BP shares drop even further as spill costs climb
Shares of BP Plc continued their slide this week as the company passed the $100 billion mark in market capitalization lost following the April 20 Deepwater Horizon rig explosion.
BP's stock hit a new 52-week low of $27.07 Friday after a series of setbacks in the company’s effort to cap the leaking oil will and the revelation that it has so far spent as much as $2.35 billion on well cap efforts and spill cleanup.
The stock had closed at $59.49 on April 20, the day of the explosion.
BP (NYSE: BP) has resumed siphoning operations after a remotely operated vehicles damaged the well cap earlier this week, although recovery is at a reduced rate.
Moreover, there are additional concerns about the sustainability of recovery operations as a tropical storm approaches the spill area.
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