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No sign of oil leak after Gulf of Mexico rig blast: company

No sign of oil leak after Gulf of Mexico rig blast: company

There is no sign of an oil spill after a rig caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico, a spokesman for rig operator Mariner Energy said.

 

White House: No new offshore drilling for now

Administration wants investigations into a rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico to be completed before any expansion of offshore oil drilling.

 

BP CEO says will pay oil spill claims

BP Plc will clean up an oil spill from one of its wells in the Gulf of Mexico and compensate those affected, its chief executive said, accepting that the disaster could hit plans to open new areas off the U.S. coast to drilling.

 

U.S.: Five times more oil leaking

New estimates show 5,000 barrels of oil a day could be spilling out of remains of offshore rig.

 

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