BP Complaints

Approximately 74 Percent of Gulf Still Open for Fishing
Recent Updates for Deepwater Horizon Response

US coast guard officials say they have found a new leak at the site where an offshore drilling rig sank into the Gulf of Mexico last week. They estimated five thousands barrels were now leaking into the sea every day. Earlier clean up crews lit a controlled test fire in to try and clean up the slick. The spill is threatening wildlife and fisheries on the coastline.
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Some oil from the spill around my boat

Several different measures are being taken to clean up the oil spill, including the gathering of oil, spreading dispersants, using remotely operated vehicles, deploying booms for easier skimming oil and controlled burning, drilling a relief well and fitting 100-ton containment chamber over the leak.

Dome Failed BP Chief Doug Speaks on Oil Platform Spill Cleanup BREAKING NEWS Oil Spill Gulf of Mexico 4 Million Gallons BP Chief Doug Suttles on Oil Platform Spill Cleanup US Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry, BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles, MMS Regional Director of the Gulf of Mexico Region Lars Herbst brief the media about the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill and answer questions from the media. Part 3 of 3. Oilspill10 Video Courtesy DOD
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Ring of Fire’s Mike Papantonio and David Bender discuss the political, economic, and environmental impacts of the BP oil spill that is currently pumping an estimated 200000 gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
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BP OIL SPILL IN THE GULF OF MEXICO
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In this video, made from from Alabama resident John Wathen, a private pilot volunteer who flew over the area where the oil rig sank, shot this incredible video footage, bringing home the fact that this disaster is unstoppable, and BP is trivializing it. Officials have stopped guessing at the amount of oil leaking although some speculate it may be closer to 1 million gallons per day. Some say it may be up to 5 million gallons a day.

BP press releases

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-05-28 19:00 FACTBOX-Gulf of Mexico rig contractors and operators
May 28 (Reuters) – Most offshore rig contractors have a big presence in the Gulf of Mexico. Transocean Ltd, whose Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and sank last month, has the greatest number of active rigs in the Gulf of Mexico with 14.
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Gulf of Mexico oil spill means mini job boom for the short term
Gerald Herbert / The Associated PressOut of work fishermen hired in early May by BP PLC to lay oil booms in preparation for the looming oil spill from the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in Gulf of…
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BP press releases