· Launch of controversial business with the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline;
· Increase in petrol prices in the UK;
· Explosion of BP refinery in Texas that caused 100 injuries and 15 deaths in 2005;
· Criminal charges due to the spread of 270.000 gallons of crude oil in the Alaskan tundra in 2006;
· Toxic spill of 2,000 gallons of methanol in the oil field (Prudhoe Bay) managed by BP.
· Closing of Alaskan oil wells.