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Oil Spill Costs BP $18.7bn

Annika Tostengard — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 05:03:52 +0000

The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill happened in 2010, but BP has only now reached a settlement with the Department of Justice. The agreement states that BP owes $5.5bn to the United States as outlined in the Clean Water Act, and that this money will be paid out over fifteen years. BP must pay $7.1bn […]

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Oil Spill Prevention – Feds “Propose” Stronger Offshore Drilling Regulations

Benji Jerew — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 22:47:06 +0000

Five years after the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, related to an explosion and series of unfortunate events on the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig, the US Department of Interior (DOI) has proposed stronger regulations regarding offshore drilling safety and oil spill prevention measures. I’ll admit that, five years ago today, April […]

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Short Memory – Oil Drilling to Expand in the Gulf of Mexico

Benji Jerew — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:11:58 +0000

Apparently, oil companies and politicians have really short memories, because oil drilling is about to expand in the Gulf of Mexico. Interestingly, however, the environment doesn’t have such a short memory. The latest Gulf-of-Mexico oil spill, in the aftermath of an explosion onboard the DeepWater Horizon oil drilling platform, took place nearly four years ago. […]

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Marine Life Suffers After DeepWater Horizon Oil Spill

Benji Jerew — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 14:32:22 +0000

Think “oil spill,” and the first images that may come to mind are a rainbow oil-sheen, tar balls on the beach, and oil-soaked birds. These were just some of the things that we saw after the DeepWater Horizon oil spill, in 2010, but the effects are ongoing. The DeepWater Horizon hasn’t been in the news, […]

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Deepwater Horizon – BP’s Cure Worse Than the Spill

Benji Jerew — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:50:51 +0000

The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, resulting from an explosion on board the drilling platform April 20, 2010, released nearly 5 million barrels of crude oil [about 157 million gallons] into the Gulf of Mexico before it was capped three months later. In order to prevent clumping, at least theoretically, dispersant Corexit 9500 was spread over […]

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OPEC Turns to Renewable Energy to Get More Green

Benji Jerew — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:43:41 +0000

Some of the Middle Eastern members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries [OPEC] are pouring billions of dollars into renewable energy, mainly solar- and wind-power, but one has to beg the question, “With over 60% of the world’s petroleum reserves, why bother with renewable energy?” It’s mostly a question of economics, but is definitely […]

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