BPOil sheen in Gulf, source unknownA new oil sheen has been spotted in the Gulf of Mexico, although energy company BP said Thursday the discovery had nothing to do with its operations and was far from the site of its disaster-hit Macondo well.  Mitsui unit gets $1.9 billion bill from BP for clean-upA Mitsui & Co unit said on Tuesday that it received a bill for about $1.9 billion from BP Plc to help with the clean-up of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Kevin Costner calls the Congress to use his oil-separating machineActor Kevin Costner told a congressional committee Wednesday that he has spent 20 years and more than $20 million dollars to develop a machine that will separate oil from water to a level of 99 percent purity. NOAA: Tests confirm oil spreading deep below surfaceU.S. officials confirmed Tuesday that plumes of dispersed oil are spreading far beneath the ocean surface from the leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico but said concentrations are “very low.” Robert Redford attacks big oil, politics on spillActor and environmentalist Robert Redford has weighed in on the U.S. oil spill crisis, condemning efforts by major energy companies to promote their environmental credentials and use their money to influence “their parrots in Congress.” BP seeks yet another way to stop oil leak as protests loomBP seemed to be getting criticism from every angle as the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico entered its 45th day Thursday and every effort to stop the historic flow is still failing. BP chief to Gulf residents: ‘I’m sorry’BP’s CEO said Sunday he’s sorry for the largest oil spill in U.S. history and the “massive disruption” it has caused the Gulf Coast, telling reporters the company hopes to corral most of the crude offshore. Warnings before oil rig explosion in the Gulf of MexicoIn the hours before the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded last month in the Gulf of Mexico, there were strong warning signs that something was terribly wrong with the well, according to a Congressional committee that was briefed on the accident by executives from BP. Memorial service for victims planned for TuesdayThe 11 victims of last month’s deadly offshore rig explosion will be honored at a memorial service on Tuesday as BP Plc prepares for a crucial attempt to seal a blown-out well that has spewed oil into the Gulf of Mexico for five weeks. Oil leak conspiracy: is Obama to be blamed?As the scale of the disaster caused by the explosion at an oil rig off the coast of Louisiana became more apparent last week, right-wing radio talker Rush Limbaugh unleashed a conspiracy theory suggesting that someone intentionally blew up the rig in order to “head off more oil drilling”…
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