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19 Apr 2011 His first book, Song for the Blue Ocean, was chosen as a New York Times Notable His book about the oil blowout in the Gulf of Mexico is A Sea in Flames (Crown Publishers, 2011). BP had a federally approved Gulf of Mexico spill response plan that Available: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10316852. 30 Apr 2010 Map of the oil spill in the Gulf, (interactive map from New York Times) For background, this BBC News article written last year, on the 20th 10 May 2010 It could be ready to deploy on Tuesday or Wednesday [BBC News]. Previous posts on the BP oil spill: 80beats: 5 Offshore Oil Hotspots 20 Apr 2011 From BBCNews. Scientists have warned that it is too soon to attempt to offer a considered assessment on what impact the Deepwater Horizon 12 Feb 2020 The BP Oil Spill in April 2010 released more than 4.9 million barrels of BP's financial performance, and its stock price, as news continued to
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has been described as the worst in the journal BioScience, researchers from the University of New Hampshire reported that the spill threatened 39 marine species in BBC News.
10 May 2010 It could be ready to deploy on Tuesday or Wednesday [BBC News]. Previous posts on the BP oil spill: 80beats: 5 Offshore Oil Hotspots 20 Apr 2011 From BBCNews. Scientists have warned that it is too soon to attempt to offer a considered assessment on what impact the Deepwater Horizon 12 Feb 2020 The BP Oil Spill in April 2010 released more than 4.9 million barrels of BP's financial performance, and its stock price, as news continued to In the BP Oil Spill, more than 200 million gallons of crude oil was pumped into the Gulf of Mexico for a "New Estimate Puts Gulf Oil Leak at 205 Million Gallons. Q&A: Scale of BP oil spill . Estimates of the amount of oil escaping from BP's damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico have gone from 1,000 barrels a day to as much as 60,000 barrels - why? Timeline
In the BP Oil Spill, more than 200 million gallons of crude oil was pumped into the Gulf of Mexico for a "New Estimate Puts Gulf Oil Leak at 205 Million Gallons.
Andrew Gowers, from BP, said the oil firm had launched the "largest maritime mop-up operation ever mounted, by far". He told the BBC they had a flotilla of 76 boats trying to contain the spill, as BBC News Updated every minute of every day. One-Minute World News News Front Page. Africa. Oil giant BP operated the Deepwater Horizon rig. Its chief operating officer of exploration and production, Doug Suttles, welcomed the US military's offer of help. The scale of the operation to contain the oil spill and protect both the US
Andy Gallacher, BBC News, Venice, Louisiana The newly-discovered leak and the news that up to five times as much oil is now leaking from the sunken rig have given a new sense of urgency to the
In 2012, BP agreed to make payments to those who suffered economic losses as a result of the disaster aboard the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. The explosion killed 11 workers and spilled an estimated four million barrels of oil into the gulf, making it the worst offshore oil spill in US history. Since the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico began there have been harrowing images of birds coated in oil and dead dolphins, but just what do we know about the scale of the environmental damage done? BP asked the Supreme Court to consider whether people and businesses seeking payments under the settlement included individuals who had not actually suffered any injury as a result of the oil spill. BP says it is setting aside $32.2bn (£20.8bn) to cover the oil spill clean-up costs, as it posts record losses of $17bn. US President Barack Obama has strongly criticised BP's chief executive Tony Hayward over the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. In an interview with NBC, Mr Obama was asked about comments Mr Hayward made in the wake of the disaster, such as "I want my life back" and the Gulf is "a big ocean".
Under the US Clean Water Act, a ruling of negligence would have meant BP was liable to pay $1,100 per barrel of oil spilled; gross negligence increases the penalty to $4,300 per barrel.
US President Barack Obama has strongly criticised BP's chief executive Tony Hayward over the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. In an interview with NBC, Mr Obama was asked about comments Mr Hayward made in the wake of the disaster, such as "I want my life back" and the Gulf is "a big ocean". BBC News: "The road ahead is a bumpy one for BP. Have they mishandled their PR?" Justin McKeown, Grayling: "A lot of the coverage and comment has been highly emotional. They need to stick to the Andrew Gowers, from BP, said the oil firm had launched the "largest maritime mop-up operation ever mounted, by far". He told the BBC they had a flotilla of 76 boats trying to contain the spill, as
US President Barack Obama has strongly criticised BP's chief executive Tony Hayward over the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. In an interview with NBC, Mr Obama was asked about comments Mr Hayward made in the wake of the disaster, such as "I want my life back" and the Gulf is "a big ocean". BBC News: "The road ahead is a bumpy one for BP. Have they mishandled their PR?" Justin McKeown, Grayling: "A lot of the coverage and comment has been highly emotional. They need to stick to the