Deepwater horizon News
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Deepwater Horizon stands as one of the most costly and ecological damaging industry related environmental disasters in history. With root cause established and safety measures in place, one thing continues to be discussed: the disappearing oil.
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Oil spills cause considerable environmental harm, including posing risks to seabirds and fish. A rapid response to an oil spill is critical. While there are different methods, each is limited. A new ‘sponge-like’ material looks promising so far.
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‘Deepwater Horizon’ is a remarkably intense depiction of a wide-reaching disaster that focuses on the people at its epicentre.
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Oil giant BP Plc has agreed to pay nearly $19 billion in penalties to U.S. and state agencies to resolve claims still outstanding from a 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 and ravaged the southern U.S. coastline.
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Oozing oil on once cherished marshland continues to be a problem on the U.S. coast as the effects of Deepwater Horizon continue to affect the environment and marine life.
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While Gulf Coast residents are feeling pretty good about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, thinking it's now less harmful than originally thought, scientists have found almost 10 million gallons of BP's oil, sitting on the bottom of the Gulf.
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Investors are breathing a sigh of relief after learning BP will be facing a maximum fine of $13.7 billion under the Clean Water Act. This is several billion dollars less than originally feared for their responsibility in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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Several years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, excessive quantities of oil remains on the sea floor. The oil continues to cause environmental harm to marine life.
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Microbial activities in the Gulf of Mexico suggests that gas-rich deepwater plumes following the Deepwater Horizon oil well blowout overwhelmed methane-oxidizing bacterial species, leading to high concentrations of methane lasting for a very long time.
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A federal court in the U.S. has rejected BP requests to halt payments over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The oil company said many claims filed were fictitious.
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Bacteria living in the Gulf of Mexico beaches were able to "eat up" the contamination from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. This finding could help with tackling future oil spills.
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Houston -
Oil services giant Halliburton has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge of destroying key evidence in the wake of the deadly 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and subsequent massive oil spill.
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Just recently, a US District Judge approved a settlement in which British Petroleum is paying out $7.8 billion dollars to anybody that agreed to settle.
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Asides from having to pay out $4.5 billion, BP has something else to deal with: a ban from the EPA from pursuing new contracts with the federal government.
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The British oil company, BP, and the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) and Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), have reached a settlement agreement for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill that devastated much of the gulf coast.
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BP is once again making headlines in the Gulf of Mexico, this time due to oil seeping from the abandoned containment dome used to help stop the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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New Orleans -
Back on track, oil behemoth BP announced on Tuesday it made $24 billion in 2011, and as a February 27 trial date over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon debacle approaches, the company’s lawyers are being accused of “hide-and-stall tactics.”
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Less than eighteen months after the Deepwater Horizon tragedy and environmental disaster, the company behind it has been given the go ahead to drill in an area of outstanding natural beauty.
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One million pounds of carbon were released into the atmosphere following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Spill, according to researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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Tucson -
BP's catastrophe last year in the Gulf of Mexico that spilled more than 205 million gallons of oil into the ocean's waters, the result of fundamental dangers not being addressed, has led to a new report calling for an end to all new offshore drilling.
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Washington -
US prosecutors are assessing whether to pursue manslaughter charges against BP company managers over last year’s Gulf of Mexico fiasco that took the lives of 11 workers and created the largest environmental disaster in the country’s history.
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Washington -
The US government’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) announced this week it issued a deepwater drilling permit to Noble Energy, a minor owner of a well that BP has a 46.5 percent stake in.
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Washington -
The US military will begin purchasing Gulf of Mexico seafood and offering it at 72 base commissaries along the East Coast, replacing previously imported seafood and giving a boost to the ailing seafood industry along the Gulf coast.
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Washington -
The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit Wednesday against BP Exploration and Production Inc. and several other companies, in their first major legal action resulting from the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.
