British Petroleum (BP) spill event costs will further increase. Related tests show that in the United States Texas coast on the Gulf of Mexico has been found to plug the leaks of recycling oil balls, which means including Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Texas, Gulf States have been contaminated by oil leakage.
Although BP claimed to have sufficient funds to meet oil spill, and deny are looking overseas funding, but according to media reports, BP senior is frequently accessed strategic partners for support has also been agreed to make important financial decisions before the United States Government, or even the United Kingdom Government is drafting should BP closure of emergency plans. These are the people doubt that BP was also can sustain it?
Government to formulate a strategy
BP oil spill of continual development has begun to make the United Kingdom and the United States Government. According to the United Kingdom the times "reported that the United Kingdom Government has begun to develop contingency plans for BP bankruptcy, but specific details have not yet been announced. Some analysts said that once the BP really fell into financial crisis, the United Kingdom Government is likely to use taxpayer money to an aid scheme.
United States Government in action. According to AFP, BP has agreed to the request of the Government of the United States, will in any future condition that may affect the company's major services, 30 days notice in advance of the United States Justice Department. Before the United States Assistant Attorney General has 23 June wrote to BP's General Counsel, BP in addition to addressing the "regular services", to be any major "cash or asset transfer transaction" as well as corporate restructuring, acquisitions, sales, and expenditure, and other related information to the United States Justice Department.
Stoppage costs difficult to determine
Since the end of the "deep horizon" drilling platform has been sunk, crude oil is continuous leakage. BP announced the cost of cleaning up oil spills have soared to $ 3 billion. BP has agreed to the creation of a 200 billion u.s. dollars of funds to cover the cost of oil leakage, but also the cost of the expenditure commitment is not limited to the Fund.
BP Ultimate how much the cost of cleaning up oil spills, but also depends on when the leak can be blocked as well as the number of crude oil would flow into the Gulf of Mexico. It is reported that the leakage of crude oil per day to about 6 million barrels, but can collect crude oil every day only 2.5 million barrels. It is understood that the third ship to leak low point of the ship is expected to make the collection capacity increased to daily 5.3 million barrels, but sea weather makes this effort of slow progress. In fact, on every day the number of estimated crude oil spills vary considerably, the highest even reach 10 million barrels.
At present, the building was hypobaric well considered leak of the most effective way. The first relief wells have been completed in a week in advance, before the plan will be in mid-August to complete two relief wells construction. But there have been reports that the first relief well even if it is difficult to make the completion of the leak stopped in July.
Leak progress slowly will further increase BP payment of costs. According to media reports, currently contaminated State are brought to the BP brewing, despite the higher number has not yet been determined. According to reports, pengboshe 7, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has · first raised $ 25 million to BP's clean-up costs.
Abbott in a statement said: "Although we still can't figure out this catastrophe will give Texas bring ecological and economic damage, but there is no doubt that BP must assume all financial obligations. ”
The acquisition is time
From the Gulf of Mexico oil leak since the accident, the stock has dropped by BP for about 50% of the market value has shrunk more than $ 100 billion. Some investors will see this investment opportunities.
According to AFP, Libya national oil company President Xiao Ke Li · Gary El 6, publicly stated that the deep crisis of BP oil leak for any country or investor is a good "opportunities". However, for Libya's intention to buy BP shares of rumors, but he said just from the point of view of economists expressed this view.
In addition, the media also has some BP intends to help financial institutions in the Middle East. Despite the fact that BP has stated publicly that do not intend to seek to inject into the Middle East and Asian countries, however, BP has admitted, BP CEO Tony · Heyward is called on a number of "important partner".
Some analysts said BP ensure that sovereign wealth funds to support effectively delayed acquisition of deep crisis of BP, BP major competitors, such as the United States, ExxonMobil and shell oil has such acquisitions.
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