A number of protesters were ejected from BP’s Annual General Meeting today after attempting to storm the stage.

Oil giant BP is expected to face further shareholder ire at its annual general meeting over “wholly unacceptable” boardroom pay packets awarded in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.

OIL giant BP is expected to face further shareholder ire at its annual general meeting over “wholly unacceptable” boardroom pay packets awarded in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.

BP’s €11.3bn share-swap with Russian government-owned Rosneft was dealt another blow today after a tribunal blocked the deal until further notice.

BP has been given its first-ever oil exploration permits off the Australian coast, but the government warned today that the London-based energy giant will have to demonstrate higher safety standards than it had applied in the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster before it is allowed to drill.

Oil giant BP has now sold $20bn worth of assets to help pay for the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster after offloading its majority stake in an Argentina-based company.

THE clean-up bill for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has risen to $11.2 billion (€8.15bn), BP said yesterday as new boss Bob Dudley officially took up the reins from Tony Hayward.

The clean-up bill for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has risen to $11.2bn, BP said today as new boss Bob Dudley officially takes up the reins.

The team behind BP's internal investigation into the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster laid out 25 recommendations to prevent similar tragedies from occurring in the future.

A “complex and interlinked” series of events involving mechanical failures and human judgments led to the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, a report by oil giant BP said today.

BP will today publish the findings of an investigation into the causes of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster which led to the largest offshore spill in history.

Work to remove the 300-ton piece of equipment that failed to stop the massive BP oil spill could be delayed until the weekend or longer because of rough seas.

BP chief executive Tony Hayward will get an immediate annual pension worth about £600,000 (€715,000) when he leaves in October, it has been reported.

BP’s clean-up costs for the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster have now passed the $3bn (€2.41bn) mark, the company said today.

BP shares received a fresh battering today as the group revealed that clean-up costs for the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster had climbed to $2bn (£1.3bn) so far.

BP boss Tony Hayward has received a marathon grilling from US politicians who angrily accused him of evading their questions over the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.

BP chief executive Tony Hayward was heckled by a protester as he attempted to apologise for the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster today.

BP’s stock market woes deepened today amid fresh investor fears after the US government launched a criminal and civil investigation into the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.