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Those who live close to the Gulf of Mexico are concerned about reports of oil being found below the surface of the sand on beaches. However, a lack of clarity about rules has meant confusion and frustration remain the norm for Gulf residents.
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The news that the oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster had dissipated brought relief for many after a tense 97 days following the explosion at the Deepwater Horizon and the oil gusher that appeared to have no end.
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New research challenges the Obama administration’s stance on the BP oil spill as being “absolutely incorrect” and shows at least 79 percent of the oil remains under the Gulf of Mexico’s surface, far from view and wreaking more havoc on marine life
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BP's use of prisoners to assist with the oil spill clean-up has been called an "open secret." In other words, the use of prisoners was not hidden -- but BP has not openly admitted to the project either.
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Senators and scientists are asking questions about the use of dispersants to tame the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, expressing concerns about the long-term impacts of what is being called a "toxic brew."
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Newly refined estimates released on Monday by the US government show oil spewed from BP’s Deepwater Horizon spill site at a rate of 53,000 barrels per day immediately preceding the capping stack installation on July 15.
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The oil spill streaming into the Gulf of Mexico usaepagov
Judge Feldman, who lifted the Obama administration's 6-month ban on offshore drilling, had ties to the oil and gas industry. SkyTruth/flickr
A schematic issued by the United States Coast Guard that illustrates the distances between the Deepwater Horizon, the oil spill and shore lines. Courtesy of the United States Coast Guard
Dr. Brian Stacy, NOAA veterinarian, prepares to clean an oiled Kemp's Ridley turtle. NOAA: National Ocean Service
Oil samples taken from the floor of the Gulf of Mexico by Dr. Samantha Joye, University of Georgia, September. 2010. Dr. Samantha Joye
Clouds of smoke billow up from controlled burns taking place in the Gulf of Mexico May 19, 2010. The controlled burns were set to reduce the amount of oil in the water following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. John Kepsimelis/US Coast Guard
Workers clean up oil along a beach at South Pass, La. May 11, 2010 near where the the Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico. (Courtesy photo) Deepwater Horizon Response
24 May - USA. Activists write a warning in oil on the ship "Harvey Explorer" which is scheduled to depart in July to support oil drilling operations in the Arctic. Greenpeace USA
DISASTER: Boats equipped with water cannons fight the devastating fire at the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. U.S. Coast Guard/Wikimedia Commons
Mark Wahlberg stars in 'Deepwater Horizon' Elevation Pictures
A Health Safety and Environment (HSE) worker collects pieces of an oiled snare boom so it can be disposed of safely Deepwater Horizon Response
Anchor handling tugs battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon. Photo courtesy US Coast Guard
A satellite view of the oil spill as of May 1, 2010. NASA's Terra satellite flew over the Deepwater Horizon rig's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, May 1 and captured a natural-color image of the slick from space. The oil slick resulted from an accident at the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico. NASA/Goddard/MODIS Rapid Response Team
Deepwater Horizon oil spill imagined in true color on May 17 by the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's TERRA satellite. NASA Goddard / Rob Gutro
Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling unit on fire in the Gulf of Mexico. Wikimedia Commons
File photo: Clouds of smoke billow up from controlled burns taking place in the Gulf of Mexico May 19, 2010. The controlled burns were set to reduce the amount of oil in the water following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Photo by John Kepsimelis, U.S. Coast Guard
GULF of MEXICO - A High Volume Offshore Skimming System (VOSS) skims oil from the Gulf of Mexico near Venice, La., April 28, 2010. Approximately 76 vessels are responding to the Deepwater Horizon incident oil spill. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 2nd Class Prentice Danner.
Platform supply vessels battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon. US Coast Guard
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Kemp's Ridley is an extremely endangered Sea Turtle. The US National Park Service every year hatches these turtles and releases them to the sea after incubation to help increase their numbers. Seen here is an annual "Sea Turtle Hatchling Release" event at Padre Island National Seashore. Zereshk
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