A series of internal investigations over the past decade warned senior BP managers that the oil company repeatedly disregarded safety and environmental rules and risked a serious accident if it did ...

After BP's Texas City, Tex., refinery blew up in 2005, killing 15 workers, the company vowed to address the safety shortfalls that caused the blast. The next year, when a badly maintained oil pipeline ...

$16.8 billion: 2009 profit for BP, which has been in the news lately because of the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. The 2009 profit was a drop from $21.7 billion in 2008. $6.1 billion: First-quarter ...

BP's agreement with Hilcorp includes selling its 49 percent stake in the Trans Alaska Pipeline System, which carries oil 800 miles through the Alaska wilderness, from the North Slope oil fields at ...

The explosion Wednesday at the BP oil refinery in Texas City and another in March 2004 are among a long history of incendiary incidents, some deadly, that have cost the facility's owners millions of ...

Investigative reporting and documents -- some never before published -- on major incidents at BP facilities over the past decade that grabbed headlines and raised questions about the company's record ...

Two years after a rig operated by British Petroleum exploded, spilling oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the company agreed to plead guilty to felony charges and is expected to pay $4.5 billion in fines.

After years of court battles and litigation, it looks like the end is finally here. BP has agreed on a payment of $18.7 billion to settle the legal battle it’s been fighting with federal and state ...

BP has a checkered record of worker safety and corporate conduct. Here are some major incidents, compiled by nonprofit news organization ProPublica. • A Texas refinery explosion killed 15 and injured ...