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Tropical weather is new reason to worry in Gulf
The logistics of containing the oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico are mind-boggling even in ideal conditions. Add a tropical storm and things get even more complicated.
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Unclear if tropical weather will hit oiled Gulf
The first tropical depression of the Atlantic hurricane season formed Friday in the Western Caribbean, but forecasters can’t yet say if it will pass over the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Anadarko Has ‘Wherewithal’ to Weather Oil Spill, Hackett Says
May 18 (Bloomberg) — Anadarko Petroleum Corp. , the U.S. oil company that has a 25 percent stake in BP Plc’s leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico, said it has a strong enough balance sheet and credit availability to weather costs from the spill.
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Weather Becoming Obstacle as BP Sprays Chemicals Underwater
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO (AP) – The weather conditions are becoming an obstacle as BP sprays chemicals underwater on the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The air quality changes based on the amount and concentration of the oil in the water around the vessels.  Workers on the vessels are having to contend with the sea and prevailing wind conditions. At times, the fumes have become so intense …

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Gulf Continues to Weather Oil Spill
Monday was Day 21 of a Gulf of Mexico oil spill that began with an explosion and fire on April 20 on the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, owned by Transocean Ltd. and leased by BP PLC, which is in charge of cleanup and containment. The blast killed 11 workers. Since then, oil has been pouring into the Gulf from a blown-out undersea well at about 210,000 gallons per day.

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Gulf Crews Fighting Oil Spill May Get Help From Weather
May 7 (Bloomberg) — Crews trying to stanch a spreading oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are expected to have good weather at least until the middle of next week, a government forecaster said.

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Calm weather aids U.S. oil spill fight
Oil spill workers raced against time in the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday, hoping to take advantage of another day of calm seas in their fight to contain a huge spreading oil slick before it hits the U.S. shoreline.

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Weather hampers expanding oil spill clean up as Obama heads to Gulf environmental disaster
NEW YORK/NEW ORLEANS – Weather continued to hinder efforts to fight a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, as the BP oil company finally fessed up that the extent of the leak, which began on Earth Day after the Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded, may be as much as five times worse than originally thought.

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