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What Exploded Off Vermilion Bay: An Oil Rig or a Platform?

By David KnowlesSep 2nd 2010 – 3:51PM

(Sept. 2) -- As news broke on Thursday of yet another explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, several media outlets proclaimed that an "oil rig" had gone up in flames, echoing the devastating accident at BP's Deepwater Horizon rig. But as the story unfolds, the U.S. Coast Guard is taking pains to draw a distinction between oil...

Coast Guard: New Gulf Oil Spill Will Take More Than a Week to Plug

By David KnowlesJul 29th 2010 – 6:35PM

(July 29) -- When it comes to the oil spills of 2010, sometimes it feels as if we're taking one step forward, two steps back. After initially announcing that the Barataria Bay oil spill might be contained this week, U.S. Coast Guard officials now say that the year's second spill in the Gulf of Mexico will take an...

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