UPDATE: BP's Q2 profit fails to lift shares as spill still weighs Platts BP failed to inspire investors Tuesday after its adjusted earnings for the second quarter missed market expectations and pressure mounts for the major to announce a structural shake-up in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill last year. … BP reports profit, but disaster still a drag on outputFuelFix (blog) BP Q2 earnings below forecast at .3 billion even as costs of Gulf of Mexico …Washington Post BP Q2 Earnings Below Forecast At .6 BillionNPR
Transocean safety fails seen Investor’s Business Daily The Coast Guard said serious safety lapses by the oil rig owner contributed to the Deepwater Horizon explosion that killed 11 in the Gulf of Mexico last year and led to the biggest oil spill in US history. Transocean (RIG) said it strongly disagreed … Coast Guard releases findings of Deepwater Horizon investigationMarine Log US Coast Guard boosts BP's £24bn legal battle against TransoceanDaily Mail Report of Gulf spill lapses hits Transocean sharesFinancial Post Upstream Online –Houston Chronicle (blog) –Huffington Post (blog) all 588 news articles »
BP's PR campaign fails to clean up reputation after Gulf oil spill The Guardian (blog) A bird covered with oil is rescued from the waters of Barataria Bay, after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in June 2010. BP claims that no oil has flowed into the Gulf since it repaired the leak on 15 July. Photograph: Gerald Herbert/AP The hatches … Gulf Wildlife Shaky One Year After Oil SpillThe Epoch Times Year after Gulf oil spill, group gives mixed report card for wildlifeCNN International Congress marks 1-year anniversary of Gulf oil disaster by forcing more drillingNatural Resources Defense Council (blog) Financial Times –Center for Biological Diversity (press release) –FairWarning all 797 news articles »
Other views: Oil industry fails badly Joplin Globe The Deepwater Horizon explosion that killed 11 and dumped 4 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico was far worse. The nation's worst-ever spill was … Uncertainty stalls deepwater drilling in Gulf2TheAdvocate Op-Ed: More can and must be done to prevent oil spillsAppeal-Democrat Senior Republican rejects call for higher offshore drilling feesThe Hill (blog)
Obama BP claims czar fails oil–spill victims Washington Times Jo Bonner Eight months after the BP spill, Gulf Coast beaches may be clean, but local businesses are dying from a summer tourist season that was covered in … Gulf oil spill claims abound in South FloridaTrade Only Today Gulf Oil Spill: Why Size Mattered From the Very Beginning, Especially for BPCBS MoneyWatch.com (blog) BP oil spill swamps Yahoo search engine in 2010Salt Lake Tribune Reuters Africa –News & Observer –Huffington Post (blog) all 100 news articles »
Challenge to deep-water drilling moratorium fails Legalbrief (subscription) … moratorium on deepwater drilling, which was enacted following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, says a Jurist report. …
BP fails to learn lessons of disaster Tampabay.com Bob Dudley, the new CEO of BP, seems to be suffering from amnesia over the level of his company's culpability in the Deepwater Horizon disaster. … Court orders security perimeter around Deepwater Horizon wreckageLos Angeles Times Judge orders area around Deepwater Horizon wreckage cordoned offExaminer.com Feds 'rope off' BP disaster siteThe INDsider RedOrbit –KGET 17 –ABC News all 223 news articles »
BP’s latest attempt to stop the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico has failed. Workers have been trying to pump cement – a method – known as Top Kill – into the breached well for 3 days. The next option will be an attempt to stem the flow using a containment valve. Engineers say the work will start within a week. Video Rating: 0 / 5
MOXNews.com youtube/MoxNewsDotCom Robert Louisiana Deepwater Horizon Resonse Gulf Oil Spill Briefing: Coast Guard BP Update on “Top Kill” Procedure TOP KILL is not working BP: Method has been unable to stop leak. Rear Adm. Mary Landry US coast Guard: ‘Disappointed in today’s announcement’ ‘No Silver Bullet to stop this Leak’, ‘We have directed BP to move forward in attempt to stop leak’, ‘Seafood sampling has begun’, ‘Trying to minimize economic and environmental impact’. Video Rating: 0 / 5
The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill is going to change the Earth…and it has already started to change the marshes along the coastlines. There is much I can say, but there is so much information readily available to those with the initiative to search it out. I just got a new program to play with, and this video is only a test. Part 2 coming soon
“Booming” is a method by which oil spills are contained through the use of booms. More info at : www.mass.gov Boom Deployment Each oil spill presents different challenges depending on the type of oil spilled, the location, weather, time of day, the manpower available and the equipment at hand. It is important to plan a practical strategy to protect sensitive resources utilizing the resources available and keeping safety in mind at all times. The effective and timely deployment of the oil spill boom can lessen both cleanup time and money. There are three types of boom deployment: Containment Deflection Exclusion This video’s expert narrator asks why this oil isn’t being contained. Who will be accountable for this? These are questions all of us should be asking. Make the “powers that be” ANSWER us! This video is mirrored from www.youtube.com Please mirror it on your channel, too. Make this info go viral! Video Rating: 5 / 5
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