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What now for Gulf? Fire complicates drill debate (AP)
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AP - What now for the Gulf? News of another oil rig fire in the Gulf of Mexico, so soon after the BP oil spill, has set off a wave of anxiety along the Gulf Coast and prompted calls for the government to extend its six-month ban on deepwater drillin ...

Explosion on Gulf of Mexico oil platform contained, but damage unknown
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by Agence France-Presse. NEW ORLEANS—An oil platform explosion Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico forced the crew to dive into the sea and threatened further damage to waters still recovering from the BP disaster. Fire engulfed the offshore platform 100 ...

BP replaces failed blowout preventer on Gulf well (Reuters)
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Reuters - BP Plc successfully replaced a failed blowout preventer from atop its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well late on Friday, the top U.S. official overseeing the spill response said. ...

Latest Gulf oil well explosion was no disaster, but what does it say about offshore drilling?
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by Randy Rieland. If we hadn’t spent the summer watching crude gush into the Gulf, no one outside the industry would have noticed or cared much about Thursday’s explosion on a Mariner Energy oil platform . No serious injuries, no spreading slick. B ...

Mariner Energy cited for two violations in past six months, totaling $55,000
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by Joseph Romm. I know that you are shocked, shocked to learn the owner of the offshore oil and gas platform that exploded yesterday in the Gulf of Mexico had two violations just this year from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s Outer Continent ...

The Week in Pictures: Déjà Vu. Oil Rig Explodes in Gulf, Climate Change Blamed for Melting Himalayan Glaciers, and More (Slideshow)
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It's Déjà Vu all over again: An offshore oil platform exploded and caught fire yesterday in the Gulf of Mexico. It is located about 80 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site of BP's massive oil spill. In other green news this week, the US G ...

Why Vermilion Isn't Another BP Disaster
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At this point, it's safe to say that the explosion of the Vermilion platform in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday won't be another BP disaster. The AP has a nice comparison of the two accidents. And after talking to a few people about this, here's some m ...

BP says offshore oil limits could hurt payouts in spill (AFP)
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AFP - Proposed US limits on offshore oil drilling could hurt BP's ability to pay for damages stemming from the huge Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a company executive said in an interview Friday. ...

AP Exclusive: Mariner opposed federal safety rule (AP)
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AP - The company whose Gulf of Mexico oil platform erupted in flames this week cited the industry's "excellent safety record" when it opposed a proposed federal rule last year that would require offshore oil and gas operators to have safety systems a ...

Cooking, Eating, and the Gulf Oil Spill: Restauranteur Joe Bastianich (Interview)
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As part of our coverage of Blue August , Planet Green is 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. This is the tenth interview in the series ...

Weekend Briefing
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TROUBLED WATER: The White House has battled the oil industry all summer over a ban on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, but the two sides seemed to agree on at least one thing: The Gulf's shallow-water oil rigs and platforms are much safer th ...

Gulf Coast Disaster - Thursday, September 2
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Day 137 Highlights in this issue- Oil platform explodes in Gulf- Second Gulf disaster puts moratorium back in play- Temporary cap removed- Allen: The well could have been killed sooner- BP gets tough with Congress- BP’s cost for spill hits $8... ...

Today's Climate: September 3, 2010
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Mariner Platform Blast May Extend Deep-Water Drilling Ban (Bloomberg) The explosion aboard a Mariner Energy Inc. oil platform shows Pres. Obama should maintain the drilling ban imposed after the BP Plc blowout in April, lawmakers and environmentalis ...

BP: Failed blowout preventer removed from well (AP)
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AP - BP PLC said the blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico was removed from the company's well on Friday afternoon. ...

BP spill costs hit $8 billion as crews unearth clues
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by Agence France-Presse. WASHINGTON—British oil giant BP revealed on Friday that it has so far spent $8 billion to battle the Gulf of Mexico disaster. At the same time, its crews worked to retrieve key evidence about the spill from the seabed. Robot ...

Learning the Real Cost of "Cheap" Energy
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Yesterday another oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico caught fire. Thankfully, all workers were rescued without any reports of serious injuries and Coast Guard officials contradicted earlier reports that oil had been found in the waters near the platf ...

BP oil spill costs surge to $8 bln (AFP)
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AFP - British oil giant BP revealed Friday that the devastating Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster has cost it eight billion dollars (6.2 billions euros) so far -- with a sharp rise in payments in the last month. ...

