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2/9/2010
An
oil and gas platform operated by Mariner Energy burst into flames on Thursday and unleashed a mile-long
oil sheen into the
Gulf of Mexico, in the region's first major offshore disaster since BP's
oil spill began in April.
All 13 crew ...
2/9/2010
An offshore petroleum rig exploded and was burning Friday in the
Gulf of Mexico about 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay.
The Coast Guard says no one was killed in the explosion, which was reported by a commercial helicopter flying over the ...
2/9/2010
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.Coast Guard Petty Officer Casey Ranel says the blast was reported by a commercial helicopter company about 9:30 ...
2/9/2010
The US ban on deep water
oil and gas drilling could be overturned for a second time after a federal judge yesterday rejected the Obama administration's request to dismiss an
oil industry lawsuit challenging the six-month moratorium.
US ...
2/9/2010
Stealthy submarine gliders slide through the depths of the
Gulf of Mexico with the precision of birds of prey. Robot-like rovers search for droplets of
oil thousands of metres under the surface. Powerful computerised analysers send instant ...
2/9/2010
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.
The U.S. Coast Guard ...
2/9/2010
Four Greenpeace activists who had clung to an
oil rig off western Greenland with rock-climbing gear were arrested Thursday after an Arctic storm forced them to abandon their environmental protest.
Police spokesman Morten Nielsen said the ...
2/9/2010
There is no sign of an
oil spill after a rig caught fire in the
Gulf of Mexico, a spokesman for rig operator Mariner Energy said.
"In an initial flyover by company personnel over the site, there was no hydrocarbon
spill that was ...
2/9/2010
Another
oil rig in the
Gulf of Mexico suffered an explosion today, raising fears of more pollution just months after the BP
oil spill hit the area.
There were 13 crew on the rig, of whom one was known to be injured. Most of the crew took ...
2/9/2010
The image of thick crude gushing from a blown-out
oil well a mile beneath the
Gulf of Mexico was turned off when a tightly fitting cap was secured on top a month-and-a-half ago.
Engineers weren't expecting that sight again Thursday when ...
1/9/2010
Could pollutants from the BP
oil leak in the
Gulf of Mexico end up as far north as New England?
That could happen if a hurricane or tropical storm hits the
Gulf region and moves northward.
Siddhartha Mitra, Geochemist, East ...
1/9/2010
A federal judge in New Orleans rejected on Wednesday the U.S. government's request to dismiss a lawsuit challenging its original 6-month deepwater drilling moratorium.
Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc and other
oil companies sued the ...
1/9/2010
Energy giant BP spent more than 93 million dollars on advertising in the three months after the April 20
Gulf oil spill, triple what it spent over the same period in 2009, US lawmakers said Wednesday.
Leaders of a key US House of ...
1/9/2010
BP Plc expects to remove a failed blowout preventer atop its ruptured
Gulf of Mexico
oil well by Saturday or Sunday and later plug the leak for good, the top U.S. official overseeing the
spill response said on Wednesday.
"We believe in ...
1/9/2010
Work should resume later this week to remove the temporary sealing cap and failed blowout preventer from BP's busted
oil well in the
Gulf of Mexico, the government's point man on the
spill said Wednesday.
Rough seas have delayed ...
1/9/2010
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 blow to the Obama administration.
Hornbeck Offshore Services ...
1/9/2010
Oil giant BP says it has spent more than $5 million a week on advertising since the
Gulf Coast
oil spill -- more than three times the amount it spent on ads during the same period last year.
BP PLC told the House Energy and Commerce ...
1/9/2010
The federal government's point man on the
Gulf of Mexico
spill response said Wednesday there is no "significant risk" that more
oil will leak into the sea when engineers remove the temporary cap Thursday that first contained the gusher in ...
1/9/2010
Developers of a proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm were cleared to move forward Tuesday when Massachusetts' high court rejected a claim that the project sidestepped local opposition to win a key permit.Cape Wind project, a 130-turbine ...
31/8/2010
A parish official says a Louisiana
oil spill command center is shutting down over a dispute with BP over rent and other expenses
St. Bernard Parish President Craig Taffaro says the owner of the property that has been home to the ...
31/8/2010
The federal government's point man on the
Gulf oil disaster says work to remove the 300-ton piece of equipment that failed to stop the massive
oil spill could be delayed until the weekend or longer because of rough seas.
Retired Coast ...
31/8/2010
Indonesia has demanded 2.4 billion dollars in compensation from a Thai
oil company for damages related to a
spill off the northwestern coast of Australia last year, a minister said Tuesday.
Transportation Minister Freddy Numberi said the ...
31/8/2010
Greenpeace claims to have shut down offshore drilling by a British
oil company at a controversial site in the Arctic after four climbers began an occupation of the rig just after dawn.
The environment campaigners said the four protesters ...
31/8/2010
Environmental groups, which failed to get a climate-change bill passed this year in the U.S. Senate, are having trouble getting their message heard on the campaign trail.
They tried to sound the alarm that they're losing the fight at two ...
30/8/2010
The South has been dealt a heavy blow this summer by BP's gusher in the
Gulf of Mexico. The
oil has stopped flowing, but
Gulf states are still dealing with the ongoing economic and environmental damage.
State leaders want to be sure BP ...