BP is expected on Wednesday to release findings of an internal investigation into the Gulf oil disaster, the oil giant said.
Also tagged expected-on-wednesday, giant-said-, internal-investigation, into-the, into-the-gulf, oil-disaster, release-findings, the-oil, wednesdayBP began operations to remove its failed blowout preventer from atop its well deep below the Gulf of Mexico, the company said Friday.
Also tagged atop-its, began-operations, below-the, below-the-gulf, failed-blowout, friday, mexico, preventer-from, remove-its, well-deepA fire on a well connected to an oil and gas production platform in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday is out and there is no indication of an oil sheen, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
Also tagged a-well-connected, coast-guard, gas-production, guard, mexico, mexico-on-thursday, oil-and, oil-sheen, out-and, thursday, well-connectedThad Allen, the government’s point man on the oil disaster, said crews are expected to begin efforts Thursday to remove the blowout preventer on BP’s ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico.
Also tagged allen, begin-efforts, blowout, government, point-man, remove-the, remove-the-blowout, ruptured-well, said-crews, the-government, the-oil, thursdayThree weeks after BP plugged its crippled Macondo oil well in the Gulf of Mexico with cement and mud from above, crews are “fishing” for pieces of drill pipe that need to be removed from inside the well’s blowout preventer before crews can move on to the “bottom kill” — the permanent fix for the well.
Also tagged bottom-kill, crews-are, for-pieces, inside-the, inside-the-well, mexico, oil-well, plugged-its, weeks-afterU.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu will hold a late-morning hearing Thursday about the lessons learned and the progress made in the five years since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and large sections of the Gulf coast.
Also tagged and-large, and-the, five, landrieu, lessons, lessons-learned, progress, the-five, thursday, will-hold, years-sinceFederal and state experts have declared Mississippi oysters safe to eat after the oil spill that gushed for months in the Gulf of Mexico.
Also tagged after-the-oil, and-state, eat-after, experts-have, gushed-for, mexico, mississippi, oysters-safe, the-oilA new study finds oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico from a ruptured BP well degraded at a rate that was “much faster than anticipated” thanks to the interaction of microbes with the oil particles.
Also tagged finds-oil, interaction, mexico, new-study-, spilled-into, the-interaction, well-degraded, with-the-oilThe Gulf Coast Claims Facility begins accepting personal and business claims from those affected by the Gulf oil disaster, starting Monday.
Also tagged begins-accepting, business-claims, coast, coast-claims, facility, monday, oil-disaster, personal-andThe man poised to take control of personal and business claims from those affected by the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster said Sunday he plans to be more generous than any court would be in determining payments.
Also tagged business-claims, man-poised, mexico, more-generous, oil-disaster, personal-and, sunday, take-control