Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

U.S. to regulate contractors of offshore oil firms

* Says can keep current pace of issues of deepwater permits

BP and oligarchs face off as $4.9 billion claim looms

LONDON - BP and its billionaire partners in TNK-BP face off in arbitration on Wednesday, as the UK oil giant refutes claims it broke a shareholder agreement and should pay $4.9 billion (3.1 billion pounds) in damages.

28 Sep 2011

BP and oligarchs face off as $4.9 billion claim looms

LONDON - BP and its billionaire partners in TNK-BP face off in arbitration on Wednesday, as the UK oil giant refutes claims it broke a shareholder agreement and should pay $4.9 billion in damages.

28 Sep 2011

UPDATE 1-BP and oligarchs face off as $4.9 bln claim looms

* To determine whether BP violated pact, is liable for damages

28 Sep 2011

UPDATE 2-US Gulf sheen could be from Deepwater Horizon-USCG

* Coast Guard says driller Transocean may be responsible

27 Sep 2011

TNK-BP to pay £806.5 million special dividend

MOSCOW - The board of Russia's third-largest oil producer, TNK-BP , has approved an additional $1.25 billion (806.50 million pounds) dividend payout to shareholders, a TNK-BP spokesman said on Sunday.

25 Sep 2011

TNK-BP to pay $1.25 billion special dividend

MOSCOW - The board of Russia's third-largest oil producer, TNK-BP , has approved an additional $1.25 billion dividend payout to shareholders, a TNK-BP spokesman said on Sunday.

25 Sep 2011

UPDATE 1-TNK-BP to pay $1.25 bln special dividend

MOSCOW, Sept 25 - The board of Russia's third-largest oil producer, TNK-BP , has approved an additional $1.25 billion dividend payout to shareholders, a TNK-BP spokesman said on Sunday.

25 Sep 2011

BP files first Gulf drill plan since Macondo

HOUSTON - BP confirmed on Friday it has filed a plan with U.S. regulators to pursue its first new deepwater oil exploration work in the Gulf of Mexico since the disastrous Macondo spill in 2010.

23 Sep 2011

UPDATE 2-BP files first Gulf drill plan since Macondo

* BP's 2006 find highly touted after 2009 appraisal well

23 Sep 2011

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Gardner Workers use pumps to suck up pockets of oil in Bay Barataria near Grand Isle, Louisiana June 13, 2010. REUTERS/Sean Gardner

Q&A: How would penalties apply?

Companies linked to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill face increasing liabilities and potential penalties. Here are some questions and answers on how it could play out.  Full Article