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BP Suing Halliburton To Pick Up The $42 Billion Tab For Oil Spill Clean Up
By Mary Beth Quirk on January 3, 2012 11:00 AM
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BP is pointing the finger at Halliburton as the company that should be footing the approximately $42 billion bill for cleaning up the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. BP claims Halliburton should cover costs because they were the ones who cemented the failed well. More »
DOJ Reportedly Prepping Criminal Charges Against BP
By Chris Morran on December 29, 2011 1:00 PM
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More than a year and a half after the disastrous collapse of the BP-operated Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, it looks like someone may finally be held accountable for the accident, as federal prosecutors are reportedly preparing to file criminal charges against the oil company and perhaps some individual employees. More »
BP Accuses Halliburton Of Destroying Evidence In Gulf Oil Spill Lawsuit
By Chris Morran on December 5, 2011 4:30 PM
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In its latest effort to spread the love from its Worst Company In America victory, BP has accused another much-loathed business, Halliburton, of destroying internal test results which BP claims demonstrates that the cement used to secure the ill-fated Gulf of Mexico oil well was unstable. More »
BP Gets Go-Ahead To Start Drilling In Gulf Of Mexico Again
By Chris Morran on October 27, 2011 7:45 AM
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More than a year after the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform that killed 11 people, leaked countless gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico and earned BP the title of Worst Company In America, the petroleum giant has received approval from the federal government to begin drilling again in the Gulf. More »
Probe: BP Cost-Cutting Led To Spill
By Phil Villarreal on September 15, 2011 8:15 AM
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BP's infamous oil spill last year in the Gulf of Mexico might have been prevented had the company not offered incentives to workers to cut costs rather than improve safety. A 16-months-in-the-making government report concluded that there were five instances in which BP either cut costs, decreased drilling time or increased risks. More »
BP Station Employee Sprays Down Wannabe Robber With Gas
By Chris Morran on September 13, 2011 4:30 PM
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Earlier this year, BP was voted the Worst Company In America by Consumerist voters for its involvement in spilling oodles of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. But for one employee at a Massachusetts BP station, spilling a bit of petroleum-based product on the ground made the difference between being robbed and thwarting a crime. More »
BP Thinks People Should Go 90 MPH On Main Street?
By Ben Popken on September 2, 2011 10:00 AM
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This is odd. Reader Kevin spotted a sign on top of a BP gas pump that has an image of a GPS device on it. In the GPS screen, it shows whoever is driving as going 90 MPH while going down "Main Street." An attempt to subliminally encourage people to use more gas, perhaps? More »
BP Faces Audit Over Spill Compensation
By Phil Villarreal on July 21, 2011 9:15 AM
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The prizes keep flowing for reigning Worst Company in America champ BP, which not only received the Golden Poo for its spilleriffic efforts, but now gets the pleasure of an independent audit to verify it's on the up-and-up in terms of distributing the $20 billion oil spill victim compensation fund. More »
Worst Company In America Trophies In The Mail To BP & Bank Of America!
By Chris Morran on May 13, 2011 4:40 PM
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It was our biggest — and closest — Worst Company In America final ever, but in the end it was BP edging out Bank of America by less than 1%. After waiting a couple weeks to see if either company would pick up their award at Consumerist HQ, we packed the poos up and shipped them out. More »
Big Oil Execs Defend Need For $21 Billion In Tax Breaks
By Chris Morran on May 12, 2011 12:30 PM
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Even though Exxon Mobil alone earned more than $30 billion in profit in 2010 — and has reported a huge 69% increase in profit in the first quarter of 2011 — that company's CEO was one of several oil biz execs trying to convince the Senate Finance Committee that they still need $21 billion in tax breaks. More »
BP To Pay $25 Million Penalty For Alaska Oil Spill
By Chris Morran on May 3, 2011 12:04 PM
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Long before BP was cutting costs — and spilling oodles of oil — into the Gulf of Mexico, it was polluting the soil in Alaska by refusing to properly maintain its pipeline system. And now your Worst Company In America has agreed to pony up $25 million to settle the federal investigation into a massive Alaska spill in Prudhoe Bay. More »
Just How Much BP Oil Is Left In The Marshes?
By Ben Popken on April 28, 2011 12:00 PM
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On the one-year anniversary of the catastrophic BP oil spill in the gulf, scientists are still struggling to figure out just how much oil is in the marshes. This excellent New York Times video explores their challenges, not the least of which is the inherent complexity of determining the damage to a vast and vibrant ecosystem. One group of researchers, for example, are guesstimating the number of bird deaths by taking bird carcasses out to sea, dropping them in, and seeing how many wash ashore. More »
BP Spreads The Worst Company Love Around, Sues Deepwater Horizon Partners For Billions
By Chris Morran on April 22, 2011 11:45 AM
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As many readers mentioned in the comments leading up to BP's hairline thin victory over Bank of America in this year's Worst Company in America tournament, the oil company wasn't the only one involved in the disaster on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. Now, a year on from that horrible incident, BP has filed suits against Halliburton, Transocean and Cameron International. More »
Art Activists Cover Naked Body In Oil In Tate Museum To Protest Censorship And BP Sponsorship
By Ben Popken on April 22, 2011 11:00 AM
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A group of art activists this week staged an unsanctioned protest inside the world-famous Tate Modern museum in London by pouring oil over a naked body lying on the floor. More »
Worst Company Winner BP Commits Up To $1 Billion To Speed Up Gulf Restoration
By Chris Morran on April 21, 2011 12:46 PM
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A day after the one-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, which killed 11 offshore rig workers, released millions of barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, and earned BP the title of Worst Company In America, the Golden Poo winners announced that it has reached an agreement to pony up another $1 billion toward Gulf restoration efforts. More »
Would BP Benefit By Acknowledging Worst Company In America Win?
By Chris Morran on April 20, 2011 2:30 PM
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For six years, Consumerist readers have picked a winner in the Worst Company In America tournament. And in those six years, while one or two companies in the brackets have made mention of the contest — if only to poke fun at the winner — no WCIA champ has come forth to accept the title. But there are some who feel like the winners would benefit by exhibiting some humility and publicly accepting the Golden Poo. More »
Congratulations BP: You're The Worst Company In America!
April 18, 2011 12:00 PM
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On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon, an offshore oil rig leased by BP to drill for oil in the Gulf of Mexico, caught fire following an explosion. The disaster left 11 men dead and spilled millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf. For the cost-cutting efforts that ultimately led to this catastrophe — along with others in Texas and Alaska that have killed more than a dozen more employees, injured hundreds and leaked toxic chemicals into the air and water — thousands of Consumerist voters have selected BP as the Worst Company In America. More »
The Worst Company In America Final Death Match Is Over -- But Who Won?
By consumerist.com on April 17, 2011 12:01 PM
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This year's Worst Company In America final death match between BP and Bank of America received the highest number of votes of any WCIA championship ever — it was also the closest final in the tournament's history. More »
