Reuters Gulf of Mexico oil spill's lessons learnedMarketWatchTOKYO (MarketWatch) — It's been about two weeks now since a fatal explosion and fire sank an oil rig in mile-deep waters off the coast of Louisiana, but it may take years to sort out the consequences that this chain of …BP: Started To Lower Oil Spill Containment [...]
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Huge containment chamber expected atop Gulf leak – Reuters
May 7th, 2010 
The Guardian Huge containment chamber expected atop Gulf leakReutersVENICE, Louisiana (Reuters) – BP Plc engineers were expected to lower a massive metal containment chamber onto a ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday in an effort to stem the widening slick. If all goes as planned, the four-story-tall …Containment dome lowered at [...]
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No Comments »AP: Giant box lowered in Gulf to battle oil spill
May 6th, 2010 ON THE GULF OF MEXICO (AP) — A 100-ton containment box is being lowered into the Gulf of Mexico in an unprecedented attempt to divert oil spewing from a well at the bottom of the sea…. View full post on AP Top Headlines At 11:28 p.m. EDT
Gulf of Mexico oil spill: Dome coming in place, latest … – Meri News
May 6th, 2010 BP, THE military and other volunteers are working fast to shut down the huge leakage that is spreading the Oil spill in Gulf of Mexico at an alarming rate. The main impetus is to stop the oil slick from reaching the tourist beaches, wildlife refuge … View full post on latest news – Bing News
Gulf of Mexico oil spill: Dome coming in place, latest … – Meri News
May 6th, 2010 BP, THE military and other volunteers are working fast to shut down the huge leakage that is spreading the Oil spill in Gulf of Mexico at an alarming rate. The main impetus is to stop the oil slick from reaching the tourist beaches, wildlife refuge … View full post on latest news – Bing News
Expedition to contain oil leak begins in Gulf
May 6th, 2010 ON THE GULF OF MEXICO (AP) — A 100-ton concrete-and-steel contraption designed to siphon off the oil fouling the Gulf of Mexico was being hauled to the spot in the sea where a blown-out well is spewing hundreds of thousands of gallons of petroleum a day…. View full post on AP Top Headlines At 5:08 [...]
AP IMPACT: Rule change helped BP on Gulf project
May 6th, 2010 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A rule change two years ago by the federal agency that regulates offshore oil rigs allowed BP to avoid filing a plan specifically for handling a major spill from an uncontrolled blowout at its Deepwater Horizon project – exactly the kind of disaster now unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico…. View [...]
