
BP to axe 10,000 jobs
Energy company BP says its global workforce will be trimmed by 10,000 jobs as the COVID-19 pandemic slams the oil and gas industry.
Energy company BP says its global workforce will be trimmed by 10,000 jobs as the COVID-19 pandemic slams the oil and gas industry.
BP has been unable to guarantee that an oil spill in the Great Australian Bight would not reach the shoreline and harm wildlife, yet experience elsewhere in the world suggests it could do more to reduce that risk, writes Andrew Hopkins.
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National environmental regulator NOPSEMA is at the centre of a fight between green groups and the oil industry over BP’s plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight.
The Wilderness Society wants oil giant BP to release more details of its plans to drill exploration wells in the Great Australian Bight as a Senate inquiry continues to investigate the company’s plans.
Investors in BP risk the oil giant suffering economic and reputational damage if plans to drill in the Great Australian Bight go ahead, lobby groups warn.
Oil giant BP has renewed its bid for permission from the national environmental regulator to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight.