Jul 21st, 2010
by John Donovan.
msnbc.com
Four of the world’s biggest oil companies involved, but not BP
msnbc.com staff and news service reports 21 July 2010
A new joint venture formed by four of the worlds biggest oil companies will develop a deepwater oil spill response and containment system for the Gulf of Mexico, according to reports in the financial press on Thursday.
Exxon, Shell, Chevron and ConocoPhillips are expected to announce Thursday that they will each contribute 25 percent to a $1 billion pool of money to fund a new deepwater spill response strike force, called the Marine Well Containment Company. read more
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Jul 21st, 2010
by John Donovan.
Vitol and Helios Investment Partners confirm they are in exclusive negotiations with Shell for the potential acquisition of equity in Shells downstream businesses in 19 countries in Africa
Geneva, 21st July, 2010
Today the Vitol Group (Vitol) confirmed that it is in exclusive negotiations with Shell Oil Products Africa (Shell) for the potential acquisition of equity in their downstream businesses in 19 countries in Africa, subject to final negotiations and any necessary regulatory and final company approvals. Vitols potential acquisition of equity will be in partnership with Helios Investment Partners ( Helios), a major investment firm focusing on Africa and one of the few independent pan-African private equity investment firms to be founded and managed by Africans. read more
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Jul 21st, 2010
by John Donovan.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Corrib gas to be delayed by three years
BY MARIAN HARRISON
THE Corrib gas project has been delayed by at least another three years with gas now not expected to be brought ashore before 2013 at the earliest.
The Western People has learned that Shells tunnel through Sruwaddacon Bay will take up to two years to construct. The tunnel is a key component in the revised plans submitted by the exploration company to An Bord Pleanála in response to concerns about the safety of its preferred pipeline route from the landfall at Glengad to the terminal at Bellanaboy.
Before it was forced to seek a new route though Sruwaddacon Bay, Shell had hoped to have gas flowing by 2011. read more
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Jul 21st, 2010
by John Donovan.
Telegraph.co.uk
BP has denied reports that chief executive Tony Hayward is to step down, as the company prepares to sell off assets to pay for the oil spill clean-up.
By Conrad Quilty-Harper
Published: 1:26PM BST 21 Jul 2010
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A BP spokesman said Mr Hayward “remains in place and has the support of the management and the board”.
BP’s share price rose 3pc to just over 400p by lunchtime.
The Times reported that Mr Hayward would leave by October 1 if the spill had been sealed.
An insider familiar with the situation was quoted as saying: “[…] you would be hard pushed to find anyone within the company who does not think he is irreparably damaged both by his own performance and the event himself”. read more
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Jul 21st, 2010
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Jul 21st, 2010
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BP acknowledges it posted on its website an altered photo that exaggerates the activity at its Gulf oil spill command center in Houston.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
By DAVID DISHNEAU (AP) 21 July 2010
NEW ORLEANS BP acknowledges it posted on its website an altered photo that exaggerates the activity at its Gulf oil spill command center in Houston.
The picture posted over the weekend showed workers monitoring a bank of 10 giant video screens displaying underwater images.
Spokesman Scott Dean says Tuesday that two screens were blank in the original picture and a staff photographer used Photoshop software to add images.
Dean says the company put the unaltered picture up Monday after a blogger for the website Americablog wrote about telltale discrepancies. read more
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Jul 21st, 2010
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Quoting sources close to BP, the Times reported that his exit is expected before 1 October if the ruptured well is sealed and his exit could be announced alongside a new strategy being hammered out for the group called Future BP. An insider said Hayward’s departure formed part of the group’s defence against any attempted buyout by ExxonMobil or Royal Dutch Shell.

Chief executive expected to leave before 1 October
BP plans to sell $7bn of assets for clean-up fund
Fears oil still leaking despite containment cap
Oil spill discussed by Barack Obama and David Cameron
Dan Milmo: Wednesday 21 July 2010 08.23 BST

BP chief executive Tony Hayward is set to step down by 1 October, the Times reports. Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters
BP chief executive Tony Hayward is preparing to step down within the next 10 weeks, according to a report this morning, as the embattled oil giant announced plans to sell $7bn (£4.6bn) of gas assets for its Gulf of Mexico clean-up fund.
Hayward was heavily criticised for his reaction to the Deepwater Horizon disaster including the statement, “I want my life back”, that led to accusations of insensitivity. The beleaguered chief executive may get his wish soon, amid a growing expectation that the 53 year-old will announce his departure in late August or September. read more
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Jul 21st, 2010
by John Donovan.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
JULY 21, 2010

Agence France-Presse/Getty Images: An undated photo of a drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico.
The recent transfer of two deepwater drilling rigs from the Gulf of Mexico to waters elsewhere prompted critics of a government drilling ban to repeat predictions of a mass flight that would wreck the region’s economy and severely curtail U.S. energy production.
But nearly eight weeks after Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling, 31 of the 33 rigs that were operating in the Gulf when the Deepwater Horizon exploded remain there. read more
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Jul 21st, 2010
by John Donovan.
Gale Norton “sent a clear message: the priority was more drilling first, safety second,” Waxman said.
Associated Press
Published July 20, 2010
WASHINGTON
Two former Interior secretaries told Congress Tuesday they did not anticipate an accident as large as the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
But Gale Norton and Dirk Kempthorne say no one else did either including members of Congress who are now blaming the Bush administration for failing to prevent the tragedy.
Kempthorne, who served as Interior secretary from 2006 to January 2009, while George W. Bush was president, said he did not recall being asked at his confirmation hearing or in later congressional testimony about major oil spills. read more
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Jul 21st, 2010
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On multiple occasions, reports prepared for the Minerals Management Service (MMS) warned that the blowout preventers (BOPs) used on offshore wells were unreliable. The Department never acted on these warnings.
THE HUFFINGTON POST
Interior Secretaries Under Bush And Obama Exposed By House Panel For Lax Oversight Of Oil Drilling
07-20-10
A tough new memo from a House committee probing the Gulf oil spill exposes the Interior Department under Presidents Bush and Obama for its failure to properly oversee offshore oil drilling operations. The three most recent Interior Secretaries — Gale Norton (2002-2006), Dirk Kempthorne (2006-2009), and Ken Salazar (2009-present) — all come in for withering criticism and are due to testify at congressional hearing on Tuesday, where they are sure to be asked tough questions about their tenure. read more
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