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Gulf Drilling Halt Starts To Sting Companies

17.06.2010 - The moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico has begun to bite oilfield service companies, with market analysts now forecasting lower than expected spending on new...

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BP Starts Second Oil Collection System In Gulf

17.06.2010 - BP said it started a second system to siphon oil from its Gulf of Mexico leak on Wednesday, a day after the U.S. government massively raised its estimate of the flow rate from the...

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How Would Penalties Apply To The Gulf Oil Spill?

16.06.2010 - With the U.S. government doubling its estimate of oil coming out of the broken well on the sea floor of the Gulf of Mexico, companies linked to the spill, including BP, face...

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BP Faces Another Tough Week Despite Well Progress

07.06.2010 - BP faces another difficult week of tough questions from investors and U.S. lawmakers despite making progress in capturing an increasing amount of oil spewing from a ruptured Gulf...

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U.S. Has Launched Criminal Probe Into BP Spill

02.06.2010 - The U.S. government has launched a widely expected criminal and civil investigation into BP’s massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on...

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Few Seen Dodging Market Mauling Of Drilling Stocks

02.06.2010 - A market mauling of oil and gas drilling-exposed stocks due to the Gulf of Mexico's persistent leak and resulting deepwater drilling moratorium has left only a few safe bets to...

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Executives Trade Blame as Oil Gushes in U.S. Gulf

12.05.2010 - Executives from BP and other companies involved in a deadly Gulf of Mexico offshore oil well blowout blamed each other in Washington on Tuesday as troops and prison inmates rushed...

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Oil Executives Face U.S. Congress on Gulf Spill

11.05.2010 - Big oil goes under the spotlight on Tuesday when U.S. lawmakers grill top executives on a drilling rig explosion and oil spill that threatens an environmental catastrophe in the...