Tons of Gulf of Mexico Oil-Soaked Material Go into the Volt
24 May 2011, 05:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Nearly half a year ago, American manufacturer GM announced that it has found a way to help reduce the disaster caused by the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, by trying...
BP Execs Word Play
17 Jun 2010, 08:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / "The Gulf of Mexico is a very big ocean. The volume of oil and dispersant we are putting into it is tiny in relation to the total water volume." These are the words used by Tony Haywar...
BP Shares Dive as Leak Continues
1 Jun 2010, 10:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The most recent failure to cap the Gulf of Mexico oil leak has sent BP's shares tumbling 15.2 percent in early trade on Tuesday. According to MarketWatch, this translates into a market capitali...
BP: The Gulf Is a Big Ocean, Oil Spill Tiny in Comparison
14 May 2010, 09:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Just as independent analysis started claiming the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is not 5,000 barrels a day, but 70,000 (making it a disaster bigger even than the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989), BP's CE...
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Circle of Blame
11 May 2010, 09:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico continues, with 210,000 gallons of oil leaking into the waters each day (an estimated 3.5 million gallons spilled so far), all the parties connected with the D...
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Blamed on Failed Equipment
4 May 2010, 08:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The huge oil spill caused by the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico is now blamed by the rig's leaser, BP PLC, on failed equipment. The oil spill, which may very wel...