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Up To 2,000 Gallons Oil May Spill Into Gulf Of Mexico As Barge Hits US Bridge
Up to 2,000 gallons of oil may have spilt into the Gulf of Mexico after a bunker barge struck a bridge in the island city of Galveston, eastern Texas, the US Coast Guard estimated.
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California Oil Pipeline Could Have Been Leaking For A Year: Officials
A fractured pipeline spewing crude oil off the coast of California could have been leaking for a year, US investigators said Friday.
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"Catastrophe": A Major Oil Spill In US' California Results In Dead Fish Piling
A huge oil spill was killing wildlife and threatening California's beaches on Monday, in what officials said amounted to an "environmental catastrophe."
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Cuba, United States Sign Oil Spill Deal Before Trump Inauguration
Cuba and the United States agreed on Monday to jointly prevent, contain and clean up oil and other toxic spills in the Gulf of Mexico, as they rush to conclude deals before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
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Oil Futures Fall As Global Growth, Brexit Concerns Weigh
A stronger dollar overnight spilled over into the oil market, while uncertainty over the outcome of this week's policy meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve is keeping the bulls at bay.
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Mood Sours As Oil Skids, China Stocks Slip
All the air was sucked out of Asian shares on Wednesday as oil prices took a fresh spill on news Kuwaiti oil workers ended a three-day strike, leaving markets suddenly directionless.
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Amazing New Video Shows Deepwater Shipwrecks Corroded By BP Oil Spill
The Deepwater Horizon disaster of 2010 taught us a lot about deep water - foremost about the engineering challenges in plugging a blown-out well a mile below the sea's surface. Everything's different down there. Chemistry is different at those pressures, where it's completely dark. But, as we reported early on, there's still life down there - exoti...
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Asia Stocks Climb as Fed Goes Gradual; Oil Takes a Spill
Asian stock markets jumped on Thursday as investors chose to take an historic hike in US interest rates as a mark of confidence in the world's largest economy, though the good cheer did not extend to oil where oversupply again pressured prices.
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US Announces $20 Billion Resolution With BP Over 2010 Oil Spill
The United States on Monday announced a more than $20 billion settlement of federal and state claims against BP PLC over its deadly Gulf of Mexico oil spill five years ago.
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US Coast Guard Investigates Oil Slick off California Coast
The US Coast Guard was investigating a large, patchy oil sheen that appeared off the Southern California coast west of Santa Barbara on Wednesday, not far from the site of a petroleum pipeline spill in May, officials said.
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BP Wins Right to Appeal Some Gulf Spill Damages Claims
A US federal appeals court said on Friday that BP Plc deserves the right to appellate review of some damage claims awarded to people and businesses in connection with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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Drinking Water Trucked Into Montana City After Oil Spill
Officials said on Monday that they were bringing truckloads of drinking water to the eastern Montana city of Glendive after traces of 50,000 gallons (189,000 litres) of oil that spilled into the Yellowstone River were found in the city's water supply.
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BP Off Hook for Several Billion Dollars in Oil Spill Fines
A US judge said Thursday energy giant BP faces a maximum fine of $13.7 billion for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a sum reduced by several billion dollars.
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BP 'Grossly Negligent' in 2010 US Spill, Fines Could be $18 Billion
A U.S. judge has decided that BP Plc was "grossly negligent" and "reckless" in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill four years ago, a ruling that could add nearly $18 billion in fines to more than $42 billion in charges the company took for the worst offshore environmental disaster in U.S. history.
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2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: 'BP Was Grossly Negligent'
A US judge Thursday ruled the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill was the result of BP's "gross negligence," potentially subjecting the oil giant to billions in additional penalties.
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Up To 2,000 Gallons Oil May Spill Into Gulf Of Mexico As Barge Hits US Bridge
Up to 2,000 gallons of oil may have spilt into the Gulf of Mexico after a bunker barge struck a bridge in the island city of Galveston, eastern Texas, the US Coast Guard estimated.
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California Oil Pipeline Could Have Been Leaking For A Year: Officials
A fractured pipeline spewing crude oil off the coast of California could have been leaking for a year, US investigators said Friday.
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"Catastrophe": A Major Oil Spill In US' California Results In Dead Fish Piling
A huge oil spill was killing wildlife and threatening California's beaches on Monday, in what officials said amounted to an "environmental catastrophe."
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Cuba, United States Sign Oil Spill Deal Before Trump Inauguration
Cuba and the United States agreed on Monday to jointly prevent, contain and clean up oil and other toxic spills in the Gulf of Mexico, as they rush to conclude deals before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
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Oil Futures Fall As Global Growth, Brexit Concerns Weigh
A stronger dollar overnight spilled over into the oil market, while uncertainty over the outcome of this week's policy meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve is keeping the bulls at bay.
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Mood Sours As Oil Skids, China Stocks Slip
All the air was sucked out of Asian shares on Wednesday as oil prices took a fresh spill on news Kuwaiti oil workers ended a three-day strike, leaving markets suddenly directionless.
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Amazing New Video Shows Deepwater Shipwrecks Corroded By BP Oil Spill
The Deepwater Horizon disaster of 2010 taught us a lot about deep water - foremost about the engineering challenges in plugging a blown-out well a mile below the sea's surface. Everything's different down there. Chemistry is different at those pressures, where it's completely dark. But, as we reported early on, there's still life down there - exoti...
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Asia Stocks Climb as Fed Goes Gradual; Oil Takes a Spill
Asian stock markets jumped on Thursday as investors chose to take an historic hike in US interest rates as a mark of confidence in the world's largest economy, though the good cheer did not extend to oil where oversupply again pressured prices.
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US Announces $20 Billion Resolution With BP Over 2010 Oil Spill
The United States on Monday announced a more than $20 billion settlement of federal and state claims against BP PLC over its deadly Gulf of Mexico oil spill five years ago.
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US Coast Guard Investigates Oil Slick off California Coast
The US Coast Guard was investigating a large, patchy oil sheen that appeared off the Southern California coast west of Santa Barbara on Wednesday, not far from the site of a petroleum pipeline spill in May, officials said.
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BP Wins Right to Appeal Some Gulf Spill Damages Claims
A US federal appeals court said on Friday that BP Plc deserves the right to appellate review of some damage claims awarded to people and businesses in connection with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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Drinking Water Trucked Into Montana City After Oil Spill
Officials said on Monday that they were bringing truckloads of drinking water to the eastern Montana city of Glendive after traces of 50,000 gallons (189,000 litres) of oil that spilled into the Yellowstone River were found in the city's water supply.
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BP Off Hook for Several Billion Dollars in Oil Spill Fines
A US judge said Thursday energy giant BP faces a maximum fine of $13.7 billion for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a sum reduced by several billion dollars.
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BP 'Grossly Negligent' in 2010 US Spill, Fines Could be $18 Billion
A U.S. judge has decided that BP Plc was "grossly negligent" and "reckless" in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill four years ago, a ruling that could add nearly $18 billion in fines to more than $42 billion in charges the company took for the worst offshore environmental disaster in U.S. history.
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2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: 'BP Was Grossly Negligent'
A US judge Thursday ruled the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill was the result of BP's "gross negligence," potentially subjecting the oil giant to billions in additional penalties.
