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BP Shares Have Longest Winning Streak Since Before Leak on Relief Wells
BP Plc rose for a fourth day, the longest winning streak since the Gulf of Mexico spill started, as it came closer to stopping the leak and after Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward met with Abu Dhabi’s crown prince.
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First relief well could be complete by end of July
BP and the federal government are offering a ray of hope in a summer of setbacks for crews trying to stopthe gulf oil spill: The first of two relief wells could be done by the end of this month, weeks ahead of schedule.
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Allen: Relief well timing depends on oil’s spread
A relief well being drilled deep into the seafloor of the Gulf of Mexico to shut down the gushing well could be completed ahead of a long-set deadline of mid-August only if conditions are ideal, government and BP officials said Thursday.
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Commander: Timing of Gulf relief well’s success depends on location of gushing oil in well
THEODORE, Ala. – A relief well being drilled deep into the seafloor of the Gulf of Mexico to shut down the gushing well could be completed ahead of a long-set deadline of mid-August only if conditions are ideal, government and BP officials said Thursday.
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BP says new tests show it’s on target to finish drilling relief well by mid-August
Tests show BP is on target for mid-August completion of a relief well in the Gulf of Mexico, the best hope of stopping the oil that’s been gushing since April, the company said Friday.
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The well may be damaged at a lower point than is being shown on TV. Plugging the well may cause further leakage or rupture. BP has expressed concerns about this. This idea would avoid that risk because it would not cause back pressure in the riser. The oil would have to be pumped out and hauled off by tankers at a rate of 20 to 40 thousand barrels a day, and this would pose a big challenge, but it’s not impossible. It’s certainly better than the alternative, which is to let this destruction go on till the relief wells are done, which could be many months away.
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Rally against Oil policies that led to the BP oil Spill off Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. Department of Interior What you can do. Phil Aroneanu from www.350.org which “is an international campaign that’s building a movement to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis–the solutions that science and justice demand.” Steve Kretzmann from Oil Change International priceofoil.org “Separate Oil & State is a US campaign to get oil money out of politics. The greatest barriers to clean energy are political, not technical—and these barriers are largely fueled by the oil industry. We know that in order to achieve a clean energy future, we have to expose and eradicate the political influence of the oil industry; ”

Oil in the Gulf, no relief until August BP Scrambles New Plan to Stop Oil, Says End Point Is Relief Well Due in August A BP executive says a relief well is the “end point” of efforts to stop the Gulf oil spill — which suggests there’s little chance of plugging the leak until the new well is completed in August. With BP declaring failure in its latest attempt to plug the uncontrolled gusher feeding the worst oil spill in US history, the company is turning to yet another mix of risky undersea robot maneuvers and longshot odds to keep crude from flowing into the Gulf. Robert Dudley, BP’s managing director, said on “Fox News Sunday” that company officials were disappointed that they “failed to wrestle this beast to the ground.” But skepticism is growing that BP can solve the crisis. www.foxnews.com
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Video: 11-Year-Old Draws for Gulf Relief
So many people across the U.S. want to help with the oil spill, especially an 11-year-old girl who used her talent of drawing to help with Gulf relief. Steve Hartman has tonight’s “Assignment America.”
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AP ENTERPRISE: Spill relief well draws scrutiny
AP ENTERPRISE: Relief well effort in Gulf spill draws scrutiny, questions about regulations
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