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Maybe Tony Hayward was right all along | Alexander Chancellor
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Against the odds, the BP chief executive has got his life back 'Was Tony Hayward right, after all?" These are words I would never have expected to read, least of all in the US, where BP's chief executive is hated as a bogeyman; yet they were indeed ...

US expert: China oil spill far bigger than stated (AP)
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AP - China's worst known oil spill is dozens of times larger than the government has reported, and some of the oil was spilled deliberately to avoid an even larger disaster, an American expert said Friday. ...

The Week in Pictures: Solar Plane Sets New World Record, Pipeline Leak Pollutes Michigan River with Oil, and More (Slideshow)
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Here we go again... a pipeline owned by Enbridge Energy Partners has leaked 800,000-840,000 gallons of oil into a creek flowing into the Kalamazoo River near Battle Creek, Michigan. On a more positive note, the Zephyr solar plane finally landed this ...

Cooking, Eating, and the Gulf Oil Spill: Chef Joey Camapanaro of NYC's The Little Owl (Interview)
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Editor's note: Over the next month, as part of our coverage of Blue August , Planet Green will be interviewing chefs around the country to get their takes on the Gulf Oil Spill and how it might affect the future of the region's vibrant food culture. ...

BP Oil Spill: Has Environmental Damage Been Exaggerated? (Time.com)
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Time.com - So far, predictions of ecological catastrophe on the Gulf Coast following the BP oil spill seem overblown ...

Dudley to outline BP plans to help Gulf recover (AP)
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AP - Incoming BP CEO Bob Dudley was set to outline his company's long-term efforts to help the Gulf of Mexico recover from the oil spill Friday morning, and will be getting help from a Clinton administration-era emergency management official. ...

Oil industry safety record blown open
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National Wildlife Federation says catalogue of oil industry accidents proves BP disaster in Gulf of Mexico is not a one-off The oil industry has been responsible for thousands of fires, explosions, and leaks over the last decade, killing dozens of p ...

X-Prize Challenge Offers $1.4 Million for Revolutionary Oil Cleanup Tech
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The Spill is Capped, but the Oil Remains NASA From the people that brought you private spaceflight and super-fuel-efficient automobiles comes the $1.4 million Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X Challenge . X-Prize officials announced today a $1 million pur ...

Drill deep and don’t spill a drop with Oil Spill Condoms
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by Ashley Braun. “Great for containing your gusher and protecting your junk shot!” We can’t say we’re surprised to see such a clever combination of causes (oil clean-up and responsible reproduction). We’re just surprised it took so long. The best th ...

Today's Climate: July 30, 2010
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EPA Says Michigan Spill Appears Contained (Reuters) Oil spilled from a pipeline in Michigan does not present a threat to the Great Lakes and the spill has been contained on a river about 50 miles inland from Lake Michigan, federal officials said on ...

Gulf Coast Disaster - Thursday News Roundup, July 29
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Day 101Highlights in this issue:- BP fights government over lawsuit venue- Newsweek’s top 6 losers in the Gulf oil spill- Senator seeks Lockerbie hearing in September- Is the missing oil a good sign or a bad one?- Why Dudley’s BP... ...

Herpes Virus Strikes UK Oyster Beds, Could Wipe Out Local Stocks
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Photo by adactio : "A Pacific oyster from Whitstable about to consumed on Brighton seafront." Oysters worldwide have been faring badly. From pollution levels in filthy bays to now a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the populations of the pop ...

BP Name Change: Amoco Possible Rebranding Option For Stations
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NEW ORLEANS — BP gas station owners across the country are divided over whether the oil giant stained by its handling of the Gulf spill... ...

What Will Happen During the Next 100 Days of the Oil Spill? (LiveScience.com)
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LiveScience.com - Exactly 100 days after an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig sent an estimated 20,000 to 40,000 barrels of oil per day gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, officials say engineers are on the cusp of completing a final p ...

Scenarios: The uncertain fate of oil spill bills (Reuters)
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Reuters - The U.S. Congress is poised to debate energy legislation designed to toughen offshore drilling practices in the aftermath of the devastating Gulf of Mexico oil spill. ...

Deception by dispersal; the great Gulf oil tragedy
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The pictures below were all recently taken on July 28, 2010, just off the Gulf coast of Grand Bayou near Barataria Bay. They were taken shortly after cleanup authorities announced major surface oil had been cleaned up. Yesterday, Louisiana Gov. Bobb ...

Gulf spill lacks societal punch of Santa Barbara (AP)
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AP - In 1969, Sen. Gaylord Nelson was so moved after seeing the devastation of an oil spill off the California coast near Santa Barbara that he called for a national teach-in on the environment. The following year the resulting "Earth Day" kick-star ...

