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BP Oil-Spill Settlement Includes Billions for Gulf Projects
2015-10-07 22:29:44| ENR.com: Headline News
Oil company's agreement with federal and state agencies would provide at least $6 billion for environmental restoration projects over 15 years.
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Australia Continues Oil-Spill Search Near Great Barrier Reef
2015-07-19 03:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Maritime authorities will continue searching an area near Australias Great Barrier Reef where patches of oily water have been detected, after an aircraft Saturday failed to locate any material trace of oil. Shoreline searches are being conducted and a helicopter will fly over the area south of Townsville looking for a possible spill, Queenslands Department of Transport and Main Roads said Saturday in an e-mailed statement. While samples of the sheen have been taken for analysis, no on-water...
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Arkansas Plaintiffs Want Order Dismissing Exxon Oil-Spill Lawsuit Vacated
2015-04-17 20:44:37| Chemicals - Topix.net
Plaintiffs are urging a federal judge in Little Rock, Ark., to vacate his order dismissing a class-action lawsuit against Exxon Mobil, claiming the oil giant suppressed evidence in the case. The lawsuit, filed over a 2013 oil spill in a Mayflower subdivision, was dismissed last month by the judge.
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VIMS Develops Underwater Robot To Assist In Oil-Spill Cleanup
2015-03-19 04:21:16| oilandgasonline Home Page
One big challenge facing cleanup crews during an offshore oil spill—such as 2010’s Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico—is determining just how much oil is involved. Researchers at William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science have now developed a remotely operated underwater vehicle to someday assist in this key aspect of the oil-spill response.
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VIMS Develops Underwater Robot To Assist In Oil-Spill Cleanup
2015-03-19 04:21:16| pollutiononline Home Page
One big challenge facing cleanup crews during an offshore oil spill—such as 2010’s Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico—is determining just how much oil is involved. Researchers at William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science have now developed a remotely operated underwater vehicle to someday assist in this key aspect of the oil-spill response.
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