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BP’s Oil Spill Report Mostly Blames Non-BP Companies [Spin]

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

BP has released its internal investigative report on the Deepwater Horizon explosion, and — spoiler! — it “deflects attention away from BP,” pinning more responsibility on Transocean and Halliburton. Maybe that’s true? Or maybe it’s just standard corporate PR. More

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Six-Month Deep Water Drilling Moratorium Having Little Adverse Impact On Jobs, Rig Siting

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

” Tugs slowly move the Noble Frontier Driller into port at Signal International’s east shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., on Saturday. At right is the Transocean Marianas. ” Image credit: Times Picayune , Rusty Costanza. Remember all those dire predictions that the Federally imposed, deep-water drilling moratorium (for just 6 months) would crash the economies of Louisiana and Mississippi, for example? Initial data indicate no such thing is happening. As per a well-prepared sto… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Deepwater Horizon rig location

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

In this undated file photo released by Transocean, the ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig Deepwater Horizon is shown operating in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Authorities were searching for missing workers early Wednesday April 21, 2010 who evacuated after an explosion at the oil drilling platform off the coast of Louisiana. The explosion happened around 10 p.m. Tuesday, 52 miles southeast of Venice, La., while 126 workers were aboard the platform, Coast Guard Senior Chief Petty Officer Mike O#39;

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