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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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