Reports: BP Slacked on North Sea Safety Before Gulf Oil Spill AOL News The 2009 documents show BP wasn't prepared to handle any possible oil spill in the North Sea, about six months before one of its Gulf of Mexico wells … Outgoing BP chief faces MPsPolitics.co.uk BP cited for safety lapses in North SeaFinancial Times BP failures heighten fears at North Sea riskFinancial Times Daily Mail –Reuters UK –CNBC all 51 news articles »
During Oil Spill, White House Paid NOLA Media Consultant 000, AP Reports NPR (blog) Reporters for the Associated Press sifted through hundreds of government contracts inked during the Gulf Coast oil spill, which total some … Gulf Spill May Defy Darkest PredictionsNew York Times Gulf oil spill: compensation should cost less than bn – Bob DudleyThe Guardian News rater, anti-Palin group get govt Gulf workThe Associated Press CNN –Bloomberg –ABC News all 839 news articles »
Reports focus on lingering effects of Gulf oil spill CNN (blog) Meanwhile, researchers at the University of South Florida have concluded that oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill may have settled to the bottom of the … Government report on Gulf oil spill inaccurate, scientists say at least 79% of …New York Daily News Gulf oil spill: Are con artists posing as fishermen to scam BP?Christian Science Monitor BP Pays Three Times 2009 Interest for Loans Amid Billion Spill CostsBloomberg Bizjournals.com (blog) –BusinessWeek –Wall Street Journal (blog) all 653 news articles »
Reports signal issues at three other wells Houston Chronicle Transocean has 14 rigs now operating in the Gulf of Mexico, and 139 worldwide, and these documents raise concerns about locations beyond Deepwater Horizon, … Contract With BP Protects Transocean From FinesWall Street Journal BP May Seek to Avoid Full Spill Responsibility, Transocean SaysBloomberg Transocean Reports 7M Gain, Discloses BP ContractNew York Times MarketWatch (press release) –WireUpdate –St. Louis Post-Dispatch all 260 news articles »
BP replaces CEO Hayward, reports billion loss Atlanta Journal Constitution Hayward, who became the face of BP's flailing efforts to contain the massive Gulf oil spill, will step down as chief executive in October and be offered a … BP To Slim Down, Refocus In Wake Of Gulf Oil SpillWall Street Journal Research on gulf oil spill shouldn't take a backseat to litigationWashington Post BP Will Fulfill Commitments in the Gulf, New Chief SaysNew York Times MiamiHerald.com –Voice of America –NPR all 7,864 news articles »
Reports: Tony Hayward is preparing to leave BP USA Today BP's chief executive Tony Hayward, widely criticized for his handling of the Gulf oil spill, is negotiating his depature from the company, according to … BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward May Quit Within Two Days, Telegraph SaysBloomberg BP's Board Is Negotiating Exit of CEO HaywardWall Street Journal As BP Lays Out Future, It May Not Include Tony HaywardNew York Times BBC News –ABC News –msnbc.com all 791 news articles »
Work on relief well ahead of schedule, BP reports
Associated Press THEODORE, Ala. — BP and the federal government are offering a ray of hope in a summer of setbacks for crews trying to stop the Gulf oil spill: The first of two relief wells could be done by the end of this month, weeks ahead of schedule. Read more on New Haven Register
Actor Kevin Costner has been funding a team of scientists for 15 years in hopes of developing a technology to clean up massive oil spills, and his research has created a powerful centrifuge that he claims can separate oil from water and dump the oil into a holding tank. Costner and representatives of Ocean Therapy Solutions, the firm that developed the machine, demonstrated the centrifugal device for BP officials in New Orleans last week. “I believe they’ll want to do the right thing,” Costner told reporters at the time. “We’ve agreed to test it,” BP spokesman Mark Proegler told ABCNews.com today. Officials with Ocean Therapy Solutions have said one of their machines is capable of cleaning up to 210000 gallons of water per day. The oil extractor leaves the water 99 percent clean of crude, the firm said in a statement. “The machines are basically sophisticated centrifuge devices that can handle a huge volume of water and separate at unprecedented rates,” said Ocean Therapy Solutions CEO John Houghtaling. “They were developed from older centrifuge technology. Normal centrifuge machines are very slow and sensitive to different ratios of oil to water mixtures at intake.” The devices, which can be taken to the spill site via barges, come in different sizes. The largest can clean water at a rate of 200 gallons per minute — more than 50 gallons faster than the well is leaking, according to the firm. Depending on the water to oil ratio, the devices are capable of extracting 2000 … Video Rating: 4 / 5
Reports: BP took shortcuts on oil rig
BP made a series of money-saving shortcuts and blunders that dramatically increased the danger of a destructive oil spill in a well that an engineer ominously described as a ”nightmare” just six days before the blowout. Read more on The Arizona Republic
Reports: BP exec. said oil could be to a “trickle” soon
That day could come early next week, but right now, 50-days after the Deepwater Horizon rig collapsed, hundreds-of-thousands of gallons of oil are still pouring into the Gulf. Read more on 14 WFIE Evansville
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