US gas stations: Stay BP or change name to Amoco? (AP)
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AP - BP gas station owners across the country are divided over whether the oil giant stained by its handling of the Gulf spill should rebrand U.S. outlets as Amoco or another name as part of its effort to repair the company's badly damaged reputation ...

Partisan bickering delays oil spill legislation (AP)
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AP - Partisan disagreements in the Senate will delay passage of legislation responding to the Gulf oil spill until at least September, when Congress returns from its summer recess. ...

A Critical Examination of Matt Simmons’ Claims on the Deepwater Spill
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Matt Simmons, author of Twilight in the Desert , has long been one of the most famous and influential voices on the subject of peak oil. After the release of his book, Simmons rose to fame as Saudi Arabian oil production declined and global oil pric ...

First US court session pits BP against oil spill victims (AFP)
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AFP - BP was to come face-to-face Thursday with the victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill during a first court hearing into the case, which is likely to become the trial of the century. ...

BP denies Texas a cash advance, gets scathing response (Reuters)
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Reuters - Oil giant BP Plc rejected a request from Texas for a $25 million cash advance to clean up shorelines sullied by the Gulf oil spill, and got a scathing response from top Texas officials, according to letters given to Reuters on Thursday. ...

NC expert: Gulf oil unlikely to reach East Coast (AP)
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AP - An expert on marine sciences and coastal circulation says it's unlikely oil from BP's massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico will reach the East Coast. ...

X Prize Oil Cleanup Challenge Dares Innovators To Create Cleanup Solutions
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BP is closer than ever to a fix that will stop leakage from its disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But capping the... ...

Feds, farmers create habitats for migrating birds
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Water gurgling from a well is flooding Craig Gautreaux's rice and crawfish fields, turning the farm into a wetland for migratory birds whose usual Gulf of Mexico wintering grounds are threatened by the oil spill. Oilspill - Gulf of Mexico - Bird migr ...

Why the BP Spill Hasn't Invigorated Environmentalism
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Photo via Boston In 1969, an oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara, California released a few million gallons of oil into marine ecosystems -- eight months later, it was among the primary catalysts for the biggest pro-environmental movement in th ...

NRDC Trustee Unveils $1.4 Million Prize to Find New Ways to Clean Oil Spills
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Wendy Schmidt believes human ingenuity will find new, far more effective ways to clean up the next BP-like oil spill disaster. And she’s betting $1.4 million on it. Spurred by BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster, the X Prize Foundation today... ...

Spill Media Response: Where's The Oil?
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Seems like only a hundred or so days ago that the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, causing a massive oil-spill volcano to belch millions of... ...

BP's Deepwater Oil Spill - the Hundredth Day - and Open Thread
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Admiral Allen held a press conference in the Gulf region (rather than recent ones held in Washington), in which he noted that the news of the rapid disappearance of the oil already emitted by the Deepwater well is raising questions as to how long to ...

Whales in Gulf to Get Recording ’session’
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ITHACA, N.Y., July 29 (UPI) — Electronic “ears” are being placed in the Gulf of Mexico to listen in on whales and investigate their health since the massive oil spill, researchers say. Scientists from Cornell University, in cooperation with the Nati ...

Michigan Oil Spill: Oil Halfway To Lake Michigan, Mayor Daley Responds
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Oil from a pipeline spill in Michigan early this week has been on the move through area waterways in recent days--and some fear that it... ...

Undersea Mics Listen for Gulf Whales Threatened by Oil Spill (LiveScience.com)
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LiveScience.com - Recently deployed electronic ears are eavesdropping on whales in the Gulf of Mexico, giving scientists insights into what areas they frequent, population numbers and how they are faring in the oil-ravaged waters. ...

Dispatch From the Gulf Oil Spill: Breaking the Law to Save the Gulf
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Jamie Hinton, Chief of the Magnolia Springs Volunteer Fire Dept, considers the barges. Image courtesy of Philippe Cousteau. With the well capped and BP's promise of a "static kill" in the coming days, a sense of optimism, while tempered, seems to be ...

Crews work to keep oil spill from Lake Michigan
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Federal officials believe an oil spill that has contaminated a major Michigan river was larger than first estimated, and the governor is warning of a "tragedy of historic proportions" should the oil reach Lake Michigan. Lake Michigan - Oil spill - En ...

