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CBC.caCanadian researchers denied samples of oil spill dispersant by US companyCBC.caCanada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans says it will try again to secure samples of an oil spill dispersant for testing by government-funded researchers after the
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Former engineering firm exec guilty in Sandy insurance caseThe Daily ProgressMINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A former director of an engineering firm charged with illegally altering reports about damage from Superstorm Sandy has pleaded guilty to unauthorized practic
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Good News NetworkSawdust Reinvented into Super Sponge for Oil SpillsGood News NetworkLowly sawdust, the waste that's sometimes tossed onto home garage floors to soak up oil spilled by amateur mechanics, could receive some new-found respect. Researchers
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ABC NewsMassive 2013 Oil Spill in North Dakota Still Not Cleaned UpABC NewsFILE - This Oct. 11, 2013 file photo shows cleanup at the site of a Tesoro Corp. pipeline break that spilled more than 20,000 barrels of oil into a Tioga, N.D., wheat field. The mas
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Treated Sawdust May Help Sop up, Burn off Arctic Oil SpillsABC NewsResearchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are testing chemically modified wood flour to determine whether it can enhance burning of crude oil after
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ABC OnlineNorth Dakota Oil Spill Raises Questions About SafetyABC NewsThe discovery of an oil pipeline spill earlier this month in western North Dakota has drawn heightened attention because of the battle over the Dakota Access oil pipeline being built acr
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NBCNews.comPipeline Spills 176000 Gallons of Oil Into Creek 150 Miles From Dakota Access ProtestsNBCNews.comA pipeline leak has spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil into a North Dakota creek roughly two and a half hours from Cannon Ball, where
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Fox BusinessFmr. Gulf Oil CEO: Oil to Reach $75 a Barrel by Year's EndFox BusinessRecently, oil has been trading above $50 a barrel on optimism that an OPEC production cut will reduce the global supply glut. Joe Petrowski, the former CEO of Gulf Oil an
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Company: Equipment Didn't Detect North Dakota Oil LeakABC NewsElectronic monitoring equipment failed to detect a pipeline rupture that spewed more than 176,000 gallons of crude oil into a North Dakota creek, the pipeline's operator said Monday. It&
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Financial TimesS&P 500 touches record high as crude prices jumpFinancial TimesEnergy stocks rose sharply on both sides of the Atlantic as oil prices leapt in response to news that Opec had won the backing of countries outside the oil cartel to particip
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