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By the numbers: Oil leak wouldn’t fill Superdome
Published: Monday, June 21, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 21, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. WASHINGTON — Overwhelmed and saddened by the gargantuan size of the Gulf oil spill?
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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.
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Gulf oil leak video could haunt Obama
Will the Gulf oil leak cam engulf President Barack Obama?
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-06-12 17:34 UPDATE 1-U.S. to BP: devise better leak response in 48 hours
BOSTON, June 12 (Reuters) – A top U.S. Coast Guard official has told BP Plc the company’s plans to contain the gushing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico do not go far enough or contain enough back-up measures. “BP must identify in the next 48 hours additional leak containment capacity that could be operationalized and expedited,” Coast Guard Rear Admiral James Watson said in a letter to BP dated …
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Obama Bid To Ease Tensions Over Oil Leak
Barack Obama has sought to smooth over tensions with Britain over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, saying his criticisms of BP are “nothing to do with national identity”.
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Oil Spill Update Gigantic oil and gas bursts gush out of a secondary leak point in the May 18 video on right. The insertion tube is seen in the May 17 video, bottom left. Also in the May 17 video, dispersants are sprayed near the leaking riser pipe. The top left video is dated May 10. Subscribe for #oilspill updates. Thumbs Up to promote video so others will see. For more visit landofthemarvelous.com Tags dispersant riser pipe syphon gulf louisiana alabama mississippi miami lauderdale “palm beach” turtles coral reef pelicans oilspill oilslick oil BP Deepwater Horizon Transocean Halliburton Anadarko wellhead junkshot containment boom dome rov rig blowout ixtoc exxon valdez volcano geyser loop current gulfstream “new orleans” biloxi
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Scientists offer varied estimates, all high, on size of BP oil leak
Pick a number: 12,600 barrels . . . 20,000 . . . 21,500 . . . 25,000 . . . 30,000 . . . 40,000 . . . 50,000. Scientists put every one of those numbers in play Thursday as they struggled to come up with a solid estimate of how much oil is gushing each day from the black geyser at the bottom of the… Business – Energy – Oil and Gas – Gulf of Mexico – Operating Companies
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Cameron ‘understands US frustration’ over BP leak
David Cameron said today he understood the US government’s “frustration” over BP’s efforts to cope with the Deepwater Horizon oil leak and would discuss the situation with President Barack Obama.
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Gulf oil leak estimate soaring
NEW YORK — A government panel roughly doubled its estimate yesterday of the amount of oil that had gushed for weeks from the out-of-control BP well even before the latest attempt to cap it. BP – Gulf Oil – NEW YORK – United States – Recreation
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