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“Shallow water drilling may continue as long as oil and gas operations satisfy the environmental and safety requirements Secretary Salazar outlined in his report to the President and have exploration ...

Oil continued to spew from a runaway oil well in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday as engineers worked to close two of four vents on a capping device lowered onto the gushing riser pipe. "The vents ...

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MIAMI — Oil giant BP succeeded Sunday in connecting a mile-long pipe to help capture what it hoped will be most of the oil flowing from a damaged well into the Gulf of Mexico — “an important step” ...

MIAMI — Oil giant BP succeeded Sunday in connecting a mile-long pipe to help capture oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico from its damaged well, "an important step" toward capping the massive spill, ...

MIAMI – Oil giant BP succeeded Sunday in connecting a mile-long pipe to help capture what it hoped will be a majority of the oil flowing from a damaged well into the Gulf of Mexico _ "an important ...