Oil Drilling News

GULF OIL DISASTER

Offshore drilling a dirty, risky, messy business

http://www.caller.com/news/2010/sep/25/offshore-drilling-a-dirty-risky-messy-business/?partner=RSS

Offshore Oil Drilling: Public Costs and Risks are Too High

http://www.energycomment.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/GOB50-OFFSHORE.pdf

Feds establish downtown bunker to build criminal, civil cases against BP, others in Gulf oil spill

http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/09/feds_establish_downtown_bunker.html

THE BLAME GAME

Experts question BP's take on Gulf oil spill

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/7218970.html

BP Ignored 'Red Flags' Before Well Blowout, Halliburton Says

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-26/bp-ignored-red-flags-before-well-blowout-halliburton-says.html

Halliburton Defends Its Cement Work, Blaming BP for Gulf Spill

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-09-26/halliburton-defends-its-cement-work-blaming-bp-for-gulf-spill.html

Lawsuit asks if science was manipulated in oil spill estimates

http://www.adn.com/2010/09/17/1459467/lawsuit-asks-if-science-was-manipulated.html

POLITICS

Vitter backs Landrieu hold on OMB nominee

http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/120877-vitter-backs-landrieu-hold-on-omb-nominee

More nasty politics

WILDLIFE, HUMAN AND ECOSYSTEM IMPACTS

Gulf Coast wildlife recovery scaled back

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20100924/NEWS02/9240311/Gulf-Coast-wildlife-recovery-scaled-back

"Federal officials are scaling back wildlife recovery and rescue operations on the Alabama coast, but signs of the BP oil spill are still being reported in shoreline waters."