Million-dollar contest launched to help clean up oil spill
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by Agence France-Presse. WASHINGTON—A foundation that helped launch private spaceflight on Thursday turned its gaze and pocketbook toward Earth, unveiling a $1.4 million contest to find new ways to clean up oil spills. The year-long Wendy Schmidt Oi ...

The House oil spill legislative package: An important step forward for oceans
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On Monday, House leadership unveiled their legislative response to the Gulf oil disaster. Incorporating the work of several committees, the CLEAR Act is a comprehensive reform bill and an important step forward in improving our nation’s ability to p ...

US panel asked to consolidate oil spill lawsuits (AP)
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AP - More than 2,000 miles from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a federal judicial panel in Idaho is being asked to consolidate more than 300 spill-related lawsuits against BP and other companies before a single court. ...

The Gulf’s invisible villain: natural gas
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by Kate Sheppard. Waves thick with crude, tar-slicked beaches, and oil-soddened wildlife —it’s all visible evidence of the havoc that oil has wreaked in the Gulf. But marine scientists now fear that colorless, odorless natural gas that escaped from ...

Oil spill sends more than a million gallons into Michigan waters
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by Agence France-Presse. CHIGAGO—A new oil spill is sullying waters in Michigan after a pipeline leak sent more than a million gallons of crude into a river tributary, officials said Wednesday. The Environmental Protection Agency said the spill bega ...

Gulf Cleanup Will Change Once Oil Stops for Good
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The government's point man for the Gulf spill plans to meet with coastal parish officials Thursday to talk about what's next now that the oil has stopped flowing. ...

First lawsuits linked to Gulf spill go to court (AFP)
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AFP - The first lawsuits linked to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill go to court Thursday, as BP prepared -- after months of trying -- to permanently seal its ruptured well. ...

Oceans in Peril: Primed for Mass Extinction? (LiveScience.com)
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LiveScience.com - One hundred days ago Thursday, the oil rig Deepwater Horizon began spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico. As profoundly as the leak of millions of barrels of oil is injuring the Gulf ecosystem, it is only one of many threats to the Ea ...

Oil Spills Are Everywhere
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BP has capped its leaking Macondo well, but that doesn't mean oil spills are now a thing of the past. Up in Michigan, at least 19,000 barrels of crude have been gushing out of a pipeline into the Kalamazoo River, which travels into Lake Michigan. Go ...

(PHOTOS): Bare Hands Clean-Up of a Horrible Oil Spill
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It is hard to look at the pictures in the following photo essay. They ask hard questions and provide no answers. Factually, they document how some people responded to a 400,000 gallon oil spill that's grown into a slick covering more than 150 square ...

Scientists Find Evidence That Oil And Dispersant Mix Is Making Its Way Into The Foodchain
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Scientists have found signs of an oil-and-dispersant mix under the shells of tiny blue crab larvae in the Gulf of Mexico, the first clear indication... ...

Robotic Water Purifiers - The Airborne Robotic Oil Spill Recovery System Can Clean Up the Gulf (GALLERY)
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(TrendHunter.com) Global Response Group has designed a special high-tech system to deal with future disasters like that in the Gulf; the design will clean oil spills within days. The Airborne Robotic Oil Spill Recovery… ...

Gulf spill lacks societal punch of Santa Barbara
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In 1969, Sen. Gaylord Nelson was so moved after seeing the devastation of an oil spill off the California coast near Santa Barbara that he called for a national teach-in on the environment. The resulting "Earth Day" the following year kick-started th ...

Shell could pursue BP for gulf damages
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Shell refuses to rule out action against BP over losses caused by the deepwater drilling ban in the gulf Shell today refused to rule out pursuing damages claims against BP and other companies involved in the Gulf of Mexico disaster. The company took ...

Gulf cleanup will change once oil stops for good (AP)
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AP - The government's point man for the Gulf spill says he's planning to meet with coastal parish officials to talk about what's next now that the oil has stopped flowing. ...

Oil Spill: 2,200 Gulf Beach Closings, Warnings
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MIAMI — Gulf beaches from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle were closed or slapped with health warnings nearly 10 times more often this summer than... ...

Today's Climate: July 29, 2010
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EPA: 1M Gallons of Oil May Be in Mich. River (AP) Federal officials now estimate that more than 1 million gallons of oil may have spilled into a major river in southern Michigan, and the governor is sharply criticizing clean-up efforts as "wholly in ...

Gulf Cleanup Will Change Once Oil Stops For Good
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NEW ORLEANS (Associated Press) - The government's point man for the Gulf spill plans to meet with coastal parish officials Thursday to talk about what's... ...

