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Wall Street JournalShell Moves to Contain Oil Spill in Gulf of MexicoWall Street JournalA Shell helicopter spotted the spill Thursday when an oily sheen appeared in the vicinity of four wells that sit along the seafloor in an oil field about 165 miles sout
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Financial TimesCrude soothsayers should recall cautionary tale of 'Peak Oil'Financial TimesThis week at the annual conference in Montreal of the CFA Institute, a professional body for investors, there were some grand narratives about the future of
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The HillTransCanada Resumes Oil Shipments Through Keystone PipelineABC NewsTransCanada Corp. has resumed sending oil through the Keystone Pipeline after a weeklong shutdown prompted by a leak and oil spill in southeastern South Dakota. The pipeline came ba
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TransCanada: 16800 Gallons of Oil Leaked in South DakotaABC NewsTransCanada estimates that about 16,800 gallons of oil leaked into a field in South Dakota as part of a spill that has shut the Keystone pipeline down while officials investigate. The company
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$2.6 Million Fine Against Exxon Over Oil Spill Is UpheldABC NewsThe U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has upheld its $2.6 million fine against Exxon Mobile Pipeline Co. over an oil spill in central Arkansas. The agency on Friday n
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Drillers: Oil Well Rules Dire for Business; Others DisagreeABC NewsAn industry-funded study warns of dire consequences if pending rules to prevent another catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico go into effect, but critics questioned that claim. The d
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USA TODAYCrashing oil prices hit former Texas boomtownsUSA TODAYPEARSALL, Tex. – Back when the oil money flowed, the Location 581 Saloon would be crammed with pipefitters, welders, derrickhands, truck drivers and all sorts of oilfield workers – as many as
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CBS NewsPublic Meeting Over Decade-Old Oil in Gulf Leak Gets TestyABC NewsA decade-old oil leak that could last for another century was caused by an "act of God" during a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, the president of the company responsible s
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Company to Hold Meeting on Decade-Old Oil Leak in GulfABC NewsThe company responsible for a decade-old oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico will hold a public meeting next month to disclose details of its efforts to stop chronic slicks from forming off Louisiana
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The Press West CoastPower company fined for Waikato oil leak3News NZA power company that leaked hundreds of litres of oil into a Waikato stream has been fined more than $31,000. In February, Te Kuiti residents reported the Mangaokewa Stream was rainbow col
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