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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 »

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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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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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Abandoned wells aren’t monitored
More than 27,000 abandoned oil and gas wells lurk in the hard rock beneath the Gulf of Mexico, an environmental minefield that has been ignored for decades. No one — not industry, not government — is checking to see if they are leaking, an Associated Press investigation shows.
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Recent Updates for Unified Command for the BP Oil Spill | Deepwater Horizon Response

Technical briefings on the Gulf of Mexico oil by Kent Wells, Senior Vice-President of E&P
Gulf of Mexico response

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; ”

Heavy oil spotted seven miles off coast Posted on May 5, 2010 at 3:44 PM Updated today at 3:44 PM Heavy oil has been spotted 7 miles off the coast of Southwest Pass, according to Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser.

Democracy NOW! – DN! 1/2 We continue our discussion on the BP oil spill, we turn to its long-term ecological impact. Carl Safina, the founding president of Blue Ocean Institute, warns the ecological fallout from the spill may be felt across much of the world.Published with written permission from democracynow.org. www.democracynow.org Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license. Credits for this video belongs to democracynow.org, an independent non-profit user funded news media, recognized and broadcast world wide. (3rd part video may be included under Fair Use)
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