Monthly Archives: May 2010

Relief for Gulf is 2 months away with another well (AP)

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Yahoo! News : US : AP – The best hope for stopping the flow of oil from the blown-out well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico has been compared to hitting a target the size of a dinner plate with a drill more than two miles into the earth, and is anything but [...]
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Sick fisherman files restraining order against BP

By | Published: May 31, 2010
CNN: International : A fisherman who was hospitalized after becoming ill while cleaning up oil in the Gulf of Mexico has filed a temporary restraining order in federal court against oil company BP. Read the original post by MarketWatch
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Export duty on Russian oil grows to $292.1 per ton from Tuesday

By | Published: May 31, 2010
RIA Novosti : The export duty on Russian oil has grown by $8.1 to $292.1 per ton effective from June 1 in line with a government resolution. Read the original post by MarketWatch
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Oil spill puts fish species in jeopardy

By | Published: May 31, 2010
IOL : Science : Scientists have warned that dozens of species of fish could be wiped out by the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Read the original post by MarketWatch
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Obama administration moves to distance itself from BP on oil spill response

By | Published: May 31, 2010
Struggling to convey command of the worsening Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the Obama administration is taking steps to distance itself from BP and is dispatching Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to the Gulf Coast to meet with federal and state prosecutors. The Holder trip could signal that the en… Oilspill – Barack Obama – [...]
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Gulf oil spill ‘won’t be stopped until August’: Officials in grim prediction as BP shares take a battering in Europe

By | Published: May 31, 2010
Daily Mail : International : BP was preparing for more stock market turbulence over its latest plan to cap the oil well leak in the Gulf of Mexico, as White House officials said it cause cause further environmental devastation. Read the original post by MarketWatch
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BP Was Concerned About Well Control Six Weeks Before Incident

By | Published: May 31, 2010
FOX News : Politics : The e-mails, released by the committee Sunday, show BP was getting advice from J. Connor Consulting Inc., a Texas-based consulting firm that has dealt with some of the world’s largest energy companies on how to deal with oil spills, as early as the … Read the original post by MarketWatch
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Disaster in the Gulf: 42 Days and Counting …

By | Published: May 31, 2010
FOX News : Politics : The Obama administration claims it has been on top of the Gulf oil spill disaster since “day one.” Here’s a look at what the president and administration have been doing every day since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded April 20, triggering the … Read the original post by MarketWatch
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NGOs launch campaign for vulnerable women

By | Published: May 31, 2010
IOL : Africa : Algerian rights groups have urged President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to launch an independent inquiry into the alleged assaults of domestic workers in the compounds of foreign oil companies. Read the original post by MarketWatch
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Robot submarines swarm blown-out Gulf well, preparing for next bid to contain oil

By | Published: May 31, 2010
FOX News : US : Robot submarines are carrying equipment and cutting small pipes at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, preparing to place a cap-like containment valve over the blown-out oil well. Read the original post by MarketWatch
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Holder to meet with state attorneys general, US attorneys on Gulf Coast

By | Published: May 31, 2010
FOX News : US : Attorney General Eric Holder plans to visit the Gulf Coast to see areas affected by the oil spill and meet with state attorneys general and U.S. prosecutors. Read the original post by MarketWatch
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Some oil spill events from Monday, May 31, 2010

By | Published: May 31, 2010
FOX News : US : which has for weeks downplayed everything from the amount of oil spewing into the Gulf to the environmental impact — said there is “no evidence” that huge amounts of oil are suspended unde… Read the original post by MarketWatch
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Sen. Schumer calls for repeal of law limiting liability of company that owned sunken oil rig

By | Published: May 31, 2010
FOX News : US : U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says he will introduce a bill to repeal a law that could allow the owner of the oil drilling rig that sank in the Gulf of Mexico to limit its liability for the disaster… Read the original post by MarketWatch
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BP promised it could stop leak 10 times bigger than Gulf of Mexico spill

By | Published: May 31, 2010
Telegraph : Finance : Papers will cause further embarrassment as oil firm prepares to send robots down to cut a pipe near the source of the leak. Read the original post by MarketWatch
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Criminal investigation looms in Gulf of Mexico oil spill

By | Published: May 31, 2010
Telegraph : International : President Barack Obama has dispatched the US attorney general to the Gulf of Mexico to survey the damage to the area from the oil spill disaster and consider drawing up criminal charges against BP. Read the original post by MarketWatch
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