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Shares in BP have fallen further amid speculation that the company may have to seek extra funds to pay for its oil spill costs. | |
Shares were down by 7% at one stage, hitting a 14-year low. | |
In a note to investors trading house Nomura said pressure was growing on the company to "assure sufficient funding" to stop the spill. | In a note to investors trading house Nomura said pressure was growing on the company to "assure sufficient funding" to stop the spill. |
Earlier BP said that its costs linked to the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster had risen to $2.35bn (£1.57bn). | |
The total costs, including compensation claims, are expected to be much higher. | The total costs, including compensation claims, are expected to be much higher. |
"We consider that equity linked financing - perhaps backed by sovereign wealth - could prove the attractive short-term solution," said Nomura, | "We consider that equity linked financing - perhaps backed by sovereign wealth - could prove the attractive short-term solution," said Nomura, |
It added that BP's perceived need for more money was damaging the company in the eyes of investors. | It added that BP's perceived need for more money was damaging the company in the eyes of investors. |
Uncertainty | |
BP's share price has more than halved since the oil disaster began in April, wiping about $90bn off the value of the company. | BP's share price has more than halved since the oil disaster began in April, wiping about $90bn off the value of the company. |
Investors are comfortable that BP is big and profitable enough to manage the clean-up costs - it made an annual profit of nearly $14bn last year. | |
However, there is more uncertainty over the impact that legal action and compensation claims could have. | |
BP is still pressing ahead with operations to collect some of the oil and gas still leaking from the oil well on the ocean floor. | |
It said piping oil to two vessels above was collecting about 17,000 barrels of oil a day. | |
Meanwhile work on the drilling of relief wells, designed to stop the leak, is continuing. | |
The first well is not due to be completed until early August. |