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Bonga spill: Senate directs agencies to check shoreline oil
The Nation Newspaper
The Senate Committee on Environment has directed the Nigerian Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) and the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) to examine the oil noticed on the shoreline when the members of the committee had an overfly …
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Guimaras now safe from oil spill
Sun.Star
ENVIRONMENTAL Management Bureau (EMB)-Department of Environment and Natural Resources regional director Oscar Cabanayan reported a clean bill of health for the island province of Guimaras after an oil spill in 2006. Guimaras has recovered from the oil …
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350.org: Oil pipeline project won’t create as many jobs as solar
Clean Energy Authority
The recently passed House payroll tax bill, which included an effort to force through the Keystone XL oil pipeline project—as a jobs creator—was greeted by a human oil spill. Yet it is likely to create far less jobs than an extension of 1603 Treasury …
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2011: A Humorous Look Back
Fort Worth Star Telegram
By Dave Barry It was the kind of year that made a person look back fondly on the Gulf oil spill. Granted, the oil spill was bad. But it did not result in a high-decibel, weekslong national conversation about a bulge in a congressman’s underpants. …
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News bites: Iran threatens to block key oil route
The Hill (blog)
By Andrew Restuccia – 12/28/11 09:08 AM ET Iran threatened to close a key oil route if Western nations impose new sanctions on the country, The Associated Press reports. Oil spill news from The Associated Press: “A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed …
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Ecology, Coast Guard, IOSA respond to vessel sinking near Shaw Island
Access Washington
The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology), US Coast Guard, and the Islands’ Oil Spill Association (IOSA) are working to contain oil leaking from a sunken vessel in Blind Bay on Shaw Island. The crew of the IOSA vessel Sea Goose has encircled the …
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BofA, BP, Citigroup, Samsung, Goldman, Intel in Court News
BusinessWeek
BP America Inc. Chairman and President Lamar McKay, BP Plc’s highest-ranking US executive, was subpoenaed to testify at the February trial that will determine liability for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. BP faces at least 350 lawsuits by thousands …
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Heating Oil Found in Vacant House on Old Frederick Road
Patch.com
When they arrived on the scene, they discovered the heating oil had spilled in the basement. Samantha Kappalman, a spokeswoman with the Maryland Department of the Environment, said the oil was confined the basement and there was no seepage into the …
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The Business Matrix: Friday 29 December 2011
The Independent
BP’s top US executive has been subpoenaed to testify in New Orleans over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. BP America chairman and president Lamar McKay will give evidence in the February trial which will determine who was liable for the disaster that saw …
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Breached Silvertip Pipeline Replaced
KULR-TV
Errico said Exxon is working with the state to monitor the new line. She said soil and water samples are taken daily to ensure there are no new leaks. For more coverage of the Silvertip Pipeline oil spill, click on Special Reports.
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2011 Year in review — July
Laurel Outlook
Governor Brian Schweitzer toured the banks of the Yellowstone River assessing the damage of the oil spill. An estimated 750 to 1000 barrels of oil — roughly 42000 gallons — spilled late July 1 when the 12-inch Silvertip pipeline beneath the …
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Muslim leader seeks truce after deadly bombing by sect
Amsterdam News
Elsewhere in Nigeria, a massive oil slick has been making its way to the Nigerian coast, threatening local wildlife along the shore. Much of the published information about the spill – one of the largest in a decade – comes from the company itself, …
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Market Report: BP slips after US chief called to testify in trial
The Independent
Overnight came the declaration from a federal judge in the US that accident-prone BP was not negligent in the Prudhoe Bay oil spill in Alaska. The decision on the 2009 accident was seen as a minor victory for the British giant as it battles to repair …
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December Update: ‘Margin Of Safety’ Stocks That Trade At A Discount To Value
Seeking Alpha
Brazilian federal prosecutors sued Chevron (CVX) and Transocean (RIG) for $10.6 billion related to an oil spill near Rio de Janeiro. The prosecutors also seek to suspend operations of both companies in Brazil, which could impact ten of Transocean’s …
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Last shuttle flight is Fla.’s top story
MiamiHerald.com
… 2-year-old daughter Caylee in a trial that was watched nationwide. Rounding out the Top 5 were the state’s new requirement that government employees to contribute to their pensions and tourism rebounding along the Gulf coast after the 2010 oil spill.
