BP turns to partners and Middle East investors to help cover spill costs

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Oil giant is reportedly in talks with sovereign wealth funds and seeking around $400m from companies with a stake in the leaking well

BP today announced that costs arising from the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico have hit $3.12bn (£2bn), as reports emerged that the company is looking to both its partners and a number of Middle...

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