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Feds Won't Replace BP: Cleanup Point Man

Coast Guard admiral defends oil company's efforts

(Newser) - BP is "exhausting every technical means possible" in cleanup of the Gulf oil spill, and the federal government has no plans to take over the project from the oil company, the administration's chief contact for the disaster said this afternoon. Adm. Thad Allen didn't join the chorus of frustration...

Gulf Spill Gives Scientists Deja Vu

It's the 1979 Ixtoc spill all over again

(Newser) - The Deepwater Horizon rig wasn't the first to explode and spew oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists are looking back to a 1979 disaster that, they tell the Miami Herald , offers insight into the current disaster. “Everybody keeps saying the spill is unprecedented,” says one geologist. “...

Give BP a Final Chance, Then Obama Must Step In

President not only has authority, he's obligated

(Newser) - In the month-plus since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, BP has downplayed the amount of oil gushing into the Gulf, withheld information, and repeatedly failed to plug the well. The oil giant has one last shot with its "top kill," blogs Andrew Revkin for the New York ...

BP: 'Everyone Is Frustrated' With Spill Failures

Next fix attempt won't come until Wednesday

(Newser) - BP tried to mollify the outraged masses today, sending COO Doug Suttles onto all the major network morning talk shows to apologize for his company's failure to stop the oil flowing into the Gulf. “We are doing everything we can, everything I know,” he said on NBC, adding...

Obama Crew Flouts Own Drilling Ban
Obama Crew Flouts Own Drilling Ban
May 24, 2010 7:58 AM CDT

Obama Crew Flouts Own Drilling Ban

Waivers and permits still flowing, despite 'moratorium'

(Newser) - President Obama declared a moratorium on new oil drilling permits and environmental waivers two weeks ago, but his administration hasn't actually stopped giving out those permits and waivers. Since the May 14 declaration, it has granted at least seven drilling permits and five environmental waivers, the New York Times reports....

Frustrated Salazar: 'We'll Push BP Out of the Way'

Interior secretary talks tough during visit to oil company's HQ

(Newser) - As the Obama administration ramps up its response to the Gulf oil disaster, the interior secretary visited BP's Houston headquarters today and blasted the company for missing "deadline after deadline" in the cleanup effort. "There's no question BP is throwing everything at this problem," Ken Salazar acknowledged....

BP Concedes 5,000-Barrel Estimate Too Low
 BP Concedes 
 5,000-Barrel 
 Estimate Too Low 
new live feed released
May 20, 2010 2:58 PM CDT

BP Concedes 5,000-Barrel Estimate Too Low

That's how much it's currently cleaning up per day

(Newser) - BP says it's now scooping up 5,000 barrels a day of gushing oil, so we must be in the clear right? After all, that's been the company's daily estimate all along. Alas, "it was always made clear that this was a ballpark estimate," said a BP official....

Scientists Slam White House on Oil Spill Response
Scientists Slam White House on Oil Spill Response
HEAVY OIL HITS SHORE
May 20, 2010 7:45 AM CDT

Scientists Slam White House on Oil Spill Response

Meanwhile, heavy oil hitting Louisiana marshlands

(Newser) - With heavy oil at last washing ashore in Louisiana, scientists are slamming the Obama administration for responding to the Deepwater Horizon spill too slowly, and not investigating enough. “It seems baffling that we don't know how much oil is being spilled,” one oceanographer said on Capitol Hill yesterday....

BP Looks for Help, Turns to ... Kevin Costner?

Actor's company has an oil-sucking machine

(Newser) - It's Kevin Costner to the rescue in the Gulf: BP has agreed to test a contraption funded by the actor to suck oil out of the water. "It's like a big vaccum cleaner," said Costner's business partner in Ocean Therapy Solutions. Costner got interested in the subject around...

Oil Spill Brings US, Cuba Together
Oil Spill Brings US, Cuba Together
May 19, 2010 2:12 PM CDT

Oil Spill Brings US, Cuba Together

Good thing, writes analyst: Havana is looking for wells, too

(Newser) - As the oil spill spreads toward Florida and Cuba, the State Department has begun briefing Havana on efforts to control it. "We also communicated US desire to maintain a clear line of communication with the Cuban government on developments,” one official tells ABC . The rare talks between diplomatic...

