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Deepwater Horizon well-kill firm to open Houston office Bizjournals.com Add energy participated in well-kill operations for the emergency response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which suffered a blowout and sank in April. …

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Interior Department Creates Office To Collect Oil, Gas Revenue NASDAQ … in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, announcing Friday it has created a new office to collect billions of dollars in oil and gas revenue. … Deepwater drilling moratorium report delivered to Interior secretaryNOLA.com all 142 news articles »

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Chris Oynes and the Louisiana MMS Office The Washington Independent Oynes, who left the agency in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon spill, had not spoken publicly before now. He offered “few regrets,” the Times writes, … 'Bottom kill' set to seal oil well for good, but worries abound in LouisianaChristian Science Monitor Federal agency set the stage for deepwater drillingBoston Globe Minerals Service Had a Mandate to Produce ResultsNew York Times Sarasota Herald-Tribune all 16 news articles »

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Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann and Howard Fineman react to President Obama’s Oval Office Address on the oil spill. Here are the highlights of what the trio said: Olbermann: “It was a great speech if you were on another planet for the last 57 days.” Matthews compared Obama to Carter. Olbermann: “Nothing specific at all was said.” Matthews: “No direction.” Howard Fineman: “He wasn’t specific enough.” Olbermann: “I don’t think he aimed low, I don’t think he aimed at all. It’s startling.” Howard Fineman: Obama should be acting like a “commander-in-chief.” Matthews: Ludicrous that he keeps saying [Secretary of Energy] Chu has a Nobel prize. “I’ll barf if he does it one more time.” Matthews: “A lot of meritocracy, a lot of blue ribbon talk.” Matthews: “I don’t sense executive command.” For cool people only \m/ BARACK OILBAMA uses oil spill as an excuse to push extreme far left wing politics “In the same way that our view of our vulnerabilities and our foreign policy was shaped profoundly by 9/11, indelibly by 9/11. I think this disaster is going to shape how we think about the environment and energy for many years to come. And one of the biggest leadership challenges for me going forward is going to be to make sure that we draw the right lessons from this disaster and that we move forward in a bold way in a direction that finally gives us the kind of future-oriented — or the kind of visionary energy policy that we so vitally need and has been absent for so long. … [N]ow is …

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Obama’s Oval Office address on the Gulf oil spill
Text of President Barack Obama’s Oval Office address Tuesday on the Gulf oil spill, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions:
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President focuses federal role in Oval Office speech
President Obama vowed Tuesday that economic victims of the Gulf oil spill will be reimbursed and a plan created “to restore the unique beauty and bounty of this region.”
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Ed. Note: For more information on Federal response resources, volunteer opportunities, and assistance for those in affected areas visit WhiteHouse.gov/Deepwater-BP-Oil-Spill.

This evening at 8 p.m. EDT, President Obama will address the Nation about the disaster in the Gulf and the road ahead. This comes after the end of a two-day trip through Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, all states affected by the oil spill.

Across the country, many have questions about how this disaster happened — and what’s being done to make things right. To better understand what people want to know, we are offering a way for anyone to vote on questions about the oil spill or submit their own. After the President finishes, Robert Gibbs, the White House Press Secretary, will answer some of the most popular questions.

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You can get started right now by heading over to YouTube.com/WhiteHouse.

And at 8pm, the President’s address and the follow-up Q&A with Robert Gibbs will be streamed live there and at WhiteHouse.gov/live.

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BP to open claims office in Slidell Monday
The St. Tammany Parish government announced that the Slidell / St Tammany parish community outreach center will open to the public at 7 a.m. Monday for processing claims made in respect to the Deepwater Horizon explosion and the resulting oil spill. The center is at 2040 Gause Blvd. Suite 10, of I-10.
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