Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Oil Drilling News

OIL DRILLING


Drilling returning to Gulf

http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20101027/BUSINESS/10270308/Drilling-returning-to-Gulf


Majority of Likely Voters Support Expanded Offshore Drilling

http://washingtonindependent.com/101749/majority-of-likely-voters-support-expanded-offshore-drilling

"...59 percent of likely voters would approve of  "allowing more offshore oil and gas drilling." Just 35 percent would disapprove."


ALTERNATIVES TO OIL


Navy boat uses algae-based fuel on way to 'green fleet'

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/26/navy-boat-uses-algae-based-fuel-on-way-to-green-fleet/


ALABAMA


Frustration remains six months after oil spill

http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=13361603


LOUISIANA


Louisiana Builds Barriers Even as Oil Disperses

"Three months after BP capped its runaway well in the Gulf of Mexico, the state of Louisiana is still building a chain of sand berms off its coast to block and capture oil even as federal officials and many scientists argue that the effort will prove pointless."

Coastal parishes get 'pittance' in offshore revenues

MISSISSIPPI

Six Months After the Deepwater Horizon Disaster: Gulfport and Biloxi