Drumbeat: July 29, 2010
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Iran’s top oil customer buys less China’s imports of Iranian crude oil fell by almost a third in the first half of the year, new figures showed this week. Volumes have decreased just as new US and European sanctions threaten to disrupt energy ties b ...

Gulf Coast Disaster - Wednesday News Roundup, July 28
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Day 100Highlights in this issue: Who’s making money off the Gulf oil spill? Gulf state Republicans rip oil spill bill Oil spill could change fortunes of Gulf politicians NRDC Report: Oil causes 2,200 Gulf beach closings BP’s Gulf payments hit... ...

US hit by new oil spill (AFP)
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AFP - A new oil spill is sullying US waters in the northern state of Michigan after a pipeline leak sent more than a million gallons of crude into a river tributary, officials said Wednesday. ...

Feds, farmers create habitats for migrating birds (AP)
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AP - Water gurgling from a well is flooding Craig Gautreaux's rice and crawfish fields, turning the farm into a wetland for migratory birds whose usual Gulf of Mexico wintering grounds are threatened by the oil spill. ...

Gulf spill lacks societal punch of Santa Barbara (AP)
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AP - In 1969, Sen. Gaylord Nelson was so moved after seeing the devastation of an oil spill off the California coast near Santa Barbara that he called for a national teach-in on the environment. The resulting "Earth Day" the following year kick-star ...

Gulf oil slick breaks up rapidly and begins to slip below waves
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Deepwater spill will soon be invisible but could linger beneath the surface for decades Images from the Gulf of Mexico suggest a once vast expanse of oil is breaking up so rapidly it may soon be invisible to satellite photography. But scientists war ...

AK pipeline operator lists causes of May oil spill (AP)
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AP - The operator of the 800-mile trans-Alaska pipeline system says an internal review has found that a power failure and lack of "situational awareness" contributed to a roughly 4,500-barrel contained oil spill in May. ...

Kalamazoo River Oil Spill (PHOTOS): Cleanup Efforts Underway In Michigan
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The Kalamazoo River oil spill has resulted in more than 800,000 gallons of spilled oil in southern Michigan. One of the worst oil spill disasters... ...

The First 100 Days of Deepwater Horizon: Somebody Call Jack Bauer
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From the Hill… Our friends at the Heritage Foundation (who think Jack Bauer is a real person) have deployed multiple teams of energy, environment, homeland security and response experts to the Gulf to study the federal response to the oil spill. They ...

On day 100 of the Gulf gusher, a timeline of the tragedy
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by Agence France-Presse. April 20: The Deepwater Horizon oil rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana, killing 11 workers. April 22: The rig, dangerously listing and still ablaze two days after the explosion, sinks to ...

How to: DIY fake oil for your actions
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With fake oil actions spilling out all over the place, it's high time someone did some skill sharing. Step up our international office with their "activist recipe for fake oil". Basically, you mix up some molasses with some corn oil, corn starch, ch ...

Drumbeat: July 28, 2010
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Mitsui Says Oil Tanker Possibly Attacked Near Hormuz Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., operator of the world’s second-largest oil-tanker fleet, said one of its ships may have been attacked near the Strait of Hormuz, deemed by the U.S. to be the most importa ...

Oil-eating AEROS robots could clean oil spills in days
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Eco Factor: Concept robots purify oily water. The Gulf of Mexico oil spill has triggered the development of schemes that can protect the environment if such disasters happen in future. While some people are proposing use of dispersants or hay , the ...

UV flashlight could help detect hard to spot Gulf oil spill residue
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Eco Factor : UV flashlight helps detect hard to spot oil on the beach. In the end it’s all about breaking inhibitions and at least give a try to what has never been done before. In this case it’s about a simple test widely used to detect oil using U ...

Oil-Splattered Tees - 'I Helped Clean Up the Gulf Oil Spill' has You Sporting the Spilled Mess
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(TrendHunter.com) From the looks of it, the 'I Helped Clean Up the Gulf Oil Spill' tee was used to clean up the oil spill. Well, not actually, but some of the oil spilled was used to create the t-shirt, which you can purchase… ...

Oil spewing from wellhead in La. marsh
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Adding insult to the Gulf's injury, an oil wellhead ruptured and is spewing oil into a Louisiana marsh, officials said Tuesday. Louisiana - United States - Wellhead - Oil - Energy ...

T-Shirts Printed With Real Spilled Gulf Oil? Yep.
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Credit: ihelpedcleanupthegulfoilspill.com Another day, another BP Gulf oil spill story. With a twist. A Kansas man frustrated by damage to the Gulf of Mexico has turned lemons, er, oil into printing ink. Steve Brooker is using reclaimed oil from the ...