BP reopens Georgia gas pipeline

Wholesale gas prices up on leak
Wholesale gas prices in the UK jump by 15% after a gas pipeline leak in the North Sea.

BP to appeal against Dudley ban
BP will appeal against the decision of a Russian labour court to bar the chief executive from the country.

Higher oil price boosts BP profit
Oil giant BP announces a 6% rise in profits for the second quarter of 2008, largely thanks to a sharp rise in the price of oil.

Russia says BP treatment is fair
A Russian diplomat dismisses claims that BP has been harassed, saying it has been treated like any other firm.

UK voices concern over TNK-BP row
The British Embassy in Moscow accuses the Russian shareholders of TNK-BP of using the state in their dispute with BP.