Oil Well

Brooklyn Filmmaker's Boomtown Strikes it Rich

Dan Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Parshall Oil Boom, Boomtown Planet Green, Boomtown Parshall, N.D., Rachel Libert, Boonmtown, Oil Drilling, Oil Well, New York News

Brooklyn filmmaker Rachel Libert's TV documentary marvelously captures the bust-to-boom transformation of a tiny North Dakota town where oil is discovered.

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Oil And Gas Companies Applying For Water Rights In Southwest Colorado

Durango Herald | Joe Hanel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado Law, Gas Well, Brine Water, Natural Gas Drilling, Oil Well, Water Rights, Southwest Colorado, San Juan Basin, Energy Debates, Denver News

Hundreds of water-rights owners in Southwest Colorado had a surprise in their mailboxes early this year - a lengthy application for water rights by th...

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FBI Present As Key Piece Of Oil Spill Evidence Pulled From Gulf

AP | HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nasa, Bp, Oil Spill, Blowout Preventer, Deepwater Horizon, Fbi, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Oil Spill, Transocean, Oil Well, Green News

ON THE GULF OF MEXICO — A crane hoisted a key piece of oil spill evidence to the surface of the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, giving investigators...

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Obama Oil Spill Failure: How The President Failed To Crack Down On MMS, BP

Rolling Stone Politics | Tim Dickinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Gulf Coast, Oil Plumes, Moratoruium, Obama, Gulf Oil Spill, Oil Well, Offshore Drilling, Ken Salazar, Alabama, White House, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oil Spill, Florida, Thad Allen, Federal Response, Mms, Wildlife, Green News

On May 27th, more than a month into the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history, Barack Obama strode to the podium in the East Room of the White ...

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Obama On Oil Spill: U.S. Will 'Bounce Back'

AP | By TOM RAUM | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Gulf Coast, BP Oil Spill, Economy, Obama, Gulf Oil Spill, Oil Well, Cost, Louisiana, White House, Barack Obama, Environmental Damage, Oil Spill, Fishing, Thad Allen, Gulf of Mexico, Green News

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama sought to reassure Americans on Monday that the Gulf Coast would "bounce back" from the worst oil spill in t...

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Nuclear Option For Plugging Oil Well Gains Support, But U.S. Not On Board

New York Times | William J. Broad | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nuclear Option, BP Oil Spill, Ban, Oil Spill, Los Alamos, Gulf Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Well, Nuclear Bomb, Nukes, Soviet Union, Home News

The chatter began weeks ago as armchair engineers brainstormed for ways to stop the torrent of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico: What about nuking...

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Gulf Awash In 27,000 Abandoned Oil And Gas Wells

AP | JEFF DONN and MITCH WEISS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gas Wells, BP Oil Spill, Oil Spill, Abandoned Well, Green News, Oil, Oil Wells, Gulf Oil Spill, Oil Well, Abandoned Wells, Natural Gas, Green News

Leading environmental groups and a U.S. senator on Wednesday called on the government to pay closer attention to more than 27,000 abandoned oil and ga...

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BP Caps One Of Three Leaks At Gulf Well, Though It Will Not Stop Oil Flow

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, BP Oil Leaks, Oil Spill Gulf of Mexico 2010, Deepwater Horizon, Oil Flow, Oil Leak Shut Off, Deepwater Oil Well, Gulf Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Well, Green News

NEW ORLEANS -- The Coast Guard says BP PLC has managed to cap one of three leaks at a deepwater oil well, but the work is not expected to reduce the o...

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Reading the Pictures: Crude Comparison

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Persian Gulf, Louisiana Gulf Oil Spill, Oil Slick, Oil Spill, Oil Well, Gulf Oil Spill 2010, Green News

While the Gulf is in flames, the Germans are putting up elegant-looking offshore windmills in the North Sea this week.

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BP Oil Spill Cleanup Could Face Complications From Tropical Storm Alex, Weather

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Spill Response, Hurricane Katrina, Barataria Bay, Tropical Storm Alex, Weather, Gulf Oil Spill, Oil Well, Hurricane, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oil Spill Cleanup, Deepwater Horizon, Wetlands, Florida, Alex, Gulf of Mexico, Green News

NEW ORLEANS (AP)-- The logistics of containing the oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico are mind-boggling even in ideal conditions. Add a tropical stor...

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Deep Horizon Oil Well Gushing 42,000 Gallons Into Gulf Of Mexico Per Day

AP | By CAIN BURDEAU | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Animals, Coast Guard, Oil Well, Offshore Drilling, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oil Spill, Beaches, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Oil Spill, Oil Spill Gulf of Mexico 2010, Deep Horizon, Green News

NEW ORLEANS (AP)-- Coast Guard crews raced to protect the Gulf of Mexico coastline Monday as a remote sub tried to shut off an underwater oil well tha...

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BP Oil Spill: Containment Cap To Be Replaced Next Month

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cap, Bp, White House, Cut and Cap, Plug, Gulf Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Well, Green News

NEW ORLEANS (AP)- As officials reported a gradual increase in the amount of oil being captured from a spewing wellhead at the bottom of the Gulf of Me...

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BP Director On The Defensive: 'Cutting Corners' Is Not The Way We Do Business (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dudley Cut Corners, Bob Dudley, Oil Leak, Cp Corners, Corners Cut, Oil Well, Well Control, Bp Obama, Dudley Bp. Bp Oil Leak, Video, Politics News

BP Managing Director Bob Dudley insisted on Sunday that his company did not "cut-corners" in its operations in the Gulf, despite increasingly clear in...

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U.S. Considering Criminal Case Against BP

LA Times | Richard A. Serrano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, White House, Doj, Size, Estimates, British Petroleum, Feds, Gulf Oil Spill, Oil Well, Lawsuit, Cleanup, Louisiana, Oil Spill, Criminal Charges, Leak, Tony West, Gulf of Mexico, Green News

A team of top federal prosecutors and investigators has taken the first steps toward a formal criminal investigation into oil giant BP's actions befor...

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Reading The Pictures: A Crude Salute

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Flag Pin, John McCain, Melanoma, Cindy McCain, Drilling, Campaign, NAVY Hat, News, Oil Well, USMC Pin, Oil Derrick, McCain Oil, Media News

Conservatives obviously don't get the irony of having their presidential nominee and wife billboarding militarism while standing next to an oil derrick.

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