Trip contest — an energy competition for science and engineering students.
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Coming 2013: New BP Facility To House Largest Commercial Research Supercomputer
Posted on · Oil giant British Petroleum is building a new facility that will house the world's most powerful supercomputer at its North America office based in west Houston. It will go farther, faster and deeper in its search for oil and gas anywhere in the world.
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BP To Pay Largest Criminal Settlement In US History
Posted on · The Justice Department and BP have agreed to $4.5 billion dollar settlement over the oil company's 2010 oil rig explosion. The federal government has also charged two BP managers with manslaughter. The deal is part of an ongoing criminal investigation into the massive oil spill.
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Attorney: ‘BP Doesn’t Get It’
Posted on · The mother of an infant who died in June after the release of hazardous chemicals from BP's Texas City refinery is suing the company. Her attorney says the wrongful death lawsuit is one of thousands filed against the company in connection with the harmful emissions. Pat Hernandez has the story.
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Non-oil Lawsuit Against BP Grows
Posted on · The number of Texas City residents adding their names to a class-action lawsuit against BP continues to grow. The case has nothing to do with the recent oil spill. It stems from the release of toxic chemicals into the air over a 40 day period this spring. Bill Stamps has the story.
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Sea Turtle Group To BP: Stop Controlled Burns Or We’ll Sue
Posted on · A group that works to protect endangered sea turtles is demanding BP change one of its Gulf oil spill cleanup practices — or face a lawsuit. David Pitman has more.