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July 6th, 2010:

U.K. declines comment on BP contingency plan

MarketWatch

By Laurence Norman: July 6, 2010

LONDON (MarketWatch) — U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron’s spokesman declined to comment Tuesday on a report that government departments were preparing a contingency plan in case of the collapse of U.K. oil giant, BP PLC.

Asked about a report in the Times, suggesting the Treasury and the Business department were drawing up contingency plans, the spokesman said; “If they are happening, we would never comment on them”.

He also declined to comment on whether the government would have any concerns if a sovereign wealth fund were looking to take a stake in the company. read more

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British government increasingly concerned that BP could collapse

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BP shares rise on hopes of international rescue

BP is believed to have approached several sovereign wealth funds, including Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Qatar and Singapore

Richard Wray: Tuesday 6 July 2010 10.50 BST

BP has been talking to international investors about a possible rescue. Photograph: Newscast

peculation is mounting that BP is looking for a so-called white knight investor as the oil company, whose shares have more than halved since the start of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, faces the prospect of a hostile takeover from a rival oil group.

Talk that BP could bring in new investors pushed its shares up almost 5% in early trading this morning. Libya‘s state-owned oil group has expressed its interest in buying a stake in the bombed-out oil group and there are rumours that management have approached several sovereign wealth funds. read more

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