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NOLA.com: Feds weighing stronger cleanup rules for offshore oil, gas sites

August 15, 2014

Oil production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico in June 2003. (Photo by Dinah Rogers, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) (Dinah Rogers) Print By Jennifer Larino, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune Email the author | Follow on Twitter on August 15, 2014 at 12:06 PM, updated August 15, 2014 at 1:28 PM 0 dit The Bureau of […]

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E&E Greenwire: Gulf of Mexico: Coalition decries Interior ‘rigs to reefs’ program, demands cleanup

August 1, 2014

http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2014/07/31/stories/1060003882 (requires subscription) Jessica Estepa, E&E reporter Published: Thursday, July 31, 2014 A group of environmentalists, scientists and fishermen is calling on the Interior Department for “strong and consistent implementation” of its idle iron policy in order to restore the Gulf of Mexico. Under the policy, companies are required to dismantle and dispose of oil […]

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NOLA.com: Gulf of Mexico rigs-to-reefs program contested in letter to Interior Secretary and new e-book

July 30, 2014

By Benjamin Alexander-Bloch, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune Email the author | Follow on Twitter on July 30, 2014 at 2:49 PM, updated July 30, 2014 at 2:52 PM As the federal government this summer considers revised rules on the decommissioning of Gulf of Mexico oil rigs, many environmental groups are pushing for a reexamination of the rigs-to-reefs […]

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E&E: Senators to hear about ongoing restoration efforts

July 29, 2014

Annie Snider, E&E reporter Published: Monday, July 28, 2014 This story was updated at 8:05 a.m. EDT. Four years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig gushed millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the Senate this week will check in on the state of restoration efforts. Although many of the scientific studies […]

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Decom World: North Sea decommissioning: could the mega vessel Pieter Schelte do it all?

July 24, 2014

Published on Decom World (http://social.decomworld.com) Posted by Rod Sweet [1] on Jul 23, 2014 With the largest lift vessel in the world and an even bigger one on the way, could Allseas Group absolutely corner the platform removals market? With the clock ticking to May 2015, when the world will see the new vessel Pieter […]

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Marconews.com: Guest Column: David White: Legacy of the Gulf Oil Spill

June 26, 2014

Marco Eagle MarcoNews.com   By David J. White St. Petersburg Director, Gulf of Mexico Restoration Campaign, National Wildlife Federation Friday, June 20, 2014 Guest commentary Don’t squander opportunity to restore the Gulf’s vitality It is said that behind every crisis is an opportunity. The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill was a tragedy that took the […]

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Pensacola News Journal: A 1,000 pound BP tar mat found on Fort Pickens beach

June 24, 2014

http://www.pnj.com/story/news/2014/06/22/tar-mat-found/11237777 Nearly four years to the day when BP oil began soiling our beaches, a 1,000-pound tar mat is being cleaned up on Fort Pickens beach.   PNJ 2 p.m. CDT June 22, 2014 A U.S. Coast Guard pollution investigation team is leading another day of cleanup of a tar mat discovered Friday on the […]

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Miami Herald: UM study finds oil from BP spill impedes fish’s swimming

June 20, 2014

http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/06/19/v-print/4189064/um-study-finds-oil-from-bp-spill.html   By Jenny Staletovich jstaletovich@MiamiHerald.com Emily Michot    /       MIAMI HERALD STAFF Adult mahi swim in a dark tank and spawn at the UM Aquaculture Program’s Experimental Marine Fish Hatchery. In a lab on Virginia Key, a group of baby fish are being put through their paces on a tiny fish treadmill. The inch-long mahi-mahi, […]

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