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Under the Northern Lights -- How Norway Sets Example for Oil Drilling
By Bob Reiss - Politics DailyHAMMERFEST, Norway -- The Northern Lights appeared in the night sky as the Dash 103 turboprop banked toward Hammerfest's snow-dusted airport last week. The glow didn't come from Aurora Borealis -- the famed celestial display -- but from flames venting from two stacks dominating a brightly lighted industrial complex below. It processes natural gas from the "Snow White" undersea reservoir more than 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Many Americans think of hot places like Iraq when envisioning oil or natural gas being pumped from the ground. Well, change that desert scene in your head to ...
Final Oil Spill Report: Industry Needs 'Dramatic' Change
By Laura Parker - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- The presidential commission investigating the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill has recommended stricter government regulation of the energy industry and the creation of an independent safety agency within the Interior Department to help protect against another oil disaster, the panel said in its final report. Without those sweeping changes, the nation is at risk for another catastrophic oil spill, the panel said. "If dramatic steps are not taken, at some point another failure will occur, and we will wonder why did the Congress, why did the administration, why did ...
US Sues BP, 8 Other Companies in Gulf Oil Spill
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Dec. 15) -- The Justice Department on Wednesday sued BP Exploration and Production Inc. and eight other companies in the Gulf oil spill disaster in an effort to recover billions of dollars from the largest offshore spill in U.S. history. The Obama administration's lawsuit asks that the companies be held liable without limitation under the Oil Pollution Act for all removal costs and damages caused by the oil spill, including damages to natural resources. The lawsuit also seeks civil penalties under the Clean Water Act. An explosion that killed 11 workers at BP's Macondo well last ...
Nigeria Charges Former US VP Cheney Over Bribery
By not in system - AOL NewsLAGOS, Nigeria (Dec. 7) -- Nigeria's anti-corruption agency on Tuesday charged former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney over a bribery scheme involving oil services firm Halliburton Co. during time he served as its top official, a spokesman said. The charges stem from a case involving as much as $180 million allegedly paid in bribes to Nigerian officials, said Femi Babafemi, a spokesman for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Halliburton and other firms allegedly paid the bribes to win a contract to build a $6 billion liquefied natural gas plant in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta, ...
Nigeria Charges Dick Cheney in Corruption Case Stemming From Halliburton Bid
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyAn anti-corruption unit in Nigeria has charged former Vice President Dick Cheney in an alleged bribery scheme dating back to his days as CEO of Halliburton, the huge oil services company. Halliburton and other firms are accused of paying as much as $180 million in bribes to win a contract to build a $6 billion liquefied natural gas plant in the African country's southern delta, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. Cheney, who headed Halliburton before he was elected vice president in 2000, is one of several company officers and former officials named in the case, which comes about four ...
Cheney May Face Charges in Halliburton Probe in Nigeria
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyNigerian authorities investigating a bribery scandal involving the multi-national company Halliburton may file charges against the firm's onetime chief executive, former Vice President Dick Cheney, Agence France-Presse reports. But it's highly unlikely Cheney will travel to the African country anytime soon -- and officials in Lagos cannot compel his appearance. The anti-corruption case has been percolating for some time and Nigerian elections come around in April, so there could be a political element at play, the Washington Post reports. Related Stories Dick Cheney Makes First ...
Nigeria to Interpol: Arrest Dick Cheney!
By Mara Gay - AOL News(Dec. 2) -- Julian Assange may be getting some unlikely company. If Nigeria has its way, former Vice President Dick Cheney will be next on Interpol's international "wanted" alert, for bribery charges related to his time as the CEO of Halliburton. Nigeria's anti-corruption agency says it plans to file charges against Cheney in connection with $180 million in bribes a Halliburton subsidiary paid to Nigerian officials to help secure a $1.2 billion contract during his tenure as head of the company. "We are filing charges against Cheney," Femi Babafemi, the country's Economic and Financial ...
Halliburton Defends Its Cement Job on BP's Well
By Laura Parker - AOL News
(Oct. 29) -- Halliburton Co. conceded today it did not test the stability of the final cement mixture used to seal BP's Macondo well, but it disputed an assertion by the presidential commission that the cement gave way and set off a sequence of events that caused the catastrophic blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. "Halliburton does not believe that the foam cement design used on the Macondo well was the cause of the incident," the company said in a four-page statement. Win McNamee, Getty Images Steven Newman, president and CEO of Transocean, left; Lamar McKay, president and chairman of BP ...
Tests Showed Cement Unstable Before Gulf Well Blowout
By Laura Parker - AOL News(Oct. 28) -- Multiple tests of the cement that was supposed to seal BP's unruly Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico showed the mixture was unstable, but BP and Halliburton used it anyway, the presidential Oil Spill Commission said today. The finding is the first official conclusion reached in the investigation of the April 20 well blowout that killed 11 workers and caused the largest oil spill in the nation's history. The details of the cement testing are outlined in a letter to the panel by its chief investigator, Fred Bartlit Jr. They also are bound to add heft to earlier claims that the ...
Panel: Tests Warned of Troubles Before BP Blowout
By not in system - AOL News
WASHINGTON (Oct. 28) -- Tests performed before the deadly blowout of BP's oil well in the Gulf of Mexico should have raised doubts about the cement used to seal the well, but the company and its cementing contractor used it anyway, investigators with the president's oil spill commission said Thursday. It's the first finding from the commission looking into the causes of the April 20 explosion that killed 11 workers and led to the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. And it appears to conflict with statements made by Halliburton Co., which has said its tests showed the cement mix was ...
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