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 ... |
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... ... |
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. ... |
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 ... |
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 ... |
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 ... |
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 ... |
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. ... |
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 ... |
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: 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 ... |
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 ... |
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 ... |
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 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. ... |
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 ... |
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. ... |
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 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 ... |
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. ... |
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... ... |
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. ... |
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 ... |
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 ... |
Steven G. Brant: Did BP Just Blow up the Obama Presidency?
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| BP is attempting to leverage its promised $20 billion Gulf Restoration Fund to get the US government to let it keep drilling in the Gulf. This $20 billion is a penalty. BP does not deserve to be compensated for paying its debt to society. ... |
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,” ... |
Oil-platform explosion in the Gulf. Yes, another one.
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| by Jonathan Hiskes. Oopsy daisy : An offshore oil platform exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday morning, injuring one worker, the United States Coast Guard said. The platform, which was owned by the Houston-based Mariner Energy, was floating i ... |
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 Coast Disaster - Thursday, September 2
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| Day 136Highlights in this issue: Weather permitting, engineers will start to raise blowout preventer Judge rules against government on drilling moratorium Gulf coast workers waiting for payments say government is worse than BP BP’s advertising triple ... |
BP begins removing cap from Gulf well (Reuters)
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| Reuters - BP Plc said it had begun removing a cap from equipment atop its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well on Thursday, the first of several steps in advance of plugging the leak for good. ... |
Drumbeat: September 2, 2010
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| Judge rules against U.S. government on oil drilling HOUSTON (Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the U.S. government's request to dismiss an industry lawsuit challenging its deepwater oil and gas drilling moratorium, dealing another blo ... |
