The Obama administration announced Wednesday that it is suing oil giant BP and eight other companies involved in the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this year. Announcement of the civil suit was made at the... (Continue reading)
The U.S. lifted a ban on deepwater drilling, introduced after the accident in the Gulf of Mexico, informs Associated Press. As announced on Tuesday, October 12, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the United States Ken Salazar decision... (Continue reading)
U.S. Coast Guard has denied reports that exploded near an oil platform Mariner Energy oil slick appeared. On. Earlier, news agencies disseminated information on the oil slick length of about 1.6 km and a width of 30 meters, which presumably appeared... (Continue reading)
A huge oil slick, which was formed in the Gulf of Mexico, reached the U.S. state of Louisiana According to the Governor of Louisiana, Robert Jindalee, slick reached the uninhabited islands Shandelyur – the easternmost point of the state. This information was... (Continue reading)
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has abandoned plans for drilling new wells on the continental shelf, according to Associated Press. By this decision, the governor came after he saw a television report on the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico... (Continue reading)