BP: Deepwater Horizon oil well will be permanently sealed 'in two weeks'
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Oil giant hopes ruptured oil well in Gulf of Mexico will be sealed by mid-September, with clean-up bill now at $8bn BP said today it is a fortnight away from sealing the ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico for good, as it revealed that the bill ...

Oil spill will not impact Florida tourism: poll (Reuters)
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Reuters - The BP oil spill that spewed millions of barrels of oil in the Gulf of Mexico is unlikely to deter travel to Florida and Louisiana for the rest of the year, a new poll showed. ...

Oil platform explosion in the Gulf of Mexico
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An oil platform explosion in the Gulf of Mexico forced the crew to jump into the sea and threatened further damage to waters still recovering from the BP disaster ...

The Media Consortium: Weekly Mulch: Vermilion 380 Explosion Reignites Drilling Fears
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by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger On Thursday, a manageable explosion on a Gulf Coast oil rig reignited fears founded by the BP spill and... ...

Mariner Rig Accident Undercuts Efforts to End Drilling Moratorium
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As lawmakers call for new inquiries into Thursday's accident, oil industry executives say it will now be more difficult to lift the government's offshore drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico. ...

BP says oil spill costs hit $8 bln (AFP)
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AFP - British oil giant BP said Friday that the devastating Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster has cost about eight billion dollars so far. ...

BP says oil spill costs hit $8 bln (AFP)
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AFP - British oil giant BP said Friday that the devastating Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster has cost about eight billion dollars (6.2 billions euros) so far. ...

BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill costs hit $8 billion (Reuters)
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Reuters - BP Plc said on Friday the cost of dealing with its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had risen to $8 billion and that it was two weeks away from sealing the well for good. ...

Sen. Tom Carper: The Latest Oil Platform Accident Is a Grim Reminder of Our Energy Challenges
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Ironically, the latest oil rig explosion occurred as Louisiana's governor, along with other state and local officials, were calling on President Obama to lift the moratorium on deepwater drilling that he imposed three months ago. ...

Bid talk swirls around BP as it nears final cap on leaking well
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• ExxonMobil discussed politics of BP takeover with the White House • BP's value had once dropped by more than $100bn, since 20 April BP said today that it was a fortnight away from finally sealing the rogue well in the Gulf of Mexico – potentially ...

Oil Platform Fire Cause Unknown But No Oil Spilled; Owner Had History of Safety Violations
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As the Mariner Energy oil platform fire is extinguished and no oil is determined to be spilling, more details have come out about the company and its safety record. ...

Feds launch investigation of Gulf platform fire (AP)
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AP - The agency that oversees offshore drilling will investigate the fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. ...

Crews prepare to raise failed blowout preventer (AP)
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AP - A vessel has latched onto a key piece of evidence in the oil spill investigation so crews can raise the 300-ton device to the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. ...

Don’t forget Nigeria’s devastating oil spills
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The massive leak in the Gulf of Mexico may have been stopped, but oil still continues to spread and flow. Scientists, local communities and businesses wait for the true toll of damage to be revealed as the rest of the world turns its attentions elsew ...

No sign of oil after Gulf platform fire: Coast Guard (Reuters)
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Reuters - An oil and gas platform operated by Mariner Energy burst into flames in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, but the crew of 13 escaped and there were no signs of an oil spill, the Coast Guard said. ...

Mariner Energy oil rig fire extinguished, no sign of oil spill in Gulf (The Christian Science Monitor)
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The Christian Science Monitor - A fire on an offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico has been extinguished, and officials say oil does not appear to be leaking from the facility. ...

BP: Ban On Drilling Permits Could Halt Oil Spill Claims Payments
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BP is warning Congress that if lawmakers pass legislation that bars the company from getting new offshore drilling permits, it may not have the money... ...

Another Fire on an Oil Platform
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Maybe this kind of stuff has been happening all the time, but hasn’t been a big deal until the Deep Water Horizon incident. An oil platform about 100 miles offshore in the Gulf of Mexico exploded this morning . All 13 people aboard were rescued. No ...

Computers Predicted Gulf Oil Movement
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Sept. 2 (UPI) — Scientists in California say they were successful in predicting the spread of oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill and when and where it would wash ashore. Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbar ...

