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Panama City BP

Macondo well not dead yet, as the Obama's vacation the Panama city Beach area this weekend!

National Incident Commander Thad Allen verified that the static kill of the Macondo well, driving heavy drilling mud and cement into the well as...
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300 million in claims have been paid by BP, a good start but not enough to help local economy

Today was a good day for the Gulf of Mexico. BP's static kill was a success, and the Macondo Well has been cemented from the top, 108 days...
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Admiral Thad Allen gives BP the greenlight to cement the now static well from the top

Unified National Commander Thad Allen gave the approval to BP to cement the Macondo well from the top, the same site of the now static kill where...
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Newest oil estimates are 4.9 million, while BP has collected 1.2 mil. Where's the oil?

BP's latest effort to kill the Macondo well, a low pressure, closely monitored process pumping heavy mud into the well from the top has been...
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Large vital sector of gulf coast economy in jeapordy per Roger Dow, CEO of U.S. Travel Association

The estimate of losses in the gulf coast due to the BP's oil spill is almost 23 billion, 3 billion more than BP set aside. Roger Dow, president...
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BP to receive a $10 million dollar tax credit and Tony Hayward a $15 milion dollar pension

Tax laws support our nation and protect businesses and residents. The announcement that BP will receive a $10 million dollar tax break, while...
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Finally! After 5 days of silence, Kent Wells, BP's Vice President updates kill status and plans

Over 6900 psi and counting, at least a half of a psi every half hour, per BP's Vice President Kent Wells in his first technical briefing in...
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Rumors verified: Tony Hayward to step down from BP effective October 1, 2010

In a press release circulated at 1:56 a.m. CDT, BP's chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg announced that by mutual agreement, its three-year CEO Tony...
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Static Kill cementing the Macondo well could begin August 2nd

In a press conference today with Admiral Thad Allen, Unified Commander appointed by president Obama to oversee all efforts by BP and federal...
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Is BP's Tony Hayward on his way out in two weeks?

Rumors are circulating that BP's CEO Tony Hayward, owner of the infamous line, "I want my life back" will be replaced by Bob Dudley...
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