Thursday Sep 19, 2013 | Reuters Aerial photograph shows continuing preparations to drill a relief well at the Macondo oil spill site in the Gulf of Mexico Credit: Staff Photographer / Reuters/Reuters NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Halliburton Co pleaded guilty… Read More ›
Gulf of Mexico
Halliburton pleads guilty to destroying Gulf spill evidence/ Will pay $200,000 fine
Source: Reuters – Fri, 26 Jul 2013 12:19 AM Author: Reuters * Third company to plead guilty over Gulf spill * Halliburton to pay $200,000 fine * $55 million to be donated to fish and wildlife group By Jonathan… Read More ›
Halliburton admits destroying evidence of oil disaster in Gulf of Mexico
Photo: EPA Halliburton Energy Services has admitted destroying evidence relating to the devastating 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, federal officials said. A Justice Department statement said Halliburton – which constructed the cement casing of… Read More ›
Government of Russia ( Rosneft ) and Exxon Mobil to expand cooperation with joint projects in the Gulf of Mexico and the US
Putin urges Rosneft and Exxon Mobil to start joint projects in Gulf of Mexico Collage: Voice of Russia Russian President Vladimir Putin urges Rosneft and Exxon Mobil to expand cooperation with joint projects in the Gulf of Mexico and the… Read More ›
Epicenter of Gulf Oil Spill Says BP Hasn’t Paid It 1 Cent
By SABRINA CANFIELD NEW ORLEANS (CN) – Plaquemines Parish, the “epicenter” of the BP oil spill, sued the company in Federal Court, claiming BP has not paid a single one of its claims for damages arising from… Read More ›
U.S. set to overtake Saudi Arabia as world’s biggest oil producer following boom in output
U.S. production to rise 7 per cent this year to nearly 11 million barrels a day Could reach 11.4 million barrels a day in 2013 – rivalling Saudi oil output Boom caused by high oil prices and new drilling techniques… Read More ›
America’s top export in 2011 was . . . fuel?
Re-Posted for filing By Brad Plumer, Published: December 31, 2011 Fuel is now the top U.S. export. The Associated Press reports that America is on pace to ship out more gasoline, diesel and jet fuel than anything else in… Read More ›