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Where's the Oil Spill?

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Jane Van Ryan
Posted July 28, 2010

Where did the oil go?

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Oil Companies Plan New Containment System

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Jane Van Ryan
Posted July 22, 2010

Four major oil companies are joining forces to build and deploy arapid-response containment system that will be available to capture and collect oil from future blowouts in the Gulf.

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Oil Spill Commission Created

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Jane Van Ryan
Posted May 24, 2010

With the stroke of a pen, President Obama yesterday created the bipartisan National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling to make recommendations on how to prevent and/or mitigate the impact of future oil spills.

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Live Webcam Video of the Oil Spill

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Jane Van Ryan
Posted May 21, 2010

Not even the Spanish Armada could compete with the number of boats and ships that are responding to the Gulf oil spill today. According to the latest Joint Unified Command report, 1,100 vessels and 24,000 people (excluding volunteers) are now grappling with the oil spill from the Macondo well.

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Insertion Tube Siphons Oil from Deepwater Horizon Well

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Jane Van Ryan
Posted May 17, 2010

BP succeeded yesterday in connecting a 4" pipe to the broken riser to siphon oil and gas from the leaking Macondo well a mile beneath the Gulf of Mexico's surface.

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Fixing the Deepwater Horizon Leaks

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Jane Van Ryan
Posted May 13, 2010

The New York Times reports today that BP is making headway in solving the problems that are allowing oil from the Macondo well to spill into the Gulf.

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