A new study says balls of tar from last year’s BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the southern United States are not breaking down as fast as officials had expected. Auburn University researchers in Alabama say oil samples that washed up on the beach after a recent tropical storm appeared very similar […]
Study: Oil Still Fresh Along Gulf Coast
Posted September 20th, 2011 at 4:15 pm (UTC-5)
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New Gulf Oil Spill Report Blames BP, Partners for Disaster
Posted September 14th, 2011 at 1:00 pm (UTC-5)
A key federal report has leveled much of the blame on BP for last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the worst offshore spill in U.S. history. The U.S. Coast Guard and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement report , released Wednesday, says the disaster is the result of poor risk management, a […]
New Gulf Oil Spill Report Blames BP, Partners for Disaster
Posted September 14th, 2011 at 10:32 am (UTC-5)
A key federal report is blaming British Petroleum and its partners for last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the worst offshore spill in U.S. history. The U.S. Coast Guard and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement report says the disaster was the result of poor management, a faulty cement job, and other […]
Russian Bailiffs Raid BP’s Moscow Office
Posted August 31st, 2011 at 10:50 am (UTC-5)
Russian security forces have raided the Moscow offices of BP in a search for documents related to the British oil giant’s failed attempt to sign a deal with Russia to extract oil from the Arctic. About 15 black-clad special force officers sealed off the firm’s headquarters Wednesday, sent most workers home and began their search. […]
