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08 May 2010 19:25

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U.S.: Was BP able to stop the massive oil leak in the Gulf yet?

  • NO the giant grease trap suffered
    a huge setback source

08 May 2010 09:16

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U.S.: So what caused the Gulf oil blast, and indirectly, the Gulf oil spill?

Essentially, a giant bubble of methane made its way through the oil well, quickly moving through the drill column before exploding. So in other words, freak accident. source

07 May 2010 10:49

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U.S.: How much oil is currently leaking in the Gulf of Mexico, anyway?

  • use this really cool embed to find out all you need to know about the oil leak, just add numbers source

03 May 2010 10:19

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Biz, U.S.: BP on massive oil spill: Yeah, we’ll pay for this huge mess

“It is indeed BP’s responsibility to deal with this and we’re dealing with it,” says CEO Tony Hayward on the massive cleanup in the Gulf of Mexico. Good to hear he agrees. source

26 Apr 2010 21:38

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U.S.: We’re relying on robots to stop a huge oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico

  • 42k number of gallons of oil the leak is spewing out each freaking day
  • 5,000 number of feet underwater robots are working to fix the leak
  • three number of days from now the oil slick will hit the Louisiana shore source

21 Apr 2010 11:19

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U.S.: Scores missing after a massive oil-rig blast in the Gulf of Mexico

  • 126 people were on the rig when the explosion struck last night
  • 11+ people are missing after the massive blast in the Gulf of Mexico
  • 7+ were injured in the accident, off the Louisiana coast source

09 Nov 2009 10:38

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World: Ida’s looking less dangerous, but has already left an awful toll

  • 70 mph the current speed of Ida, which has slowed down to a tropical storm source