The Daily Glob

"BP Accused of Withholding Deepwater Horizon Evidence"

"The owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig is accusing BP of withholding critical evidence needed to identify the cause of the worst maritime oil spill in history. In a sternly worded letter obtained by The Associated Press, Transocean says that lack of information is preventing the company from informing state and federal investigators, and the families of those killed on the rig, about what happened. According to the rig's owner, BP appears to be preventing any other entity from investigating the blowout." Dina Cappiello reports for the Associated Press August 19, 2010.

"BP's Fight Against Energy Nonprofit Highlights Murky World of Advocacy-For-Hire"

An oil-industry-funded PR 'War Room' stands ready to kill or counter any public discourse unfavorable to the oil industry. The conservative non-profit group running it has been accused of shaking down BP. They are working hard to elect Republiicans to the Senate.

"BP's Secret Ticket Request Line"

"For more than a decade, BP has operated a hush-hush phone line that California lawmakers can call to request box seats to NBA games and concerts at the Sacramento stadium named after its West Coast subsidiary. In the past five years, BP has given state officials more than 1,200 complimentary tickets to the Arco Arena, hosting them in its corporate suite to see Sacramento Kings games, World Extreme Cagefighting matches, and Britney Spears and Lil Wayne concerts. Getting the tickets is as easy as calling the BP ticket request line, an exclusive, unpublished phone number that appears to exist for the sole purpose of granting freebies to lawmakers, regulators, and their staffs." Josh Harkinson reports for Mother Jones July 20, 2010.

"BP Worker Takes 5th, Making Prosecution a Possibility"

"A top BP worker who was aboard the Deepwater Horizon in the hours leading up to the explosion declined to testify in front of a federal panel investigating the deadly oil rig blowout, telling the U.S Coast Guard he was invoking his constitutional right to avoid self-incrimination.

BP Says It's Not Phony PR Pictures -- It's "Post-Production"

"Apparently BP is no more adept at doctoring photos than it is at plugging deep-sea oil leaks. A blogger has noticed that the oil giant altered a photograph of its Houston crisis room, cutting and pasting three underwater images into a wall of video feeds from remotely operated undersea vehicles. The altered photo is [was]  displayed prominently on the company's Web site.

Top BP Official Aboard Oil Rig Might Refuse To Speak at Hearing

"A top BP official aboard the oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in April was expected to refuse to speak at a federal hearing Tuesday.

Coast Guard Warns BP of Seep at Wellhead

"A day that seemed destined for success ended in ambiguity Sunday. The blown-out well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico remained shut for the fourth day, but the national incident commander reported concerns about seepage around the well and ordered BP to improve its monitoring of possible problems.

"BP Faces Lockerbie Accusations"

"Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, pledged today to look into demands from a group of senators for an investigation into charges that BP lobbied for the release of the Lockerbie bomber as part of an oil-for-terrorist deal." Suzanne Goldenberg reports for the UK Guardian July 14, 2010.

"BP To Drill for Libyan Oil Despite Lockerbie Bomber Furor" (MSNBC)

"BP Troubles Deepen With Buncefield Verdict"

"Beleaguered BP will find its reputation further tarnished tomorrow when a British criminal court passes sentence on a company it half owns over safety breaches connected with the worst explosion and fire since the second world war." Terry Macalister reports for the UK Guardian July 15, 2010.

"BP in Talks To Sell Alaska Oil Fields"

"The oil giant is reportedly negotiating with a Houston company and may be trying to raise cash to pay for the gulf spill cleanup." Bloomberg News had the story July 12, 2010.