Copyrighted Image? DMCA | BP earned $3 million every hour in 2011. Its fourth-quarter profits reached $7.69 billion, which is up 38 percent from 2010. The company continues to scale back its production in the wake of the spill, producing 10 percent less than 2010 levels. BP contributions to federal candidates totaled more than $98,000 in 2011, with more than half (65 percent) to Republican candidates. |