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Justice Department attorneys rested their case Wednesday in the federal civil trial of BP and Anadarko Petroleum Corp., as the firms and the government continued to argue over how much oil was released into the Gulf of Mexico in the 87 days following the April 20, 2010, blowout of BP's Macondo well. Justice attorneys finished questioning experts who support the government's contention that the oil spill resulted in the release of at least 4.2 million barrels of oil into Gulf. BP and Anadarko have maintained that only 2.45 million barrels of oil were released, and are set to begin making their case Thursday. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier is presiding over the trial without a jury, listening attentively and interrupting at times with his own questions about the often mind-numbing testimony describing the physics and mathematical equations that experts from both sides have used to estimate the flow of oil. BP's estimate would result in maximum fines of $2.7 billion, billion, if Barbier decides the company and its drilling partners acted with simple negligence, or $10.5 billion if the companies committed gross negligence in their actions during the drilling of the well and in stemming the flow of oil after the blowout. If the government's estimates are adopted, the maximum fines for simple negligence could rise to $4.6 billion, or $18 billion for gross negligence. Testimony so far, and the questioning of the government witnesses by BP attorneys, indicated Barbier will be relying largely on educated guesses in determining how much oil was released. Mohan Kelkar, a petroleum engineering professor at the University of Tulsa, in Oklahoma, testified that Kelkar concluded that between 4.5 million and 5.5 million barrels of oil were spilled by the time the well was finally shut down on July 15, 2010. Kelkar used information about the physical size of the Macondo oil reservoir, BP's pre-drilling estimates of the amount of oil in the reservoir, and pressure readings in

general articles bp holdings, hongkong, madrid spain En tant que partenaire de compensée carbone officiel de Londres 2012, BP cible neutre est donnant aux spectateurs la chance de « neutraliser » leurs émissions de carbone associées à l'olympique et paralympique jeux gratuit. BP Magazine apprend plus sur l'initiative à but non lucratif et les projets qu'elle soutient. Lorsque l'un des plus grands athlètes du monde a accepté de prendre sur BP cible neutre sur la piste, il n'était pas une médaille d'or qui était en jeu, mais un vert. Jessica Ennis - médaillé de goldwinning triple de la Grande-Bretagne dans l'heptathlon - sert à rivaliser dans sept disciplines différentes. Elle a rencontré son match, même si, dans un concours de conduite face à face avec les expert « eco-driver », Anthony Sale, où l'objectif était de les utiliser comme combustible peu que possible et de réduire les émissions de carbone. Les deux concurrents ont conduit Jaguar XF 3.0 litre automatique, mais Anthony a déployé les compétences « écoconduite », par exemple pour éviter le surrégime et de cabotage en vitesse lors de la ralentir sans toucher à l'accélérateur. Il en résulte que, tandis que la consommation de carburant de 24 milles au gallon, Jessica Anthony atteint 38 - et a remporté le défi. Pour Ennis, ce fut une révélation que lorsque couvrant en moyenne 19 000 kilomètres (12 000 milles) dans sa voiture à chaque année, elle pouvait dépenser autant que 4 700 $ au lieu de Anthony $ 3 000 - et avec une annuelle carbone empreinte deux tonnes de plus. Le test a été conçu pour mettre en évidence non seulement comment on peut réduire les émissions, mais aussi comment ceux qui restent peuvent être compensées par le biais de programme cible neutre de BP. Maintenant dans sa sixième année, cible neutre aide les participants et spectateurs à de cet été Londres 2012 Jeux olympiques et paralympiques compenser leur empreinte carbon

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/02/19/wal-marts-freaking-out-about-the-economy-should-the-rest-of-us/ "Vel, vi bare hadde en av disse ukene her på Walmart U.S. Hvor er alle kundene? Og hvor er deres penger? " På fredag, Bloomberg utgitt et par interne e-post fra Wal-Mart ledere panikk om selskapets verste salg start i sju år, "en total katastrofe," som en putte den. Execs tilskrevet lønn skatt fottur som sparket på januar 1, kutte median familiens take - home lønn ved ca $1000 i år Wal-Marts nedgangen. Så hvis du sliter med Wal-Mart, betyr det at alle andre bør bekymre? Det er to måter å se på dette. Først er at dette er en forferdelig tegn. Wal-Mart utgjør en stor del av den amerikanske økonomien-2,3 prosent av BNP i 2006-som mange analytikere ser på det som en nøkkel bellwether. Matt Stoller skrev en glimrende post i fjor på dette emnet: På grunn av sin skala og bemerkelsesverdig mengden data har selskapet faktisk mer detaljert data om økonomi enn de fleste makro-økonomiske prognosemakere. Som Fed styret guvernør Randall Kroszner sa i et møte i juni 2006, Walmart tjenestemenn "effektivt vet hva retail salg er før tallene rapporteres fordi deres salg er så høyt korrelert med generelle detaljomsetningen." Stoller kjemmet gjennom transkripsjoner av møter fra Federal Open Market Committee gjennom årene, og fant at Wal-Mart var ofte advarsel om tegn på problemer i økonomien lenge før noen andre: I 2004 begynte Walmart advarsel av høye energipriser, og at forbrukerne var "likviditet-anstrengt". Selskapet så i salgstall som forbrukerne ble stadig mer levende lønnsslipp til lønnsslipp. I 2005, selskapet begynte å bekymre deg om en "merkelige" situasjon-forbrukeren ble tappet ut, men salget og Walmart kunne ikke finne ut hvorfor. Dette var et snev av kreditt boble, men Fed ignorert det. Med andre ord, ta hensyn til Wal-Mart. De vet ofte noe resten av oss ikke. Men hvis tungsinn ikke er noe for deg, det er en annen m

