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Success for BP: Capturing 10,000 Barrels of Oil Per Day

Over the weekend, signs of progress finally surfaced around the BP Oil Spill and the efforts to stop its flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico; 4 Coastal States Brace for Impact. 

 

Plaquemines Parish, La., Friday, June 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

 

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BP Oil Spill Workers Getting Sick while a New MMS Drilling Permit is Issued

Members of the crews working to clean up the BP oil spill are beginning to show signs of illness brought on by the chemical dispersants being used by BP. Tony Hayward, CEO of BP, says it was something in the food.

 

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Top Kill Failed to Plug BP Oil Spill

Just after BP’s “Top Kill” procedure failed over the weekend, Attorney General Eric Holder announced on Tuesday that federal authorities have now begun both criminal and civil investigations into those involved in the BP oil spill.

 

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Tony Hayward – CEO of BP

At one point, he famously coined the BP oil spill “relatively tiny.”

 




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Gulf Oil Spill 2010: President Obama Announces Control

President Obama: “I take responsibility. It is my job to make sure that everything is done to shut this down.”

 

The President also pointed out how the disaster uncovered the very comfortable relationship between the offshore oil industry and those in charge of supervising it.

The oil spill is now in its sixth week; the amount of oil released from the Deepwater Horizon well has now surpassed the amount released during the Exxon-Valdez disaster.

The hesitation of Obama to take the reins of this situation shows his concern with failure. If the U.S. Government takes over the recovery operation… Continue reading