BP Must Cover Some Halliburton Gulf Spill Costs, Judge Says – BusinessWeek

ForbesBP Must Cover Some Halliburton Gulf Spill Costs, Judge SaysBusinessWeek31 (Bloomberg) — BP Plc must cover some of any direct damage claims awarded against Halliburton Co. for the $40 billion in cleanup costs and economic losses caused by the 201…

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Deadline for BP Oil Spill Settlment Approaches – Sacramento Bee

The GuardianDeadline for BP Oil Spill Settlment ApproachesSacramento Bee31, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — A settlement between BP and the US Department of Justice is near for all civil and criminal charges related to the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explos…

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Alarm As KenGen Oil Spills Into Indian Ocean – AllAfrica.com

Africa ReviewAlarm As KenGen Oil Spills Into Indian OceanAllAfrica.comBy Brian Otieno, 31 January 2012 Hundreds of litres of oil spilled into the Indian Ocean on Sunday morning. Fishermen near the Mombasa port said yesterday that the oil, belonging to …

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Danny Westneat: 2 ounces of oil create ton of trouble – The Seattle Times

The Seattle TimesDanny Westneat: 2 ounces of oil create ton of troubleThe Seattle Times(January 31, 2012, by swandawg) MORE Geez, I wonder what the fine for oil dumping would be if someone dropped a piece of… (January 31, 2012, by Sgt. Hartman) MORE …

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Spill Cleanup? Just a Cost of Doing Business? – Huffington Post (blog)

Juice (blog)Spill Cleanup? Just a Cost of Doing Business?Huffington Post (blog)Here's a new item to add to the long list of expenses that are putting our country into deficit spending: cleaning up oil spills. While we keep hearing that companies li…

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Soybean oil spill closes 2 lanes on I-275 West – WCPO

WCPOSoybean oil spill closes 2 lanes on I-275 WestWCPOTwo right lanes on I-275 West are closed after a tanker truck spilled over 200 gallons of soybean oil in Hebron, Ky. Tuesday evening. The incident occurred around 5:00 pm at the Hebron Exit. Police …

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Gulf of Mexico oil spill claim by wife of former New Orleans police officer … – NOLA.com

NOLA.comGulf of Mexico oil spill claim by wife of former New Orleans police officer …NOLA.comPeople and businesses affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill were able to receive funds after filing paperwork showing their financial losses from disas…

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Holly Energy Has Leak From Six-Inch Oil Pipeline in Texas – Bloomberg

Upstream OnlineHolly Energy Has Leak From Six-Inch Oil Pipeline in TexasBloombergHolly Energy Partners (HEP) said it's cleaning an oil spill from a six-inch pipeline that gathers crude from wells in the Permian Basin in Texas. The line is part of a…

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Halliburton wins ruling vs BP over Gulf oil spill – Reuters

AFPHalliburton wins ruling vs BP over Gulf oil spillReutersBy Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday said Halliburton Co is not liable for some pollution claims arising from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, setting back BP Plc's …

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Brazil’s Petrobras reports another oil spill – PhysOrg.com

PhysOrg.comBrazil's Petrobras reports another oil spillPhysOrg.comBrazil's state-run energy giant Petrobras on Tuesday reported that 160 barrels of crude oil may have spilled from a deep-water well off Sao Paulo state but said the situation was…

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