BP in USA

  • cited as the most polluting company in USA

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    BP in USA

  • $10 million fine for its management of its US refineries

  • named as one of the "10 worst corporations"

  • explosion at BP's Texas City Refinery

  • leak in pipeline in Alaska causes a spill of oil

  • toxic spill of methanol at the Prudhoe Bay oil field

  • $87 million dollar fine imposed for failing to correct safety hazards revealed in the 2005 explosion

  • an offshore drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico explodes

  • the Gulf of Mexico oil rig sinks

  • two lawsuits accuse the company of negligence

  • Gulf state shrimpers sue BP