Lawyers Mass for Assault on BP
 Lawyers Mass for Assault on BP 
May 17, 2010 1:22 AM CDT

Lawyers Mass for Assault on BP

Firms involved in spill will be in court for decades

(Newser) - The Deepwater Horizon rig was ablaze for less than 24 hours when the first lawsuit on behalf of a dead worker's widow was filed—marking the start of a flood of legal action that will match the gush of oil spilling into the Gulf, say experts. Damages are far reaching...

BP: The Tube Is In


 BP: The Tube Is In 
May 16, 2010 11:19 AM CDT

BP: The Tube Is In

Oil giant hopes to siphon large part of gushing oil

(Newser) - BP has successfully inserted a pipe into the blown-out Deepwater Horizon well, a source confirmed to the Wall Street Journal , raising hopes that a majority of the leak could be siphoned up to a ship on the surface. A BP spokesman declined comment.

Huge Oil Plumes Found Deep Under Water

It's more evidence that the spill is bigger than estimates

(Newser) - Scientists working in the Gulf of Mexico tell the New York Times they're seeing a "shocking amount of oil" deep under the surface. They've located several huge plumes, the largest of which is 10 miles long and 3 miles wide, lending more weight to the speculation that the spill...

White House Wants BP to Promise It'll Pay

Even if costs exceed $75 million cap

(Newser) - The White House's latest message to BP is a simple one: Talk is cheap, so you better pay up in the Gulf. Company officials have said a few times publicly that they were willing to cover all costs related to the cleanup, even if they exceed the $75 million liability...

Much of Spilled Oil Already Gone

Around 35% probably evaporated, model suggests

(Newser) - The Deepwater Horizon disaster has led to the release of million of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, but figuring out where it all is has proven kind of hard. Roughly 4.6 million gallons seem to have pooled into a shape-shifting blob off the coast of Louisiana,...

Obama Slams Oil Spill Blame Game as 'Ridiculous Spectacle'

President has tough talk about the Gulf spill

(Newser) - President Obama ripped into the companies involved in the Gulf oil spill today, deriding their finger-pointing before Congress as a "ridiculous spectacle." He also promised to end a cozy relationship that has existed between federal regulators and companies drilling offshore for oil and gas.

Congress Wants Answers on Low Oil Leak Estimates

Experts say it's much higher than 5,000 barrels per day

(Newser) - News that way more oil than previously reported seems to be gushing out of the burst well in the Gulf of Mexico has caught the attention of Congress. Edward Markey, who chairs a House subcommittee on energy, says he'll ask BP and federal agencies to explain their estimates, reports CNN...

Spill Up to 5 Times Bigger Than Gov't Says: Scientists

And they reject BP claim that leak can't be measured

(Newser) - Two weeks ago, government experts estimated that 5,000 barrels of oil a day were leaking into the Gulf of Mexico. That figure—5 times BP's initial estimate—was calculated hastily by government agencies using the wrong method, scientists charge. Some experts, especially after a video of the leak was...

BP Releases Oil Gusher Video

First images show oil, gas spewing into sea

(Newser) - BP has yielded to pressure from the Coast Guard and the media and released a disheartening video of oil and natural gas spewing into the sea from its busted Deepwater Horizon well. The company says it is only releasing the video now because it wasn't asked to earlier, although ABC...

Oil Execs' Refrain: Don't Blame Me, Blame Him
Oil Execs' Refrain: Don't Blame Me, Blame Him
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May 11, 2010 3:50 PM CDT

Oil Execs' Refrain: Don't Blame Me, Blame Him

BP, Transocean, Halliburton CEOs testify in DC

(Newser) - As expected , the leaders of the oil and oil service companies involved with the Gulf oil spill attempted to shift blame onto one another at a Senate hearing today. Executives from BP, Transocean, and Halliburton each blamed the other companies' work for the blowout, the Washington Post reports. BP's...

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