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By David Sessions - Politics DailyThe government initially estimated that 5,000 barrels of oil per day are pouring into the Gulf of Mexico from the BP well that exploded April 20. That number came -- hastily -- from government scientists in Seattle, and quickly filtered through the media. Now, independent teams of analysts are using other technologies to calculate the size of the spill, and concluding that the government estimate is way off. In an analysis for NPR, Steven Wereley of Purdue University used particle image velocimetry, a scanning technology used to determine volume and movement of fluid. Wereley analyzed a video ...
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By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsLONDON (Jan. 12) – Nigeria has been in leaderless limbo since its president headed to what turned out to be Saudi Arabia for emergency medical treatment seven weeks ago. That long absence – during which President Umaru Yar'Adua was neither seen nor heard – led some Nigerians to suspect their head of state was dead or in a coma, and many to fear that their country could be thrown into chaos by the vacuum at the heart of government. In an attempt to quash these rumors, Yar'Adua gave a phone interview to the BBC on Tuesday and claimed he was quickly recovering from a heart ...
Iraq Inks Deals With Cautious Oil Majors
By Joseph Schuman - AOL News(Dec. 11) -- Is Iraqi oil ready to flow again? Two deals struck Friday with foreign energy companies to develop fields in Iraq demonstrate a renewed eagerness to exploit the country's vast petroleum reserves. But they also show the hurdles still hindering Baghdad's bid to again become a major oil producer. Oil has been the main source of hope for Iraq's economic future to a succession of Iraqi leaders and their U.S. counterparts since the Bush administration ousted Saddam Hussein more than six years ago. But sanctions against the Hussein regime, along with the war itself and widespread ...
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