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BP plugs leak in the Gulf of Mexico

September 20 2010 00:07

The engineers of the oil company BP have finally stopped the leaking wells in the Gulf of Mexico; this comes in a statement by U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen. According to him, the caps that were produced by cement injection, proved to tightly stop leakage and it can now be declared that the situation is permanently concluded. →

Tony Hayward grilled by British MPs

September 17 2010 16:32

Russian media keep on commenting on the account Tony Hayward and other top BP executives gave to British Parliament’s Committee on Energy and Climate Changes. They were testifying before the committee that had investigated the implications of the Gulf oil disaster on deepwater drilling on the 15th. →

BP's well in Mexico Gulf to be sealed by Sunday

September 16 2010 10:46

BP's disastrous well is to be permanently sealed by Sunday, National Incident Commander Thad Allen told reporters late Wednesday. He said that cement will then be pumped in, which is expected to seal the well within four days. On April 20 the explosion at BP's oil rig killed 11 workers and caused a gigantic oil leakage. →

US to sue BP over oil spill

September 15 2010 10:22

The American authorities are planning to sue British Petroleum for the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the subsequent environmental disaster . If found guilty of negligence, BP will have to pay 4 thousand 300 dollars for each barrel of oil spilled. All in all, this could amount to more than 17 and a half billion dollars. →

BP may sell its North Sea assets to TNK-BP

September 6 2010 18:55

According to British media, BP that is now on the lookout for money to help it to recover after →

Baltic countries fight against oil spills

August 23 2010 17:25

The new Russian technology developed for fighting against oil spills will be used in annual exercises which will be started on the Lithuanian coastline. The exercises are aimed at establishing coordination among the relevant agencies of the ten Baltic littoral countries. Russia as an active participant of the exercises, presents its latest developments in fighting against oil spills. →

BP to seal ruptured Gulf well by September 6

August 20 2010 09:34

The British oil giant, British Petroleum, is hoping to permanently seal its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well by September 6, two weeks later than initially planned, the CNN television reports. The Deep Horizon oil platform sank off the Louisiana coast on April 22 after catching fire and exploding. The blast killed 11 workers. →

Gulf pollution may be worse than claimed

August 18 2010 09:59

Around 80% of crude that leaked out into the Gulf of Mexico after the April explosion on the British Petroleum-owned Deep Horizon oil platform has been collected. →

BP warned compensation delays unacceptable

August 15 2010 10:25

President Barack Obama of the United States has pledged support to businessmen hit by the massive oil spill from a British Petroleum-owned well in the Gulf of Mexico. He warned BP he would accept no delays in compensation payments for the damage caused by the spill. By now, oil has been cleaned up from all beaches and coastal areas. →

Gulf of Mexico spill reduces output

August 11 2010 20:38

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill will reduce oil output by 60,000 barrels daily in 2010. This forecast came from the International Energy Agency which had earlier predicted a 30,000 barrel reduction. US president Barack Obama banned shelfdrilling till November 30 due to the leakage. Expert believe oil pumping will reduce even more in 2011. →

BP faces lawsuit

August 9 2010 20:31

BP is facing the first class-action lawsuit and is charged with using pollutants to clean-up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill . British media report, that BP technicians had released some 7 mln liters of dispersant into the air. Experts believe it may be even more harmful than the spill which occurred this April. →

BP cements damaged oil rig

August 6 2010 09:40

British Petroleum has finished pumping cement into the top of its damaged oil in the Gulf of Mexico. The cementing will virtually assure there will be no oil leaking to the environment, the U.S. Oil Spill Response Commander Thad Allen has told reporters. He said efforts to plug the well would continue. →

BP begins to cement Gulf Mexico oil well

August 5 2010 20:57

BP has begun work on cementing its Gulf of Mexico oil well. In a statement released Thursday the company said that the seal will remove any danger of new oil leak. The oil spill was caused by the accident on April 22 when the oil rig sank after a fire, which killed 11 people. →

BP’s ‘static kill’ appears working

August 4 2010 20:29

BP engineers say their operation to plug the ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well with drilling mud is a complete success and there are no signs of a pressure build-up under the plug. They also say, however, that plugging the well for good will require the use of two relief wells for pumping in liquid cement. →

Only 1/4th of the spill still in the water – US official

August 4 2010 17:07

According to the White House energy and climate aide Caro Browner, only one quarter of the Gulf of Mexico’s oil spill is still in the seawater. Three quarters have either degraded naturally or been removed. Mrs Browner praised BP for successfully plugging the ruptured well with drilling mud and cement. →

BP seals Gulf of Mexico oil leak

August 4 2010 12:46

BP successfully plugged on Wednesday the biggest offshore oil leak in US history by forcing a column of mud and cement down the throat of its blown-out well hemorrhaging crude into the Gulf of Mexico. →

BP starts sealing Gulf of Mexico leak

August 4 2010 09:50

BP embarked Tuesday on an operation to plug the biggest offshore oil leak in US history once and for all, forcing mud down the throat of its blown-out well in an operation that experts say can take more than two days, the Associated Press reports. →

BP faces Gulf of Mexico drilling ban

August 1 2010 20:14

BP oil giant faces a three-year drilling ban in the Gulf of Mexico. The initiative came from US Congressman Brad Miller. If the Congress approves the initiative BP will lose the US market. →

New oil spill in the Gulf

July 28 2010 03:32

A new oil spill took place in the Gulf of Mexico this Wednesday. It happened because a tug-boat hit a well from where oil is not extracted already. The accident took place at Mad Lake to the north from the center of the catastrophe which is the biggest for this part of the world. →

Russia to help skim off oil in Gulf of Mexico

July 27 2010 15:18

Russia’s Tyumen-based Institute of Ecology and Rational Use of Natural Resources will help skim off oil in the Gulf of Mexico and use it to build roads in the United States. →

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