BP back in favour despite spill legacy, Russia doubts

LONDON: If you had spent £10 pounds on BP shares on April 19, 2010, you would have just £9 now, including dividends. A poor investment, however you cut it, but also a remarkable recovery.

A day later an explosion at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico would deal the US its worst offshore oil spill, and BP would face the wrath of President Barack Obama himself for the death and destruction it caused.