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OIL SLICKS (4#) -

Talk about Bad Hair days!
British Petroleum (BP) had one today.

Money, Sex, Power; it's all there:

# Orinoco: *British Petroleum... and others... remain locked in a struggle with the Chavez government over the terms and conditions under which they will be allowed to stay on as minority partners. President Hugo Chavez's government took over Venezuela's last privately run oil fields Tuesday, intensifying a power struggle with international companies over the world's largest known petroleum deposit.* [bostglobe]

# BP chief resigns after lying over affair with gay lover: *He lied to the court about how he met 27-year-old Mr Chevalier - they split up last year after four years together - and falsely accused the young Canadian of having drink and drug problems... Mr Chevalier, a computer operator from Toronto, shared Browne's millionaire lifestyle for four years.* [dmail]

# *Lord Browne told the court that he had met Mr Chevalier in Battersea Park in London. In fact they had met on a male escort website.* [bbc]

# Lord Browne's former lover, Jeff Chavalier, has been recording his personal thoughts in an Internet diary on Facebook. [dmail]

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