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04 Aug 2010 09:46

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U.S.: Oil spill: Is BP’s static kill procedure reportedly working?

  • YES nothing like making a permanent seal source
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02 Aug 2010 10:50

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U.S.: BP hopes to plug the oil well once and for all by killing it – twice

  • 1st kill BP will conduct a “static kill” by pouring mud and cement into the oil well from above, a process held back by storms.
  • 2nd kill After a relief well is built, BP will confirm the “static kill” by using a “bottom kill” to seal it once and for all. source
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01 Aug 2010 11:02

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Biz: BP station owners in the U.S. really want “Amoco” branding back

  • Poor Amoco. A decade ago, BP decided to ditch the old workhorse brand and replace it with BP’s sun-looking thingy, which seemed like a good idea back then, but now that the oil spill has dragged BP’s brand through the mud for a solid three months, gas station owners want to switch back. Because, let’s face it – BP station owners are on the front lines of this mess. They have to deal with the pissed-off consumers and lower sales caused by the oil spil. BP might as well make it easier on them. (Photo by theogeo on Flickr) source
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28 Jul 2010 09:13

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U.S.: With no new oil coming, the oil slick is starting to dissipate

  • good The oil slick seems to be clearing up a lot quicker than anyone anticipated, dissolving on its own in many spots.
  • bad This doesn’t mean that the oil is completely gone however, and it could still be harming animals below the surface. source
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27 Jul 2010 08:49

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Biz: BP’s quarterly losses huge – hey, just like the oil spill!

  • $17.2 billion the size of BP’s quarterly loss, their first since the oil spill
  • $32.2 billion the size of the pretax charge they took due to the oil spill source
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26 Jul 2010 20:22

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Biz: BP drama: Tony Hayward’s heading to Russia – with his pension!

  • $930k the amount he gets from his pension when he quits in October
  • 1 yearthe amount of salary he takes with him, or $1.4 million dollars
  • $15Mthe total value of his pension – plus his life back! source
  • » Plus, there’s more: Hayward also has a sizable amount of stock, and whenever he cashes that out, he’ll be an extremely rich man – he’ll be worth several million.
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25 Jul 2010 10:58

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Biz: Tony Hayward’s BP career so far, by the numbers

  • 28 number of years he’s worked with the company; he chose to join BP instead of going into academia
  • 3 number of years he’s served as CEO, a position he said he’d use to focus on “laser-like” safety and reliability
  • 11 men died on his watch during the Gulf Oil Spill, which leaked millions of gallons of oil and he took the heat for source
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24 Jul 2010 11:49

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U.S.: Is the former Tropical Storm Bonnie a threat to the oil spill site?

  • NO it weakened before it got there, thank God source
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23 Jul 2010 17:39

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U.S.: Deepwater Horizon’s alarm too noisy, so they shut it off

  • Apparently, there were a lot of false alarms. They apparently were annoying and woke up sleeping workers. That’s what a chief technician for Transocean, the company that ran the oil rig, said about the reasons that safety systems were knowingly turned off – which helped lead to the disaster that killed 11 people and caused the ocean to flood with oil. In other oil-company-friendly news, BP got transparent about their Photoshopped images and posted a set of images up on Flickr – the ‘chopped images and the originals. Which is funny, because none of the images needed any Photoshopping at all. source
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21 Jul 2010 23:02

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U.S.: Did BP know of the idea for the cap for a really long time?

  • YES it was suggested months ago; good job, BP source
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