Gulf Of Mexico
10 most important world events of 2010
March 10, 2011Most important world events of 2010 1. WikiLeaks An online publisher of anonymous, covert, and classified material, leaks to the public. In April 2010, WikiLeaks published gunsight footage from the 12 July 2007 Baghdad airstrike in which Iraqi civilians...
British Media Report BP's embattled boss to leave post doon
July 26, 2010According to a number of British media outlets, the embattled chief executive officer of BP is expected to leave the oil giant as early as this week . Citing unidentified sources, British media like the BBC and the Sunday Telegraph newspaper are reporting...
Oil spill cleanup costs surpass 3 billion as oil spreads
July 06, 2010Ten weeks after the explosion at a BP oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, the company is reporting the cost of the response has surpassed $3 billion - and the oil continues to spread. The U.S. Coast Guard reported on Monday that tar balls have been found...
Coast guard patrols Florida waters for oil
July 06, 2010The U.S. state of Florida has 1300 kilometers of beaches, all of which officials fear are at risk from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Our correspondent reports that military and wildlife officials are being deployed across the state, scouring for signs...
Obama urges Congress to enact new climate law
June 14, 2010The environmental and economic disasters caused by the continuing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may be fueling efforts in the U.S. Congress to finish work on a stalled energy and climate change bill. Though the House of Representatives passed its version...
Oil leak containment progressing
June 10, 2010The Obama administration says the containment cap on the leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well is now capturing 15,000 barrels of crude a day. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, who leads the federal response to the spill, told reporters Wednesday that while...
Obama to meet oil spill victims' families
June 10, 2010U.S. President Barack Obama will meet Thursday with relatives of the 11 people killed in the oil rig explosion off the Louisiana coast that caused a massive oil leak. The White House says the president will offer his condolences to the family members...
More oil captured from spill in Gulf of Mexico
June 09, 2010The Obama administration says the effort to contain the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is making progress, with more oil captured each day. But oil continues to escape from the leaking well, and clean up will take years, and no one really knows...
BP: New effort to contain oil spill underway
June 04, 2010The top executive of oil giant BP says his company should know by Friday if the latest effort to stop the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is successful. BP chief executive Tony Hayward said cutting away the top of the broken well riser Thursday was the...
President Obama promises changes to prevent future oil spills
June 03, 2010U.S. President Barack Obama says he will bring to justice those responsible for the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Meanwhile, the price of BP shares dropped sharply in early trading on Tuesday. The president is promising to change laws and procedures...