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

(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...

New Delay for BP Spill: Drilling of Relief Well Halted

(July 14) -- Fearing an undersea explosion, BP has announced two setbacks in the effort to stop its catastrophic oil spill, saying it has temporarily halted work on one relief well and delayed pressure tests on a tighter-fitting cap it hopes will stop the flow. Work on the relief well has been suspended at nearly 16,000...

BP Testing Delayed on Gulf Oil Fix

NEW ORLEANS (July 13) - BP is delaying critical tests on a leaky well cap designed to finally stop the flow of oil in the Gulf of Mexico after government officials said more analysis was needed on the plan. BP engineers were scheduled to start slowly shutting off valves on the 75-ton metal stack of pipes and valves,...

Gulf Oil Spill Update: Transocean Gets Its Turn Under the Microscope

BP deservedly has taken -- and continues to take -- the heat for the explosion of an oil rig and subsequent spillage into the Gulf. But there's been less scrutiny of Transocean, the offshore drilling company (based in Switzerland for tax purposes) that owned the Deepwater Horizon rig. On Thursday, The New York Times...

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06/03/12 Gasland debuts in Syracuse Source: News 10 Now - Syracuse NY The issue of hydro-fracking takes center stage in Syracuse, with some star power taking part in the debate.
06/03/12 Pa. to remain center of gas drilling, experts say Source: Marion Star - Marion OH Like a runner who's gotten a big head start in a race, Pennsylvania may be set to dominate natural gas production in the Marcellus Shale region for many years, experts say.
06/03/12 Licking County may get fracking waste Source: CentralOhio.com - Newark OH Licking County has no horizontal oil and gas production wells, but it does have two deep injection wells that could receive the oil field waste from horizontal hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking.
06/03/12 'FRACKING' CAN ACCESS ENERGY FROM BELOW (Last... Source: Fredericksburg.com - Fredericksburg VA --One of the most controversial practices in the energy industry is the use of hydraulic fracturing, often called "fracking," to develop oil and gas reserves.
06/02/12 TransCanada tweaks pipeline plan to avoid wetlands Source: ABC - KSAT 12 - San Antonio TX A Canadian company seeking to build a pipeline to transport crude oil from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries has submitted a new application for the southern segment of the project that avoids sensitive wetlands in Texas.