BP still wants payment from Halliburton for oil spill
GULF OF MEXICO — BP is reiterating claims first made last April that it is entitled to payment from contractor Halliburton Energy Services for expenses and lost profits resulting from the 2010...
View ArticleSenate OKs states receiving oil spill funds; Feinberg tenure as administrator...
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — The Senate has approved using the bulk of water pollution fines stemming from the 2010 Gulf oil spill to pay for restoration in five Gulf states. The BP oil company could be...
View ArticleStudy: Oil spill’s impact could take years to become apparent
GULF OF MEXICO — New research by an Auburn University professor and other scientists suggests that the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill could have significant impacts on microscopic life that might not...
View ArticleResearchers: Oil sheen coming from Deepwater Horizon wreckage
GULF OF MEXICO — A team of researchers has concluded that pockets of oil trapped in the wreckage of the sunken Deepwater Horizon are the likely source of oil sheens that have been spotted in the Gulf...
View ArticleCity hopes to land grant to clean up contaminated site
GAUTIER — Petroleum contaminated sites would be prime candidates for a revitalization program if Gautier city officials are successful in obtaining a $400,000 brownfield’s grant from the U.S....
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