Oil Drilling News

GULF OIL DISASTER

Sick Gulf Residents Beg Officials for Help

http://www.alternet.org/environment/149571/sick_gulf_residents_beg_officials_for_help?utm_campaign=30+topix+bp+oil+spill+clean+up+gulf+mexico+obama+%23oilspill&utm_medium=Twitter&utm_source=SNS.analytics

"...most of the 250 people at the meeting here focused on the health crisis that has exploded in the wake of the April 2010 disaster, leaving former BP clean-up workers and Gulf residents alike suffering from ailments they attribute to chemicals in BP's oil and the toxic dispersants used to sink it."

Crude Awakening

What veterinarians are learning about rescuing wildlife trapped in our oily messes

http://tuftsjournal.tufts.edu/archives/1657/crude-awakening

Obama administration to announce next steps in drilling oversight

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/01/obama_administration_to_announ.html

U.S. splits up offshore regulators after oil disaster

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/01/19/offshore.drilling/

New hydrocarbon release in the Gulf

http://www.ogj.com/index/article-display/0820284173/articles/oil-gas-journal/drilling-production-2/20100/01/rov-evaluates_safety/QP129867/cmpid=EnlDailyJanuary192011.html

AUSTRALIA

Could BP's Offshore Permits Signal a Major Oil Spill for Australia?

http://www.businessreviewaustralia.com/node/74126