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- Pipeline spills up to 105,000 gallons of oil along Santa Barbara coast Thu, 21 May 15, 7:59amRescue crews are working to contain a four-mile wide slick after a pipeline crack yesterday caused 21,000 gallons of oil to flow into the areas pristine waters and coated the popular shores of Rufugio State Beach, California...
- Pipeline crack spills 21,000 gallons of oil along Santa Barbara coast Thu, 21 May 15, 12:45amRescue crews are working to contain a four-mile wide slick after a pipeline crack yesterday caused 21,000 gallons of oil to flow into the areas pristine waters and coated the popular shores of Rufugio State Beach, California...
- Five years later: Deepwater Horizon disaster leaves oil and dispersants lingering in the Gulf Tue, 21 Apr 15, 11:30pmAs we mark the fifth anniversary of the explosion that rocked the Deepwater Horizon rig, claiming 11 lives and sparking a 87 day-long, 200 million gallon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, studies continue to reveal the devastating...
- There Are Still 2 Million Barrels of BP’s Deepwater Horizon Oil Hanging Out in the Gulf of Mexico Wed, 29 Oct 14, 11:00pmA new study by a team from the University of California-Santa Barbara, University of California-Irvine, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute has found that there are still two million barrels-worth of oil from BP's...
- BP Attempts to Shrink Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Estimate, Reduce Fines Mon, 30 Sep 13, 11:40pmThe BP Deepwater Horizon trial has been pottering on in the New Orleans Federal Court since February, and as it enters its second phase today, BP will attempt to argue down government estimates as to how much oil was spilled...
- Gulf of Mexico Oil Wells Have Been Leaking Since 2004 Hurricane Sat, 8 Jun 13, 12:45amPhoto © On Wings of Care When Hurricane Ivan coursed through the Gulf of Mexico in 2004, it knocked out operations at a Taylor Energy Company platform and ruptured several well heads in the area...
- Oil Could Still Be Leaking from The BP Deepwater Horizon Site Fri, 14 Dec 12, 6:29amOn the heels of a massive criminal indictment for BP, it looks like the trouble for the oil giant is far from over. The company is set to head out on the fifth day of a mission under the supervision the US Coast Guard this...
- Scientists Pay Equivalent of $76.3 Million per Barrel for Macondo Oil Well Samples Sat, 10 Mar 12, 6:40amScientists studying the environmental impact of the Deepwater Horizon disaster are perhaps paying the heftiest price around for oil — Nola.com reports that they are forking over the equivalent of $76.3 million per barrel...
- BP Accuses Halliburton of Destroying Evidence of Wrongdoing in Gulf Oil Spill Wed, 7 Dec 11, 2:58amIt is coming to fists again over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. This time, however, it isn’t the people of the gulf against big oil, it is the oil companies against each other. BP is accusing...
- Three Mile Oil Slick Threatens Wildlife After Ship Slams into a New Zealand Coral Reef Tue, 11 Oct 11, 1:27amOil from a cargo ship that struck a reef off the coast of New Zealand last week has started to wash ashore on the popular Mount Maunganui beach today. The ship was going 17 knots when it crashed into a well documented coral...
- Help Redesign BP’s ‘Green’ Logo and Win $200! Wed, 2 Jun 10, 12:00amWe’re getting kind of sick of saying this, but BP’s latest latest attempt to stop oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico has failed — yet again...
- Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal Wants to Use Fake Islands to Ward Off Oil Wed, 12 May 10, 12:00amAs news surfaced that the giant cap meant to contain the Gulf of Mexico oil spill failed, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal announced his own plan to save the coastline from mass amounts of incoming oil...
- BP to Try “Junk Shot” to Halt the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Wed, 12 May 10, 1:36amIt sounds to us like BP is now grasping at straws trying to outsmart the growing gulf coast oil spill. As their next plan of action engineers will shoot a pile of trash at high speed into the blowout preventer at the site...
- The Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Some Background and What It Means Thu, 29 Apr 10, 12:16amWe have all been reading about the blowout that led to huge fire and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Now there is news that there is a huge oil spill coming from the underground pipe where...
- The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: Some Background; What it Means Thu, 29 Apr 10, 12:16amWe have all been reading about the blowout that led to huge fire and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Now there is news that there is a huge oil spill coming from the underground pipe where...