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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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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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US Appeals Court Rejects BP Bid to Undo Ruling in Oil Spill Case
The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals in March voted 2-1 to authorize payments on so-called business economic loss claims, and said an injunction preventing payments should be lifted. BP asked the entire 5th Circuit to rehear the case.
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US ends contract ban on BP after Deep Water Horizon
The United States announced on Thursday an end to its ban on BP obtaining government contracts following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, the worst oil spill in US history.
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US court rejects BP appeal over Gulf spill losses
A divided US appeals court on Monday rejected BP Plc's bid to block businesses from recovering money over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, even if they could not trace their economic losses to the disaster.
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Three years after Gulf spill, BP fights billions in fines
Three years after a deadly explosion on a BP-leased drilling rig unleashed the worst environmental disaster in US history, the British energy giant is fighting to avoid billions in fines.
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Oil spill detected near Exxon operations in Nigeria
An oil spill has been detected along the coast of southern Nigeria near operations for US giant ExxonMobil, the company said on Monday, but the cause and size of the leak remained unclear.
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India allows Exxon Valdez dismantling but with conditions
The Supreme Court has allowed Exxon Valdez, which caused one of the worst US oil spills, to be dismantled in the country but required the owner to pay for disposal of any toxic materials found on the ship.
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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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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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US Appeals Court Rejects BP Bid to Undo Ruling in Oil Spill Case
The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals in March voted 2-1 to authorize payments on so-called business economic loss claims, and said an injunction preventing payments should be lifted. BP asked the entire 5th Circuit to rehear the case.
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US ends contract ban on BP after Deep Water Horizon
The United States announced on Thursday an end to its ban on BP obtaining government contracts following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, the worst oil spill in US history.
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US court rejects BP appeal over Gulf spill losses
A divided US appeals court on Monday rejected BP Plc's bid to block businesses from recovering money over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, even if they could not trace their economic losses to the disaster.
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Three years after Gulf spill, BP fights billions in fines
Three years after a deadly explosion on a BP-leased drilling rig unleashed the worst environmental disaster in US history, the British energy giant is fighting to avoid billions in fines.
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Oil spill detected near Exxon operations in Nigeria
An oil spill has been detected along the coast of southern Nigeria near operations for US giant ExxonMobil, the company said on Monday, but the cause and size of the leak remained unclear.
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India allows Exxon Valdez dismantling but with conditions
The Supreme Court has allowed Exxon Valdez, which caused one of the worst US oil spills, to be dismantled in the country but required the owner to pay for disposal of any toxic materials found on the ship.
