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2. Oil giant BP axing thousands of jobs - AOL

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   BP is planning to cut more than 5% of its 90,000-strong workforce as part of a cost-cutting drive. The British oil giant told employees in a memo Thursday that it would slash around 4,700 jobs ...

3. Texas City refinery explosion - Wikipedia

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   On December 9, BP said they would put in place a budget of $1 billion to be spent over five years to improve safety at their Texas City refinery. [159] [163] BP also said that it would eliminate all blowdown drums/vent stack systems in flammable service, of which there were 11 at Texas City, and install new flares in line with their new policy ...

4. List of oil fields - Wikipedia

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   United States, Texas: 1926 1926 1929 3.0 (2.0 billion recovered; 1.0 reserve remaining) [39] [40] Kuparuk oil field: United States, Alaska: 1969 6 Alpine, Alaska: United States, Alaska: 1994 2000 2005 0.4–1 0.05 East Texas Oil Field: United States, Texas: 1930 6 Spraberry Trend: United States, Texas: 1943 10 [41] Wilmington Oil Field: United ...

5. Oil fields operated by BP - Wikipedia

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   The Gulf of Mexico business unit is operated from Houston, Texas. Atlantis Oil Field; Mad Dog oil field; Macondo Prospect site of the April 20, 2010, Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill; Nakika; Thunder Horse Oil Field; Tiber Oil Field (announced 2009; production not commenced)

6. BP's Texas City Refinery on the Block (BP, MPC, MRO ... - AOL

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   Oil supermajor BP PLC (NYSE: BP) has been seeking a buyer for its massive Texas City, Tex., refinery for nearly a year. The sale is part of the company's effort to shed $38 billion in assets to ...

7. BP Sells Texas City Refinery - AOL

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   Marathon Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: MPC) announced this morning that it has purchased the 451,000 barrel per day Texas City refinery from BP PLC (NYSE: BP) for $598 million. Included in the sale are ...

8. Offshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico (United States)

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   The Deepwater Horizon oil spill began on April 20, 2010 when an explosion struck the rig, it occurred in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect.Killing eleven people, it is considered the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry and sources estimated that between 134–206 million barrels of oil was released into the gulf.

9. Galveston Bay Refinery - Wikipedia

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   Amoco Corporation merged with BP and became BP Amoco PLC (Public Limited Company) in 1998. In 2001 BP Amoco PLC was renamed to BP PLC. [2] Marathon Petroleum purchased its original 84,000 bpd Texas City Refinery from Plymouth Oil Company in 1962. What remains operating today is an integrated part of the Galveston Bay Refinery, nicknamed Bay Plant.