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BP shares soar as spill spreads
Reuters – Drilling of a relief well seen as the most promising way to plug the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a week ahead of schedule, the U.S. official overseeing the spill response said on Tuesday.
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Gulf seafood safety inspections ramp up as oil spill spreads
NOAA and the FDA are teaming up to devise better guidelines for when federal waters should be closed because of the oil spill, and how Gulf seafood should be inspected.
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Along Gulf coast highway, anxiety spreads with oil
ALONG THE GULF COAST (AP) – It’s barely 5 a.m., and last night’s sliver of moon still hangs in a charcoal sky as Dave Marino eases the 24-foot bayboat from the dock and into the flat, dark waters of the canal leading toward the Gulf of Mexico.
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www.mateja.se Video from RussiaToday www.youtube.com US Coast Guard says the growing size and scatter-shot nature of massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is creating “severe challenges” for those trying to clean it up. Meanwhile BP has released new underwater video showing oil and gas erupting under pressure in large, dark clouds from safety device on the ocean floor.
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Long Cleanup Effort Ahead as Oil Slick Spreads along Gulf Coast
GULF SHORES, Ala. (AP) – Nearly seven weeks after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, the ruptured well beneath it has spilled roughly 23 million to 50 million gallons of oil into the Gulf. That oil is now fouling a growing stretch of beaches and marshes along the Gulf Coast.
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Wildlife Suffer as Oil Spill Spreads
AP Photographer Gerald Herbert, a New Orleans native, has been documenting the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Amazing shot – Port Fourchon balloon map

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As oil spreads inland, U.S. ups pressure on BP
(CBS/AP) The Gulf of Mexico oil spill seeped miles deeper into Louisiana’s fragile marshes, making it tougher to clean up or to rescue wildlife like the brown pelican, as the federal government questioned whether BP will be able plug its blown-out well on the seabed.
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Gulf oil spill spreads west toward Texas
ROBERT (Louisiana) (May 10, 2010): BP Plc engineers desperately explored options on Sunday to control oil gushing from a ruptured well deep under the Gulf of Mexico after a setback with a huge undersea containment dome fueled fears of a prolonged and growing environmental disaster.

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U.S. Gulf slick spreads west, BP tries another cover
ROBERT, Louisiana (Reuters) – BP Plc said on Monday it will make another attempt at containing oil gushing deep in the Gulf of Mexico, this time with a much smaller funnel than it tried before, as a massive slick threatened Louisiana shores west of the Mississippi Delta.

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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-05-11 00:38 WRAPUP 7-BP tries a new US Gulf spill fix, as slick spreads
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