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Federal Judge Urged To Approve BP Settlement

Associated Press — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:23:04 +0000

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP and a team of attorneys are urging a federal judge to give final approval to a proposed class-action settlement of economic damage claims after the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier is hearing arguments Thursday from lawyers who negotiated the deal and attorneys [...]

Exxon: Yellowstone Spill 1,500 Barrels, Not 1,000

Karen Snyder — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:43:03 +0000

Exxon Mobil has upped the amount of oil that spilled last summer into the Yellowstone River near Billings Montana.

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Shell Oil Spill Off Nigeria Likely Worst In Decade

Associated Press — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:32:04 +0000

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — An oil spill near the coast of Nigeria is likely the worst to hit those waters in a decade, a government official said Thursday, as slicks from the Royal Dutch Shell PLC spill approached the country's southern shoreline

BP Settles With Maker Of Failed Blowout Preventer

Associated Press — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:37:51 +0000

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Cameron International, the maker of the Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer that failed to stop last year's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, has agreed to pay $250 million to BP under a legal settlement, BP said Friday