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BP says oil flowing from ruptured well to ship on Gulf surface
On day 46 of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, BP began to siphon oil from the ruptured undersea well to the surface, where it was flowing onto the awaiting drill ship Discover Enterprise.
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BP Captured 6,000 Barrels With Well Cap, Allen Says (Update1)
BP Plc captured about 6,000 barrels of oil from its leaking Gulf of Mexico well over a 24-hour period ending at midnight last night, U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen said.
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Obama says hasn’t seen rapid BP response on spill
WASHINGTON, Jun 4 (Reuters) US President Barack Obama said a powerful hurricane could help to break up the huge Gulf of Mexico oil slick, despite fears that the approaching storm season could complicate the clean-up.
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On Tuesday, May 3, World Socialist Web Site reporter Andre Damon interviewed Jeff Seely, a maritime injury lawyer with Gordon, Ellias, and Seely. This firm represents the family of Karl Kleppinger, one of the 11 workers killed in the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig.
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Even with more than 200000 gallons of oil being pumped directly into the Gulf of Mexico everyday (thanks to BP’s negligence on the Deepwater Horizon well,) right wing wackos are still clinging to their “drill baby, drill” mantra. We’re being told that yes, this is an atrocity, but we still need that oil at the bottom of the sea floor. Mike Papantonio appears on The Randi Rhodes Show to take on the offshore drilling cheerleaders, as well as explain the basics of his class action suit against BP.

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BP says US oil disaster cost one billion dollars
BP revealed Tuesday that the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico had cost it almost a billion dollars, sparking a 13-percent plunge in its shares after the latest attempt to fix the leaking well failed.
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End point for Gulf oil leak is relief well, BP exec says
Associated PressWeathered oil from the leaking pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico. A BP executive said Sunday that a relief well is the “end point” of efforts to stop the Gulf oil spill — which suggests there’s little chance…
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BP says end point for stopping Gulf oil leak is relief well due in August
WASHINGTON – 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.
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-05-30 16:09 Obama aide says US oil spill could last until August
WASHINGTON, May 30 (Reuters) – Oil could gush into the Gulf of Mexico from the BP Plc rig until August and the U.S. government is “preparing for the worst,” Carol Browner, President Barack Obama’s top adviser on energy and climate change, said on Sunday. She spoke on the CBS TV show “Face The Nation.” (Reporting by Alan Elsner) Keywords: OIL RIG/AUGUST
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-05-28 20:28 Obama says “buck stops with me” over oil spill
GRAND ISLE, Louisiana, May 28 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama repeated on Friday that he would hold BP accountable for the costs of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico but took ultimate responsibility for resolving the disaster. “I ultimately take responsibility for solving this crisis,” Obama said during a visit to Louisiana to inspect oil spill damage. “I am the president and the buck stops …
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BP Oil Spill Is Central Factor in Louisiana’s Hurricane Protection Says Business Council of New Orleans & the River …
With the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill now at 38 days and counting, people in SE Louisiana are frustrated at the slow pace of the response operation. And with the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2010, today’s frustration hearkens back to another man made disaster that also threatened Louisiana’s very core.
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