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BP Well Leaking Up to 60,000 Barrels a Day, U.S. Says (Update1)
BP Plc’s well in the Gulf of Mexico is gushing as much as 60,000 barrels of oil a day, the government said, raising for the fifth time an official estimate that had begun at 1,000 barrels a day in April.
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BP Well Gushing as Much as 60,000 Barrels Oil a Day, U.S. Says
June 16 (Bloomberg) — BP Plc ’s well in the Gulf of Mexico is gushing as much as 60,000 barrels of oil a day, the government said yesterday, again increasing a figure officials put at 1,000 barrels more than seven weeks ago.
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BP Atlantis Should Operate During Probe, U.S. Says (Update1)
June 10 (Bloomberg) — BP Plc ’s Atlantis oil and natural- gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico should remain in production while regulators investigate a whistleblower’s allegations that the installation is unsafe, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Kenneth Salazar said.
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U.S. Offshore Drilling Moratorium May End Sooner, Salazar Says 0
U.S. Offshore Drilling Moratorium May End Sooner, Salazar Says
The Obama administration’s six-month shutdown of 33 rigs to overhaul offshore drilling regulations might end sooner than planned, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar told a Senate committee today.
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BP Places Cap Over Leaking Gulf Oil Well, U.S. Says (Update1) 0
BP Places Cap Over Leaking Gulf Oil Well, U.S. Says (Update1)
BP Plc has lowered a cap over a damaged Gulf of Mexico oil well, the U.S. Coast Guard said, in the latest attempt to control the worst oil spill in the country’s history.
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