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Obama Bans New East Coast Offshore Drilling: 3 Possible Reasons

(Dec. 1) -- Don't drill, baby, don't drill. Reversing its pre-BP oil spill disaster position, the Obama administration announced today that it will not engage in offshore drilling on the East Coast of the U.S. and the eastern Gulf of Mexico region, according to The Associated Press. The original policy, announced three...

Gulf Residents' Skepticism Remains Uncapped

(Aug. 20) -- The BP spill appears to be capped for good, even though the ultimate solution known as "final kill" has yet to be implemented. But while fresh oil has stopped gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, distrust and resentment continue to flow freely. Many citizens and scientists alike do not believe an inter-agency...

Reports Sharply Contradict Claims About Vanished Oil

(Aug. 17) -- Two new reports from different groups of academic scientists are providing a counterweight to the government's rosy assertions that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill crisis is drawing to a close. One says that as much as 79 percent of the oil is still loose in the gulf; the other expresses the fear that oil on the...

BP May Have Already Plugged Oil Well for Good

(Aug. 13) -- Analysis of pressure tests on BP's cemented Gulf of Mexico oil well could indicate today that the damaged well is already plugged for good, and that a relief well won't be needed after all. For more than three months, BP has been drilling two relief wells near the Deepwater Horizon disaster, to intercept the...

Relief Well Drilling Suspended, but Tropical Storm Doesn't Materialize

(Aug. 11) -- A tropical storm warning covering much of the Gulf Coast temporarily halted progress on BP's relief well slated to finish off the Deepwater Horizon disaster, but the tropical depression dissipated this afternoon without causing any trouble for the spill area. BP is conducting pressure tests from a rig...

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Michael Bromwich Spars With House GOP Over Gulf Oil Spill Response

The Interior Department's Michael Bromwich pushed back Thursday against GOP lawmakers who denounced the administration for its response to last year's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and pushed back against Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour's (R) contention that the moratorium on deepwater drilling is too burdensome for...

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04/18/12 Oil spill in Gulf of Mexico Source: RIA Novosti - Russia British Petroleum's Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded on April 20, 2010, and sank two days later after burning for 36 hours in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana.
03/02/12 Gulf oil spill response consortium better equipped Source: NBC - WOAI News 4 A consortium set up by major oil companies to clean up offshore oil spills by quickly marshaling boom and skimmers says it has expanded its resources.
11/27/10 Gulf Oil Spill Response in Perspective Source: The American Thinker 20.PTTEP AA implemented a work program to ensure the integrity of the remaining wells on the Montara Wellhead Platform.