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To U.S. offshore drilling official abruptly retires
WASHINGTON — The top federal official in charge of overseeing offshore drilling retired abruptly on Monday as BP’s chief operating officer pledged that his company would never pump oil from the runaway Deepwater Horizon well that exploded, killed 11 workers and began spewing millions of gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
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USCoast Guard footage of fire on Transocean’s rig Deepwater Horizon. Story at www.marinelog.com
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Our View: Regulate, don't stop, offshore drilling Mankato Free Press … given the expanding scope of the Gulf oil spill. Something must be done to reduce — greatly — the risk of this kind of disaster from happening again. … Gulf oil disaster to have wide repercussionsExaminer.com No to offshore drillingPatriot-News Alternatives to oil drilling necessaryStaunton News Leader Los Angeles Times –TheNewsTribune.com –CQPolitics.com all 226 news articles »

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Los Angeles Times

California, Oregon, and Washington Senators propose ban on offshore oil drilling Examiner.com As the massive BP Gulf oil spill worsens by the day, all six US Senators from the West Coast states of California, Oregon, and Washington introduced a bill … State's senators urge ban on offshore drillingTheNewsTribune.com Gulf of Mexico oil spill may scuttle California offshore drilling dealLos Angeles Times West Coast Democrats Urge Reinstatement of Offshore Oil Drilling BanCQPolitics.com New York Times –Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) –Houma Courier all 188 news articles »

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BBC News

Is Obama's Offshore Drilling Policy to Blame for Gulf Oil Spill? U.S. News & World Report (blog) … and combating this disaster, than by spending all our time pointing fingers. Now it seems that there is more than an oil spill that needs cleaning up. … Investigators looking into details of Gulf oil spill disasterMiamiHerald.com Editorial: Gulf oil spill … safety devices worthless if warning signs ignoredNaples Daily News Regulatory Failure Marks Gulf Oil Spill DisasterFiredoglake (blog) Fort Worth Star Telegram –NOLA.com –Charlotte Observer all 1,583 news articles »

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Samsung Targets Seven-Fold Jump in Offshore Orders (Update1)
Samsung Heavy Industries Co. expects offshore-equipment orders to jump almost seven-fold this year as a global economic recovery offsets concerns of project delays in the Gulf of Mexico following an oil spill.

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BP Disaster Strands Billions of Barrels of Offshore U.S. Crude
May 13 (Bloomberg) — A regulatory crackdown on offshore oil drilling after the fatal rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico will delay development of U.S. deposits with billions of barrels of crude, energy producers and analysts said.

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Clean Energy News (blog)

Shifting Winds Push Oil and Dampen Enthusiasm for More Offshore Drilling Clean Energy News (blog) Today marks the 23rd day of the BP Gulf Oil Disaster. Oil still gushes from a well-head 5000 feet below the surface of the water because technological fixes … Will Gulf oil spill change energy consumption?USA Today The Politics of Disaster: Will Gulf tragedy bring real change?Facing South (blog) The Gulf Oil Disaster Blame GameNightly Business Report Victoria Times Colonist –Newsinferno.com –WXII The Triad all 21,672 news articles »

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Houston Chronicle

Offshore drilling agency to be split in two Houston Chronicle J. Scott Applewhite AP Interior Secretary Ken Salazar tells of plans to split up the Minerals Management Service after the Gulf oil … Salazar urges splitting energy agencyThe Associated Press Reflections on the Oil SpillWall Street Pit (blog) Interior Department Continues to Issue “Categorical Exclusions” for Oil …ABC News (blog) AFP –BBC News –MiamiHerald.com all 693 news articles »

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Richmond Times Dispatch

Gulf oil spill: Virginia offshore drilling plan postponed Los Angeles Times (blog) [Update at 3:17 pm The US Chamber of Commerce criticized the administration's Virginia decision. “We remain deeply concerned by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill … Va. environmental groups speak out against offshore drillingCharlottesville Daily Progress McDonnell says drilling still in planThe Free Lance-Star To Drill Or Not To DrillHarrisonburg Daily News Record Washington Post –Facing South (blog) –Washington Post (blog) all 212 news articles »

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