oil spill

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Among today's headlines, the ex-Apple employee accused of defrauding Apple and its clients out of millions of dollars of goods has pleaded guilty , and Houston-based Noble Energy has just been granted the right to restart drilling an oil well 6,500-feet down in the Gulf of Mexico--the first...

The US government has said the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is the biggest accidental oil leak ever, as BP prepares its "static kill" operation to permanently seal its well. A new government estimate suggests BP's Macondo well leaked 4.9m barrels of oil before being capped last month...

Link RemovedA recent report in the New York Times details a myriad issues that led up to the eventual explosion that started the mess known as the "BP oil spill," but aside from obvious mishandling of warnings and red flags, one particular issue was troubling those working on the Deepwater...

Efforts to clean up an oil slick continue in China, amid fears strong winds have dispersed the pollution more widely than previously been thought. Shipments of oil from the north to the industrial belt in the south have been disrupted since the accident. The oil spilled into the sea in North...

BP says it has temporarily stopped oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico from its leaking well. It is the first time the flow has stopped since an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig on 20 April. The well has been sealed with a cap as part of a test of its integrity that could last up to 48...

This absolutely disgusts me. If anything, the US president should shutdown all BP PLC's assets. They don't deserve to continue operating as a petroleum company. HOUSTON (Reuters) - Drilling of a relief well seen as the most promising way to plug the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a...

The Deepwater Horizon rig disaster caused the deaths of 11 crew and a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Since the 20 April catastrophe there has been much discussion in US Congressional hearings and the media about the sequence of events that led up to it. Here is a summary of what...

YouTube - MSNBC: Oil Spill Unstoppable??

YouTube - Toxic Oil Spill Rains Warned Could Destroy North America. Corexit Rain? The other day I was outside walking to the grocery. When I got home I noticed something strange. (The day was hot and sunny-no rain) My handkerchief that I had used to cover my hair was completely discolored or...

It somehow doesn't surprise me. NEW ORLEANS — Oil spewed uncontrolled into the Gulf of Mexico again Wednesday after an undersea robot bumped the cap being used to contain it, forcing BP engineers to remove the device and then scramble to reattach it. The latest setback left nothing to stem...

YouTube - URGENT!! BP SPILL - VOLCANIC TSUNAMI AND POISON GAS ALERT!! They said millions of people could be killed....

NEW ORLEANS (Associated Press) - It is an overlooked danger in oil spill crisis: The crude gushing from the well contains vast amounts of natural gas that could pose a serious threat to the Gulf of Mexico's fragile ecosystem. The oil emanating from the seafloor contains about 40 percent...

BP Oil Spill Live Feed: VIDEO Of Gulf Coast Gusher The above link will allow you the chance to see the , Oil Spill in action . There is also a meter which is estimating the actual volume of oil being discharged into the Gulf !

Fill the well with unused Larrabees A man who makes a living selling chips for Intel has come up with a cunning plan which he thinks can stop the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Steven Laughlin has devised a plan to "plug the hole" of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. However he is a little...

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A special cap funnelling oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill appears to be having some success, a US Coast Guard official has said. Adm Thad Allen said 6,000 barrels of oil were captured in the first 24 hours after the procedure commenced on Thursday. This represents between a third and a...

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is the worst environmental disaster the US has faced, a senior official has said. White House energy adviser Carol Browner also said the US was "prepared for the worst scenario" that the leak might not be stopped before August. BP is to try a new tactic after its...