Petrobras, Brazil’s state-run oil company, plans to almost triple its share of the country’s ethanol production by 2015, staking its claim to one of the world’s leading alternative energy markets.

BP Plc has not yet applied for permission to drill its first new Gulf of Mexico oil well since the 4 million-barrel Macondo spill a year ago, the oil major said on Tuesday, although it received per

A spill of about 200 gallons of an oil-water mixture has prompted a temporary shutdown of an oil-separation facility at the BP-operated Prudhoe Bay oil field, the Alaska Department of Environmental

BP Solar is closing its U.S. manufacturing facility and will refocus is business on developing solar power projects rather than making panels for them, a company spokesman said on Thursday.

The Frederick, Maryland, facility had not been producing solar modules since last year, yet 80 employees remained at the office.

BP reported yet another pipeline leak at its Alaskan oilfields, frustrating the oil giant's attempts to rebuild its reputation after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

BP said on Monday that a pipeline at its 30,000 barrel-per-day Lisburne field, which is currently closed for maintenance, ruptured during testing and spilled a mixture of methanol and oily water onto the tundra.

The London-based co

BP said on Friday that it was changing its deepwater drilling standards in the Gulf of Mexico as it seeks to repair its reputation and resume offshore operations after the disastrous oil spill last year.

Robert Dudley, the chief executive of BP.

BP has tried to reassure the US authorities about its reputation as a safe operator by promising tougher drilling standards in the Gulf of Mexico, going beyond the minimum legal requirements.

The British oil group, scarred by the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, wants permission to resume drilling in the gulf.

Thousands of baby pelicans grunt and hiss at their parents in tightly packed nests on Gaillard Island, a feathered paradise situated off the coast of Alabama.

The 1,300-acre, man-made island is hosting more than 50,000 birds this summer as nesting pairs gather to raise babies.

With Cuba preparing to explore for oil 60 miles from Florida, the complicated politics of U.S.-Cuba relations are impeding U.S. efforts to get ready in case of a BP-style accident, analysts and oil experts said.

The Obama administration must do more to ensure that U.S.

The fund BP set up to deal with compensation claims after last year's Gulf of Mexico oil spill is working too slowly, U.S.