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First of 30 oil lease sales planned for Gulf of Mexico draws $300 million from companiesOil firms bid over $300 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico. This marks the start of 30 planned sales to boost U.S. fossil fu...
Trump plans massive expansion of offshore oil drillingPresident Donald Trump's administration is planning to open up millions of square miles (kilometers) of US coastal waters to oil and gas dr...
1.5 lakh tomatoes on road cause crashes, confusion and closure of highwayAccording to a NYT report, more than 150,000 tomatoes scattered across the heavily trafficked Interstate 80 in Vacaville, California, after...
Ship owner, operator of interest in California oil spillThe U.S. Coast Guard has designated the Mediterranean Shipping Company and others as parties of interest in an investigation into a vessel ...
Ship's anchor may have caused massive California oil spillSome reports of a possible spill, a petroleum smell and an oily sheen on the waters off Huntington Beach came in Friday night but weren't c...
Response time questioned in Southern California oil spill
New 3D-printed bikini cleans water as you swimResearchers have invented a new 3D-printed swimsuit capable of cleaning up oil spills and de-salinising water while people swim.
A not-so-fantastical plan to save California from drought with cacti"Grassroots Cactivism" is the name of the concept by Ali Chen, which taps the prickly pear as a renewable centerpiece of a water purifying ...
Oil pipeline spills about 21,000 gallons off California coastAn estimated 21,000 gallons (79,500 liters) of crude oil dumped into the ocean from a broken pipeline just off the central California coast...
2 million barrels of oil from BP spill may be on ocean floorOne unsolved puzzle is the location of two million barrels of submerged oil thought to be trapped in the deep ocean, researchers said.
Oil-by-rail fight in Washington threatens California gasoline pricesThe hitch in the long-planned project by Tesoro Corp exemplifies growing problems for moving crude oil on trains around the country.
Scientists developed a new tool to pinpoint oil reservesThe tool is a new index that provides a better understanding of how oil travels from where it was formed to where it has collected.
- Jindal the most popular Governor in the US: poll
Indian-origin Louisiana leader Bobby Jindal is the most popular serving governor in the United States, an opinion poll has said.
- As BP well nears death, pressure test needed
Crews working to seal BP's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico once and for all need to finish one more test on a cement plug before decla...
- BP to face spill victims in US court for first time
British energy giant BP and victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill go to court for the first time Thursday during a session in Idaho that ...
Spill may cost BP its licence, wellsBP may lose control of its US oil and natural gas wells.
- BP monitors 'top kill' attempt to plug spewing oil
BP Plc faces a defining day in its five-week Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster on Thursday when its latest attempt to seal a gushing well d...
- Oil spill: Does the size matter?
Just how much oil is spewing from the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico and how important is it to know that? Experts can't agree on eith...
What next? After failure, BP mulls gusher optionsAfter failure with a massive box hoped to contain an out-of-control oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico, BP said it may try again —with a smal...
- BP scrambles to contain spill damage, California backs off drilling
British Petroleum readied to launch an unprecedented effort Tuesday to contain a widening oil leak with a giant dome, amid signs of growing...