Temporary cap that stopped oil leak removed
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Engineers removed a temporary cap Thursday that stopped oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico from BP's blown-out well in mid-July. Gulf of Mexico - BP - Business - Energy - Oil and Gas ...

Oil spill seen in Gulf platform explosion (Reuters)
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Reuters - An oil and gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico exploded on Thursday, setting off a blaze and a small oil spill, but the accident does not appear to be as serious as BP's deadly rig explosion and oil spill in April. ...

Gulf oil: new explosion boosts support for moratorium
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The new explosion on a gulf oil production platform Thursday revved up support for the Obama administration’s moratorium on deepwater drilling, just as oil companies were mounting an offensive against the measure. “Today’s news comes as no surprise,” ...

Update: Mile-Long Oil Slick Sighted Near Latest Oil Rig Explosion
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Earlier today, a helicopter spotted another oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. The 13 people on board did escape, though one was injured. Now, there’s a mile-long oil slick and it’s still growing. The oil slick is at least 100 feet wide and was ...

You've Got to be Kidding. Another Oil Explosion in the Gulf? Enough is Enough.
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As if the foul tar continuing to bubble onto beaches all over the Gulf weren’t causing enough damage, it now seems that the Gulf Coast just can’t catch a break. This morning, an offshore oil platform off the coast of... ...

Miami Herald Plays Fast And Loose With Oil Rig Photos
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Earlier today, another oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 100 miles south of Vermilion Bay in Louisiana. If you've been following the... ...

New method successfully predicted how oil from Deepwater Horizon spill would spread
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Prompted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, a scientist has come up with a new way of predicting how contaminants like oil will spread. He was able to forecast several days in advance that oil from that spill would wash ashore in particular parts of ...

Oil rig explosion: Fire out, no apparent leak from platform accident, Coast Guard says
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The U.S. Coast Guard said that the fire on an oil and gas production platform 80 miles off the Louisiana Coast has been extinguished, and there is no apparent sign of an oil slick. Read more here ...

Oil rig explodes in Gulf of Mexico
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Explosion off Louisiana raises pollution fears after BP oil spill, but coastguard say damaged rig is not in production Another oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico suffered an explosion today, raising fears of more pollution just months after the BP oil sp ...

BREAKING: Another Oil Rig Explodes in the Gulf of Mexico
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Just when you thought things were getting better in the Gulf of Mexico, another oil rig has just exploded. This morning around 9:30 am CDT a commercial helicopter reported that an oil production platform exploded 80 miles off the coast of Louisiana. ...

Coast Guard Confirms Oil Sheen From Oil Platform Explosion
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The Coast Guard is confirming an oil sheen at the location of the Mariner Energy oil platform accident. ...

Slashing Oil Dependence Key to Avoiding More Spills, Here and Abroad
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In the wake of spills in the Gulf, we must take real steps to safeguard our coasts and oceans. However, the oil market is global and other nations such as Nigeria and Norway may be advancing offshore drilling programs with an eye... ...

Oil platform explodes in Gulf of Mexico
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German Military Study Warns of Potential Energy Crisis
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This week a study on peak oil by a German military think tank was leaked on the Internet. The document shows that the German government is closely studying the issue of peak oil, and is aware of the potential for serious consequences as oil productio ...

Oceana Maps the Oil Plume in the Gulf
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A blog from Oceana's online editor: Our expedition in the Gulf of Mexico has been underway for nearly a month now, and the latest leg of the journey is getting to the heart of our mission on the water: learning more about how much oil remains in the ...

One analyst's view: oil should cost just $10 a barrel
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Filed under: Etc. It wasn't all that long ago that barrels of oil cost around $10. One energy analyst quoted by CNBC , Peter Beutel, the president of Cameron Hanover, thinks that a fresh, crisp Alexander Hamilton is just about what a barrel is worth ...

Will we ever get off oil? [AUDIO]
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by Mary Bruno. There’s been a lot of talk about oil this summer. Most of it bad. Devastating, record-setting leaks in the Gulf of Mexico and in Michigan’s Kalamazoo River underscored, once again, the danger of our dependence on crude. Seductively ef ...

What is LIfe after Peak Oil?
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While Western governments from the U.S. to the UK debate the validity of “peak oil”, and obfuscate the probability under a cloak of secrecy, the working world wrings its hands, wondering what will happen when the day arrives and the energy needed ...