Category Archives: Clean up

Oil forms ring on Seafloor

Posted on October 27, 2014 by zerbe

WASHINGTON (AP) — The BP oil spill left an oily “bathub ring” on the sea floor that’s about the size of Rhode Island, new research shows. The study by David Valentine, the chief scientist on the federal damage assessment research … Continue reading →

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BP Claims Fund Pays out $5 Billion to Spill Victims

Posted on August 24, 2011 by zerbe

Bloomberg reported today that BP Plc paid more than $5 billion to 204,434 claimants in the past year from the fund created to compensate victims from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.  The claims facility draws on more than … Continue reading →

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Scientist finds Gulf bottom still oily, dead

Posted on March 2, 2011 by zerbe

Oil from the BP spill remains stuck on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, according to a top scientist’s video and slides that she says demonstrate the oil isn’t degrading as hoped and has decimated life on parts of … Continue reading →

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