Report recommends Congress to raise the liability cap on offshore oil spills, set at $75m and oil companies to fund a safety institute as part of their fees for drilling licences
Renewable Fuels Agency imposes fine on Yorkshire Petroleum Company, as well as BP and Total subsidiaries
Leak shuts Trans-Alaska pipeline for third day
Oil prices climb almost one per cent as key pipeline is shut
New report calls for stricter rules on liability and compensation to avoid taxpayers footing the bill for a deepwater oil disaster
BP's name was dragged through the mud, Cancun stepped back from the brink, and the low carbon economy quietly went about its business
BP-backed research project promises to commercialise new biofuel production technique "very soon"
White House sues BP and its partners in a move that could cost oil giant billions
Coalition confident projects will move forward as experts warn funding problems must be addressed
Commission identifies 'incredible failures' at BP, Halliburton and Transocean ahead of fatal Gulf of Mexico disaster