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Most-Read Corporate News Stories of 2011
Wall Street Journal
US prosecutors are preparing what would be the first criminal charges against BP employees stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident, which killed 11 workers and caused the worst offshore oil spill in US history. A WSJ investigation revealed …
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Water Under the Bridge: Dec. 28, 2011
Daily Astorian
A condemned fuel tanker drifting toward Willapa Bay, Wash., last month stirred worries of a local oil spill and cast some troubling questions over the mouth of the Columbia river. What would an oil spill mean to coastal wildlife, tourism, …
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Report cites environmental pluses in Ala. in 2011
BusinessWeek
… a program called “Forever Wild” to preserve wilderness land. Also praised in the report were efforts to clean up after the BP oil spill in 2010. Byington said the report recognizes Alabama residents who are working hard to create a better environment.
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Chevron and Brazil’s oil industry
The Economist
After the 4.9m-barrel spill from the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, oil regulators around the world are in no mood for leniency. But the blitz against Chevron, for a leak of no more than 3000 barrels, makes some industry-watchers wonder …
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Abusing the holiday spirit (Mississippi Soundoff)
Mississippi Press (blog)
They had the oil spill three weeks later. I will never buy another saltwater fishing license because I was never refunded any of that money. Guests from out of town are scared to use my water from Moss Point utilities because of a busted pipe out at …
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Talk of the County
Chicago Sun-Times
A 1700-mile-long pipe pumping heated oil sludge will have many leaks and spills. Just look how many people were employed last year cleaning up BP’s disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Saw State’s Attorney Mike Waller at the Sunset Foods in …
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W.Va. Jury Finds Chartis Owes $58 Million in Bad Faith Verdict
Insurance News Net (press release)
The jury held that because of the insurers’ bad faith conduct, Hess Oil should be awarded $5 million in compensatory damages and $53 million in punitive damages. The case stems from a gasoline spill that was discovered in 1998 at a location near a …
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Boom goes the churro: Chilean court upholds damages for exploding sweets
Christian Science Monitor
In the McDonald’s coffee case, a new documentary called Hot Coffee released this July details the events surrounding the spill on Stella Liebeck, who suffered burns and sued the fast food chain. While she was dismissed as another American attempting to …
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Republican Nonsense on Regulation
Huffington Post
For example, in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Obama administration issued new rules on deep sea oil drilling. Those regulations might cost industry $200 million or so. But it’s quite obvious that the problem in this case isn’t …
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Make Way for the Indian-American Politicos
Big Government
After the BP Oil Spill of April-July, 2010, Jindal loudly criticized Obama administration’s response and eventually persuaded the administration into lifting a permit moratorium on oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley …
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The AM Roundup: A $300 Million Stocking Stuffer, LCD Settlements
Wall Street Journal (blog)
WSJ BP is off probation: A US judge in Alaska on Tuesday dismissed government charges that oil giant had violated the terms of its criminal probation after a 2009 oil spill in Alaska, and released the oil company from probation. WSJ.
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WAfrica Crude-Angolan programme nearly sold out
Reuters Africa
Bonga: Shell has still not given a start date for its Bonga facility after an oil spill on 20 December. * The company said on Tuesday the spill offshore Nigeria, the largest in the oil-producing nation since 1998, has been contained after less than …
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Discounts Drive Boxing Day Store Visits, UK Stocks Rise
123Jump.com
BP plc, the oil and gas explorer fell 0.3% to $43.14 after a US federal judge dismissed allegations by federal prosecutors that the company was criminally negligent in Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2009. Max Petroleum PLC plunged 6.5% to 10.75 pence …
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Fish Study Finds Sunlight Worsens Oil’s Effect
Laboratory Equipment
In a study published in the scientific journal PNAS, NOAA scientists and their collaborators reported Pacific herring embryos in shallow waters died in unexpectedly high numbers following an oil spill in San Francisco Bay, and suggest an interaction …
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Gazette opinion: Compromise pipeline bill raises safety standards
Billings Gazette
Increased transparency with pipeline operators required to make oil spill response plans available publicly. “These provisions are important as Montana expands its energy future,” Tester said. “Part of our job in the aftermath of the Yellowstone spill …
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