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Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Talos Says Its Assets Are Not the Source of Large Oil Slick Off Port Fourchon
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Talos Says Its Assets Are Not the Source of Large Oil Slick Off Port Fourchon

Houston-based Talos Energy has again stated that its assets were not the source of an oil release in Bay Marchand Block 5, off the coast of Port Fourchon,

September 8, 2021
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Oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana, in Grand Isle, Louisiana, U.S. August 31, 2021.
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Stronger Storms Test Aging U.S. Offshore Oil Facilities

By Marianna Parraga HOUSTON (Reuters)- Stronger hurricanes threatening the U.S. Gulf Coast energy hub are elevating the risks of oil spills from damage to area

September 8, 2021
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Monday, September 6, 2021
A Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane crew conducts an overflight assessment Sept. 5, 2021 of the Bay Marchand approximately 2 miles south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana. The crew witnessed an 11-mile rainbow sheen that the Coast Guard is actively monitoring.
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Coast Guard Responds To Multiple Oil Spills Along Southeast Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS — As part of the ongoing Hurricane Ida response, the Coast Guard conducted overflights Sunday that focused on two locations previously identified

September 6, 2021
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Oil Leaking Into In U.S. Gulf Of Mexico Has Slowed
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Oil Leaking Into In U.S. Gulf Of Mexico Has Slowed

HOUSTON, Sept 5 (Reuters) — U.S. offshore oil producer Talos Energy said on Sunday that the rate of oil flowing from a spill of unknown origin

September 6, 2021
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Sunday, September 5, 2021
Oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana, in Grand Isle, Louisiana, U.S. August 31, 2021.
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Miles-Long Gulf Oil Spill Investigated by Coast Guard

By Ari Natter (Bloomberg) –Federal authorities are responding to a 14-mile long oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico discovered in the aftermath of

September 5, 2021
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Friday, October 20, 2017
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Long-Time BP Chairman Svanberg to Retire

By Amanda Jordan (Bloomberg) — BP Plc said Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg will retire after overseeing the London-based oil giant through some of the most

October 20, 2017
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Friday, March 11, 2016
BP Won’t Face Moratorium Claims Over Oil Spill, Judge Says
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BP Won’t Face Moratorium Claims Over Oil Spill, Judge Says

By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Laurel Brubaker Calkins (Bloomberg) — BP Plc won total dismissal of claims by energy and oilfield service companies for

March 11, 2016
Total Views: 43

Thursday, July 2, 2015
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BP Settlement Leaves Oil Major Open to Growth… Or Takeover

BP's $18.7 billion settlement over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill draws a line under years of uncertainty to allow it to focus once again on growth but could

July 2, 2015
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BP Pays Record $18.7 Billion to Settle Gulf Oil Spill Claims
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BP Pays Record $18.7 Billion to Settle Gulf Oil Spill Claims

BP Plc will pay a record $18.7 billion to resolve claims by the U.S. and five states along the Gulf of Mexico related to the 2010 oil

July 2, 2015
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Thursday, June 18, 2015
NASA Tests New Oil Spill Detection Equipment During Live Drill Off Norway
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NASA Tests New Oil Spill Detection Equipment During Live Drill Off Norway

  Scientists from NASA joined in on Norway’s annual oil spill cleanup exercise in the North Sea this year to test out some new oil detection

June 18, 2015
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Sunday, June 7, 2015
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Ex-BP Executive Acquitted of Lying About Size of 2010 Gulf Oil Spill

The highest-ranking BP Plc executive charged in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill was found not guilty of lying to investigators in a blow to prosecutors as

June 7, 2015
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015
BP Witness Calls Spill Response ‘Extraordinary’ at Fines Trial
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BP Witness Calls Spill Response ‘Extraordinary’ at Fines Trial

By Daniel Lawton and Margaret Cronin Fisk (Bloomberg) — BP Plc “conducted an extraordinarily effective response” to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill,

January 27, 2015
Total Views: 20

Friday, October 3, 2014
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BP Seeks Review of ‘Gross Negligence’ Ruling

By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Laurel Brubaker Calkins Oct. 3 (Bloomberg) — BP Plc asked the U.S. judge in charge of thousands of oil-spill damage lawsuits

October 3, 2014
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Tuesday, September 16, 2014
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BP Seeks Access to $750 Million Transocean Spill Insurance

BP Plc, which has paid more than $28 billion for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, seeks to get $750 million of that back by convincing a Texas court that a

September 16, 2014
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Thursday, September 4, 2014
BP Found Grossly Negligent In 2010 Gulf Oil Spill
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BP Found Grossly Negligent In 2010 Gulf Oil Spill

BP Plc acted with gross negligence in setting off the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, a federal judge ruled, handing down a long-awaited decision

September 4, 2014
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Friday, March 21, 2014
BP Partner Anadarko E-Mails Seen Showing Role in Doomed Well
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BP Partner Anadarko E-Mails Seen Showing Role in Doomed Well

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. officials urged BP Plc to drill deeper into the Gulf of Mexico well that caused the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history even

March 21, 2014
Total Views: 172

Friday, March 14, 2014
BP Can Again Compete for U.S. Leases and Contracts After Spill
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BP Can Again Compete for U.S. Leases and Contracts After Spill

BP Plc won the right to again compete for U.S. contracts and new leases in the Gulf of Mexico, where its massive 2010 oil spill prompted regulators to bar it

March 14, 2014
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013
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Offshore

Ex-BP Engineer Found Guilty for Destroying Gulf Spill Evidence

A former BP Plc senior engineer was found guilty of destroying evidence sought by the U.S. in a probe of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico well explosion and oil

December 18, 2013
Total Views: 29

Monday, October 7, 2013
BP’s Macondo Well Dumped 4.2 Million Barrels Into Gulf, U.S. Says
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BP’s Macondo Well Dumped 4.2 Million Barrels Into Gulf, U.S. Says

BP Plc’s doomed Macondo well dumped 4.2 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, a lawyer for the U.S. told a judge who is assessing the

October 7, 2013
Total Views: 46

Thursday, October 3, 2013
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BP’s Well Control Exec Says He Was Unprepared For U.S. Gulf Blowout

By Kathy Finn NEW ORLEANS, Oct 2 (Reuters) – BP’s manager in charge of controlling the Macondo blowout in 2010 was never trained to permanently

October 3, 2013
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