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. ... |
Key evidence pulled from BP spill site
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| The piece of equipment at the center of the investigation into the Deepwater Horizon explosion and spill was being retrieved from a mile below the sea, BP announced Friday. Deepwater Horizon - BP - Oil spill - Environment - Energy ... |
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 ... |
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 ... |
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. ... |
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 ... |
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 ... |
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 ... |
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 ... |
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: 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. ... |
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 ... |
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 ... |
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. ... |
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 ... |
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. ... |
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... ... |
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. ... |
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. ... |
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 ... |
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. ... |
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 ... |
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. ... |
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. ... |
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. ... |
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 ... |
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... ... |
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. ... |
BP's Deepwater Oil Spill - Stack Off, but Another Incident - and Open Thread
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 | Once again I am indebted to MoonofA , who is giving a more detailed hour by hour report, of some of the incidents that I miss. Fairly rapidly on Thursday afternoon, the team of ROVs and surface vessels moved forward with the removal of the existing ... |
Thai firm rejects Indonesian oil spill cash claim (AFP)
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 | AFP - A Thai-owned firm Friday rejected Indonesia's 2.4 billion US dollar compensation claim over a major oil spill off Australia's north which campaigners say hit the livelihoods of thousands of poor fishermen. ... |
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. ... |
Oil rig blast forces 13 workers into Gulf of Mexico
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| by Agence France-Presse. NEW ORLEANS—An explosion ripped through an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday forcing 13 people into the water, one of whom was injured, the U.S. Coast Guard said. There was no immediate sign of an oil spill and every ... |
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 ... |
Déjà Vu All Over Again: Offshore Oil Platform Explodes in Gulf of Mexico
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 | Image: Google Maps Thankfully, No Deaths This Time An offshore oil platform exploded and caught fire today 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. All 13 people who wer ... |
No injuries, signs of spill in Gulf rig explosion (Reuters)
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| Reuters - An oil and gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico exploded on Thursday in an accident that recalled the worst offshore oil spill in history, though there appeared to be no injuries and no initial signs of pollution. ... |
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 ... |
Gulf oil rig explodes off La. coast (AP)
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| AP - An offshore oil rig has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill. ... |
iPhone Game Features Heroic Fish Dodging Gulf Oil Spill Damage
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 | Image via Elephant Journal We've had an influx of iPhone apps based on the Gulf oil spill , and many of them also donate proceeds to helping clean-up efforts. So what makes Puff Puff: Gulf Spill any different? It's still an app about the life post o ... |