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(Reuters) - Spain's prime minister published his tax returns on Saturday in a bid to quell reports he and other conservative politicians received secret cash payments but the opposition said many questions remain unanswered. The government's website posted tax authority documents detailing Mariano Rajoy's income and tax payments from the past ten years. His ruling People's Party (PP) also revealed four years of financial accounts on Friday, in another attempt to put the matter to rest. The scandal, centered on ledgers supposedly made by a former party treasurer, have cut support for the PP to the lowest level on record and pushed up borrowing costs just as it seemed Spain was getting to grips with a financial crisis that had raised questions about the future of the euro zone. Former PP treasurer Luis Barcenas has described as fake handwritten ledger entries published on January 31 by El Pais newspaper purporting to show payments funded by construction firms made to PP leaders including Rajoy. Rajoy has said the payments were not made and that the party is organizing an external audit into the affair. The opposition Socialists said the published accounts of Rajoy and the PP did nothing to explain the Barcenas papers. Socialist spokeswoman Soraya Rodriguez said Spaniards wanted more than Rajoy's tax records. "Spaniards are fed up of waiting for answers that never come," she told journalists in Valladolid on Saturday. Cayo Lara of the United Left party said the publication of the accounts was meaningless as members of parliament have to declare their assets in any case. The tax returns do not cover the first half of the period of entries in the ledgers published by El Pais, which run from 1990 to 2009.

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Aktier i TNK-BP Holding störtade i tisdag eftermiddagens handel efter Rosneft VD Igor Sechin uttalanden utdelningspolicy föreslår Moskva utbyta data. Innehavet är den viktigaste tillgången i TNK-BP, som statskontrollerade oljebolaget Rosneft är inställd på att förvärva från BP och ryska miljardären aktieägare. Per 1:42 Moskva tid (09:42 GMT) föll TNK-BP Holding ordinarie bestånd med 4,5 procent och preferensaktier med 8,9 procent jämfört med en MICEX-index föll 0,6 procent. Chefen för Rosneft, som kommer att befästa cirka 95 procent av TNK-BP Holding, sade företaget skulle besluta om TNK-BP utdelning med hänsyn intressen Rosneft aktieägare. "Vår högsta prioritet är att befästa denna tillgång. Så snart detta sker, kommer detta inte att TNK-BP och därför är det fel att fråga om Rosneft kommer att fortsätta TNK-BP eget utdelningspolicy. Rosneft har sina egna aktieägare, dess ledning, som beslutar i dessa frågor i enlighet med sina befogenheter på ett sätt bra för våra aktieägare ", Sechin sagt. TNK-BP: s utdelningspolicy planerade utbetalningar på minst 40 procent av bolagets IFRS nettovinst. Med förvärvet av TNK-BP kan Rosneft halvera TNK-BP: s utdelning från nuvarande 40 procent, chef för Probusinessbank avdelningen för stora kunder Jevgenij Volkov sagt. Rosneft är inte diskuterar för närvarande frågan om att köpa ut insatserna för minoritetsaktieägare i TNK-BP Holding. Även om detta buyout sker, skulle minoritetsaktieägare oklokt att förvänta sig en stor premie på marknadspriset, säger handlare. "Det är därför som vissa har beslutat att sälja sina aktier. Och eftersom marknaden är illikvid, med free float högst 5 procent, aktiekurser [i TNK-BP Holding] störtade har, "Volkov sagt.

This is only good for those who are well-versed with the industry because the rest will be practically fodder.

Justice Department attorneys rested their case Wednesday in the federal civil trial of BP and Anadarko Petroleum Corp., as the firms and the government continued to argue over how much oil was released into the Gulf of Mexico in the 87 days following the April 20, 2010, blowout of BP's Macondo well. Justice attorneys finished questioning experts who support the government's contention that the oil spill resulted in the release of at least 4.2 million barrels of oil into Gulf. BP and Anadarko have maintained that only 2.45 million barrels of oil were released, and are set to begin making their case Thursday. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier is presiding over the trial without a jury, listening attentively and interrupting at times with his own questions about the often mind-numbing testimony describing the physics and mathematical equations that experts from both sides have used to estimate the flow of oil. BP's estimate would result in maximum fines of $2.7 billion, billion, if Barbier decides the company and its drilling partners acted with simple negligence, or $10.5 billion if the companies committed gross negligence in their actions during the drilling of the well and in stemming the flow of oil after the blowout. Details: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1530229-second-phase-of-bp-oil-spill-trial Related Articles: http://www.bpholdingsmngt.de/