Relief Well Drill Rig Returning To Gulf Oil Spill Site -BP Wall Street Journal HOUSTON (Dow Jones)– A drill rig working on a relief well is returning to the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill as a tropical storm that caused its … BP Returning to Gulf Oil Spill Site to Drill Relief Well as Bonnie WeakensBloomberg Tropical Update: Bonnie falling apart.BP oil spill region can expect better …Examiner.com Tropical Depression Bonnie Loses Steam, But May Strengthen Over Evacuated Oil…FOXNews Voice of America –Washington Post –Baltimore Sun all 1,937 news articles »
Offshore Drill Regulators' Industry Links Raise Conflicts, Watchdog Says Bloomberg After the April 20 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig leased by BP, President Barack Obama urged Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Congress to … SUBJECT: "THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR'S OVERSIGHT OF OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING"Federal News Service (subscription) Salazar pledges to limit Interior's revolving doorWashington Post Moratorium process investigated2TheAdvocate
Obama administration fights to keep deepwater drill
Reuters – The oil drilling industry goes head-to-head with the Obama administration in court on Thursday over the White House effort to suspend deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico for six months in the wake of the catastrophic BP Plc well blowout. Read more on Yahoo! Green
During the Exxon Valdez crisis, we were saying the same thing – we don’t know how to effectively handle an oil spill. The same holds true for BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster; meanwhile, Sarah Palin encourages drilling using her trademark slogan, “drill, baby, drill.” Video Rating: 5 / 5
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Judge who nixed drill ban reported oil investments
NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana judge who struck down the Obama administration’s six-month ban on deepwater oil… Read more on Boston Herald
Judge ends oil drill freeze, White House appeals
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) – A US judge has blocked a Gulf of Mexico deepwater drilling freeze, saying it would irreparably harm the economy and oil companies, and striking a blow to the Obama administration. Read more on AFP via Yahoo!Xtra News
La. Companies Ask Judge To Lift Obama’s Drill Ban
Companies that ferry people and supplies to offshore oil rigs asked a federal judge Monday to lift a six-month moratorium on new deepwater drilling projects imposed in the aftermath of the massive Gulf spill. Read more on CBS4 Miami
Crews Drill Deep Into Gulf To Halt Leak
Drilling crews are grinding ever deeper to build the relief wells that are the best hope of stopping the massive oil leak at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. The crew of Transocean Ltd.’s Development Driller II was on track to pour cement starting early Sunday to firm up a section of metal casing lining one of two relief wells. Read more on CBS4 Miami
Far offshore, crews drill into Gulf of Mexico to stop oil
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO — Fly by helicopter above the patchy wetlands along the Mississippi River Delta and past the floating boom and skimmers that have failed to protect the Gulf Coast from the worst oil spill in U.S. history. Read more on Rockford Register Star