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Algeria: 32 militants killed, with 23 hostages
In a bloody finale, Algerian special forces stormed a natural gas complex in the Sahara desert on Saturday to end a standoff with Islamist extremists ...
Algerian army takes hard line in militant battle
The militants had filled five jeeps with hostages and begun to move when Algerian government attack helicopters opened up on them, leaving four in ...
60 hostages dead, missing in Algeria standoff
About 60 foreign hostages are still unaccounted for three days into a bloody siege with Islamic militants at a gas plant deep in the Sahara, Algeria's ...
Oil firm to boost exports from Iraqi Kurdish area
Genel Energy PLC, a company led by the former BP chief executive that recently started shipping oil from Iraq's self-rule Kurdish region, said Friday ...
Algeria: Army rescues hostages, toll unclear
Algerian helicopters and special forces stormed a gas plant in the stony plains of the Sahara on Thursday to wipe out Islamist militants and free ...
Foreign oil workers evacuated from Algeria
Spanish, Norwegian and British oil companies were evacuating workers from Algerian energy facilities Thursday following the hostage-taking by Islamic ...
Iraq considering BP for work on Kirkuk oil field
Iraq is considering a proposal for British oil giant BP PLC to begin work on a major oil field that lies in territory contested by Baghdad and the ...
Algeria mulls international force for hostages
Algeria's government searched desperately Thursday for a way to end a desert standoff with Islamic militants who have taken dozens of foreigners ...
Interior chief Salazar stepping down in March
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who oversaw a moratorium on offshore drilling after the BP oil spill and promoted alternative energy sources ...
Rig victims' relatives weigh in on BP plea deal
Shelley Anderson, whose husband was one of 11 workers killed in the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion, made a New Year's resolution to try to avoid ...
US confirms Americans taken after Algeria attack
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday the U.S. "will take all necessary and proper steps" to deal with an Islamist attack on a natural gas ...
Transocean's $1.4B oil spill deal will help Gulf
A $1.4 billion settlement between the Justice Department and Deepwater Horizon rig owner Transocean Ltd. will pump hundreds of millions of dollars ...
Critics say grounding shows Arctic drilling danger
The grounding of a petroleum drilling ship on a remote Alaska island has refueled the debate over oil exploration in the U.S. Arctic Ocean, where ...
Judge OKs settlement in BP Gulf class action suit
A federal judge has given final approval to BP's settlement with a bulk of businesses and individuals who lost money because of the 2010 oil spill in ...
BP selling stake in big Chinese gas field
British oil company BP says it is selling its stake in a South China Sea gas field to Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company for $308 million ...
Source of persistent Gulf sheen remains a mystery
Officials say underwater inspections at the site of BP's Deepwater Horizon rig disaster have failed to identify the source of a persistent sheen on ...
BP sells stake in North Sea gas field for $28 mln
Oil company BP has sold its half interest in a North Sea gas field to SSE PLC for $288 million. BP said Monday that the disposal of its 50 percent ...
NOAA chief says she will leave in February
The woman who was a key figure in the federal government's response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 said Wednesday she will leave her ...
Global corporate deals nearly halved in 5 years
The value of mergers and acquisitions deals around the world in 2012 was nearly half the amount made five years ago, when the financial crisis first ...
Rosneft buys other half of TNK-BP for $28 billion
Rosneft has signed an agreement to purchase 50 percent in Russia's third-largest oil producer TNK-BP for $28 billion, having earlier acquired the ...
Jan. date to rule on BP $4.5B plea deal over spill
A federal judge will decide next month whether to accept a plea deal that calls for BP PLC to pay a record $4.5 billion in penalties for its role in ...
APNewsBreak: Feds funnel millions into Gulf Coast
Days before a newly formed council focuses on long-term Gulf of Mexico cleanup, a report released to The Associated Press shows that one federal ...
3 BP employees arraigned on Gulf oil spill charges
Two BP rig supervisors and a former BP executive pleaded not guilty Wednesday to criminal charges stemming from the deadly Deepwater Horizon rig ...