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Libya: oil companies happy, African migrants not so much

Text BP and Total announce plans to expand operations in Libya—as militiamen are accused of killing three at a detainment camp for African migrants where a hunger strike is underway.British Petroleum...

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Record $4.5 billion settlement with BP in Gulf spill

Text British Petroleum agreed to pay a record $4.5 billion in penalties and plead guilty to felony misconduct for its role in the devastation caused by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. US...

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Mali poised for multi-sided war

Text With French troops fighting on the ground in Mali, jihadist militias advance on the capital, while Tuareg rebels pledge to re-establish a separatist state in the north.Amid sketchy and...

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Algeria: army raids gas complex seized by jihadists

Text Algerian military forces attacked the Amenas gas complex in the interior Sahara, where a breakaway faction of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb took dozens of hostages.Algerian military forces on...

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BP Gulf oil spill trial opens

Text Trial began in US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana between individuals affected by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill and British Petroleum. Trial began Feb. 25 in the US...

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Gulf of Mexico: maybe you missed the bad news...

Text The gas rig fire off Louisiana is portrayed as a near-miss at worst—while researchers predict a record "dead zone" the size of New Jersey in the Gulf of Mexico this year.Well, natural gas has...

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Colombia's Ecopetrol to process fracking licenses

Text The president of Colombia's Ecopetrol, Javier Genaro Gutiérrez, announced that the state oil company will start processing licenses for the use of fracking technology.The president of Colombia's...

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Colombians sue BP over environmental damage

Text More than 100 Colombian farmers filed suit with the UK high court against a BP subsidiary over damage to their lands from the company's Ocensa oil pipeline.More than 100 Colombian farmers on Oct....

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Behind oil slump: shale boom or geopolitics?

Text Experts tell us the North American shale oil boom is responsible for low prices despite Middle East unrest. But the price slump serves Western aims of weakening Russia and Iran.As we noted in...

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Obama's new offshore plan: don't believe the hype

Text Obama's five-year plan for offshore drilling opens up the Southeast coast and grandfathers Arctic leases—but the industry is still griping because it would keep ANWR off limits. This week, the...

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BP in $18.7 billion settlement over 2010 oil spill

Text BP reached a settlement with the US Justice Department requiring the company to pay $18.7 billion in penalties and damages to settle all claims regarding the 2010 Gulf oil spill.BP on July 2...

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New war brewing between Russia and Georgia?

Text The government of Georgia accuses Russian military forces of encroaching on its territory in the contested South Ossetia enclave, seizing a section of BP's Baku-Supsa pipeline.Georgia's Foreign...

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Brazil: indigenous activists disrupt fracking auction

Text Indigenous leaders and activists interrupted an auction of oil and gas exploration blocs in Rio de Janeiro, seizing the stage to discuss climate change and indigenous rights.amazon.jpgIndigenous...

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SCOTUS turns down Mexican appeal in BP oil spill

Text The US Supreme Court denied certiorari in an appeal by Mexican states attempting to sue BP over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.deep water horizons oil spill.jpgThe US Supreme Court on Nov. 30...

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BP Gulf oil spill trial opens

Text Trial began in US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana between individuals affected by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill and British Petroleum. Trial began Feb. 25 in the US...

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Gulf of Mexico: maybe you missed the bad news...

Text The gas rig fire off Louisiana is portrayed as a near-miss at worst—while researchers predict a record "dead zone" the size of New Jersey in the Gulf of Mexico this year.Well, natural gas has...

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Colombia's Ecopetrol to process fracking licenses

Text The president of Colombia's Ecopetrol, Javier Genaro Gutiérrez, announced that the state oil company will start processing licenses for the use of fracking technology.The president of Colombia's...

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Colombians sue BP over environmental damage

Text More than 100 Colombian farmers filed suit with the UK high court against a BP subsidiary over damage to their lands from the company's Ocensa oil pipeline.More than 100 Colombian farmers on Oct....

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Behind oil slump: shale boom or geopolitics?

Text Experts tell us the North American shale oil boom is responsible for low prices despite Middle East unrest. But the price slump serves Western aims of weakening Russia and Iran.As we noted in...

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Obama's new offshore plan: don't believe the hype

Text Obama's five-year plan for offshore drilling opens up the Southeast coast and grandfathers Arctic leases—but the industry is still griping because it would keep ANWR off limits. This week, the...

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