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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government should ensure deepwater drillers meet new safety rules before allowing operations to resume, despite the costs associated with delays, a report requested by the White House oil spill commission said on Thursday.
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A $20 billion compensation fund for economic victims of the BP Gulf oil spill opens for business on Monday amid accusations that the rules established by its administrator are unfair.
HOUSTON (Reuters) – BP Plc likely won’t put the final plug in its blown-out Gulf of Mexico oil well until September to allow replacement of a critical piece of seabed equipment, the top U.S. oil spill official said on Thursday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The BP oil spill left a large plume of hydrocarbons in deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, and those chemicals could be there for some time, oceanographers reported on Thursday.
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) – Enbridge Inc expects its costs as a result of the pipeline break and oil spill that fouled a Michigan river system last month will be about C$6.6 million ($6.4 million) after insurance recoveries, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
MIAMI (Reuters) – Two new scientific reports raised fresh fears on Tuesday about the environmental fallout from the world’s worst offshore oil spill and questioned government assurances that most of the oil from the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico was already gone.
HOUSTON (Reuters) – U.S. wildlife officials have recovered over 1,000 oil-soaked turtles from the Gulf of Mexico in recent weeks, but the threat from BP Plc’s oil spill has waned since the ruptured well has been capped, experts said.
MIAMI/HOUSTON (Reuters) – BP advanced on the final lap toward permanently killing the source of the world’s worst offshore oil spill and kicked off a $20 billion compensation fund with a $3 billion deposit on Monday.
LONDON/MIAMI (Reuters) – BP’s relief well is closing in to start a permanent kill of the blown-out Gulf of Mexico oil well this week, unless an approaching weather system disrupts the timing, the top U.S. oil spill response chief said on Monday.
BAY ST. LOUIS, Mississippi (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s administration sees the restoration of the Gulf Coast after the BP oil spill as a national priority and the president should not be blamed for the disaster, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus said on Saturday.
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A key two-step procedure to seal BP Plc.’s Macondo well could begin late on Monday, the top U.S. oil spill official said on Sunday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – BP’s use of dispersant chemicals on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is sparking questions from a U.S. congressional panel, which says the company used more of these compounds than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had directed.
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Dalian Port has resumed operations of all its terminal and ground facilities, it said on Thursday, nearly two weeks after a fire and oil spill forced the closure of most of the port’s berths.
HOUSTON/MIAMI (Reuters) – BP Plc may permanently shut the well that caused the worst off-shore oil spill in U.S. history as early as Monday, the company said as speculation grew over assets it might sell to cover mounting costs
LONDON/HOUSTON (Reuters) – BP Plc’s newly named chief executive on Tuesday called the Gulf oil spill a “wake-up call” for the entire industry as the company tallied up its losses and disclosed two U.S. investigations.
LONDON (Reuters) – BP Plc is expected to install an American known for diplomacy as chief executive, replacing Tony Hayward who has come under fire for his gaffe-prone handling of the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
LONDON (Reuters) – BP Plc is expected to announce changes at the top in the next 24 hours, with the anticipated departure of CEO Tony Hayward, who came under fire for his handling of the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
MIAMI (Reuters) – A tropical storm formed near the Bahamas on Thursday on a track that could take it over BP’s oil spill site in the Gulf of Mexico.
HOUSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – BP Plc said on Tuesday it reached a $7 billion deal with Apache Corp, a large part of its planned sale of $10 billion in assets to pay for the worst oil spill in U.S. history
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Interior Department issued its first shallow-water drilling permit since offshore exploration companies were required to meet two sets of new safety regulations in response to the BP oil spill, a department official said on Monday.