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US orders BP backup plans
As BP continued to ramp up the amount of oil and gas collected from the Macondo deepwater well gusher in the Gulf of Mexico this week, federal officials increased pressure on the company to boost its recovered hydrocarbon processing capacity and put in place redundancy plans to deal with potential interruptions of operations …
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BP’s Spill Contingency Plans Vastly Inadequate
Associated Press Review of 582-Page Regional Spill Plan from 2009 Shows Dramatic Shortcomings, Poor Research
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BP cuts pipe, plans to lower cap over Gulf spill
BP used giant shears to slice off a pipe Thursday in the company’s latest bid to contain the Gulf of Mexico oil, but the cut was irregular and placing a cap over the gusher will now be more challenging, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said.
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BP cuts oil pipe, plans to lower cap over Gulf leak
&$ &$Remotely operated undersea vehicles work to cut and cap the riser pipe at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil leak as it continues to spew oil into the Gulf of Mexico in this video image taken from a BP live video feed June 3, 2010. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)&$ &$ British oil major BP on Thursday successful cut a ruptured oil pile in the Gulf of Mexico, and planned to lower a cap over the …
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AP: BP shoots mud at oil as Obama halts drilling plans
ROBERT, La. (AP) — BP hoped to know as early as this afternoon if a stream of mud will finally end its Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a five-week disaster that was putting other U.S. offshore drilling projects on hold as far away as Alaska.
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Pro: Should the US cancel plans for offshore drilling?
CLAREMONT, Calif. – Although some progress has been made in recent days, BP is still struggling to stop the oil pouring from the wreck of the Deepwater Horizon. The April 20 explosion that caused the calamity, and tragically killed 11 workers, has spilled at least 6 million gallons of oil – and perhaps five times that amount – into the waters of the Gulf Coast.
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-05-26 16:42 UPDATE 1-BP shares see-saw on uncertainty over spill plans
LONDON, May 26 (Reuters) – Shares in BP Plc see-sawed on Wednesday as nervy investors awaited news over the oil major’s next steps to contain an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Shares in BP were up 2.6 percent to 498 pence at 1450 GMT, broadly in line with a 2.8 percent rise in Britain’s FTSE 100 index of blue chip companies, as traders cited market talk that the company was close to giving a …
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Survey: Oil spill not affecting most Florida Gulf Coast vacation plans — yet
Hordes of visitors haven’t canceled Florida vacations because of the gulf oil spill. But lots of potential tourists are worried enough to put off booking a trip or to look elsewhere.
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BP outlines spill attack plans
ROGER, Louisiana – Preparations are under way for an attempted “top kill” at the Deepwater Horizon spill site in the Gulf of Mexico. Current plans call for initiation of the operation in the daylight morning of Wednesday, May 26, says BP Exploration & Production COO Doug Suttles.
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