"Hopefully, the first day we're in Toronto (April 19), I'll take BP on the field with the team, " said Teixeira, who has 338 career home runs.
That led to debarment from new federal contracts, which means that BP cannot take out any new drilling leases in the gulf until the ban is lifted.
Even when pitted against a tournament veteran, novice BP managed to take down the competition.
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Much like Chevron, BP saw its refining profit take a big hit in Q4 given falling margins and lower volumes.
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Pursuant to the terms of the plea agreement, BP has also agreed to take additional actions, enforceable by the court, to further enhance the safety of drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico.
But this could take a couple of months, so BP has plans to lower a massive dome over the leak site to suck oil from the seabed into vessels that can take it for safe disposal.
Even if, in the worst case, it does take two more months to stop the leak, BP will suffer, but it will survive.
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As predicted, politically influential pension funds have combined with politically savvy plaintiff law firms to try and take control of the potentially blockbuster securities litigation against BP.
The exploration project, BP's biggest worldwide, will take years.
Workers had "high incentive to find shortcuts and take risks, " says Ross Macfarlane, a former BP health and safety manager on rigs in Australia who was laid off in 2008.
"We have been informed by the UK and Algerian governments that the Algerian army is attempting to take control of the In Amenas site, " BP said in a statement.
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Given the time it would take to clear up any disaster, he says, Brazil may block BP or delay the offshore drilling as they are eager to avoid any catastrophe in 2014 and 2016 when the nation will be in the world spotlight for the FIFA World Cup and the summer Olympics.
And he says Venezuela will this year take majority control of four huge oil projects from companies like ExxonMobil, Chevron and BP.
But the administration clearly needs to establish clearer lines of authority for what goes on in the Gulf, and the government must proceed to take every action it can to ensure that the other oil companies, along with BP, put their money where their mouth is and ensure as far as humanly possible that a disaster like this one does not occur again.
In the first testimony from a high-ranking BP executive, Mr McKay stressed that all those involved in the Deepwater Horizon disaster should take some of the blame.
Take a look at the daily chart above and give an honest assessment of where the bottom is on BP.
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