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Univ. of Miss. leads team to study Gulf oil spill – MiamiHerald.com

FRANCE 24Univ. of Miss. leads team to study Gulf oil spillMiamiHerald.comGoals for the UM-led study include analyzing remaining effects of the oil spill, predicting how future spills may affect sensitive areas, learning how oil behaves at different dep…

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September 9, 2011
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Health concerns remain 14 months after Red Butte oil spill – ABC 4

Health concerns remain 14 months after Red Butte oil spillABC 4SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) – 14 months after the Red Butte oil spill, Chevron and Salt Lake City settled their financial claims. The cleanup is mostly done, but there are major health co…

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Public discontent grows against ConocoPhillips over lingering oil spills – Xinhua

XinhuaPublic discontent grows against ConocoPhillips over lingering oil spillsXinhuaGovernment departments should work together to establish an effective response system to solve similar problems in the future, instead of forcing the SOA to act alone, …

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Gazette opinion: Focus on cleanup, preventing future spills – Billings Gazette

Gazette opinion: Focus on cleanup, preventing future spillsBillings GazetteAlthough pipelines can fail, they are safer than alternate modes of transportation for the vast quantities of oil needed to fuel our vehicles and industries. Oil pipelines are a…

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Cnooc Profit Rises 51% – Wall Street Journal

AFPCnooc Profit Rises 51%Wall Street Journal… in the future," he said. Beijing-based Cnooc said it has cut its 2011 annual production target to 331 million-341 million barrels of oil equivalent, compared with its previous target of 355 million-3…

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Q&A on BP’s Stand on Future Compensation for Oil Spill Victims – WUSF 89.7 News

CBC.caQ&A on BP's Stand on Future Compensation for Oil Spill VictimsWUSF 89.7 NewsIt's been more than a year since the oil stopped flowing from the Macondo well – site of the "Deepwater Horizon" disaster. But the debate continues …

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August 19, 2011
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Op-Ed: Yet another oil spill, and a glimmer of hope for the future – DigitalJournal.com

DigitalJournal.comOp-Ed: Yet another oil spill, and a glimmer of hope for the futureDigitalJournal.comOne of the big issues relating to the Gulf oil spill was the dishonest rhetoric of both BP and the Federal Government. To some extent the behaviour of…

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August 14, 2011
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As Gulf tourism rebounds, BP wants a break on future oil spill payments – STLtoday.com

Globe and MailAs Gulf tourism rebounds, BP wants a break on future oil spill paymentsSTLtoday.comOil company says most residents won't suffer any further losses from spill; not so fast, say people along coast who still feel effects. GULF SHORES, Al…

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US Senate panel gets earful on oil spill aftermath – BusinessWeek

Telegraph.co.ukUS Senate panel gets earful on oil spill aftermathBusinessWeekJust last week BP said victims of the spill should not be paid on claims for future losses because the areas affected by the spill have recovered. Their claim was in a 29-page…

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July 13, 2011
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BP seeks to end Gulf oil-spill payments: report – MarketWatch

Telegraph.co.ukBP seeks to end Gulf oil-spill payments: reportMarketWatchLONDON (MarketWatch) — BP PLC /quotes/zigman/247026/quotes/nls/bp BP -0.07% is looking to end payments based on "future losses" from its $20 billion Macondo compensatio…

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July 10, 2011