Telegraph.co.uk New Orleans Port Says 'Closely Monitoring' Oil SpillBusinessWeekApril 29 (Bloomberg) — The Port of New Orleans, handling as many as 2000 vessels a year, said it's “closely monitoring” the BP Plc oil spill for potential risks to shipping along the Mississippi River. The main deepwater channel …Leaking oil threatens Gulf Coast delicacyThe Associated PressLeaking [...]
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New Orleans Port Says ‘Closely Monitoring’ Oil Spill – BusinessWeek
April 29th, 2010 
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No Comments »Coast Guard Will Try Burning Oil Spill as It Nears Land – New York Times
April 28th, 2010 Times Online Coast Guard Will Try Burning Oil Spill as It Nears LandNew York TimesNEW ORLEANS — Crews struggling to contain the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will light some of the petroleum on fire at 11 am Central time in an attempt to burn it off before it reaches shore. …Coast Guard [...]
Coast Guard considers lighting oil spill on fire
April 28th, 2010 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Efforts to close a well spewing oil in the Gulf of Mexico are failing so the Coast Guard is considering lighting the mess on fire…. View full post on AP Top Headlines At 3:21 a.m. EDT
Area of Oil Spill Expanding in Gulf – New York Times
April 26th, 2010 The Hindu Area of Oil Spill Expanding in GulfNew York TimesGerald Herbert/AP By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON and LESLIE KAUFMAN NEW ORLEANS — Coast Guard officials said Monday afternoon that the oil spill near Louisiana was now covering an area in the Gulf of Mexico of 48 miles by 39 miles at its widest points, …Rig evacuated [...]
Burning oil rig sinks, setting stage for big spill
April 22nd, 2010 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A deepwater oil platform that burned for more than a day after a massive explosion sank into the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, creating the potential for a major spill as it underscored the slim chances that the 11 workers still missing survived…. View full post on AP Top Headlines At [...]
