The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found benzene and methane in wells and in groundwater in Pavillion, Wyoming, agency officials said in a report. At a community meeting with well owners, EPA officials revealed Tuesday they found low levels of petroleum compounds in 17 of 19 drinking water wells sampled, and that nearby shallow groundwater [...]
The Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) will begin accepting business and personal claims on Monday from those affected by the Gulf oil spill. BP said last week that it was no longer accepting claims as the transition to the new entity was taking place. The oil giant, which said it has paid hundreds of millions [...]
A new report set to be released Tuesday renews concern about the long- term environmental impact of the Gulf Coast oil disaster. Researchers at the University of South Florida, who have been studying the effects of the spill since it began, have concluded that oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill may have settled on the [...]
BP said Tuesday it will suspend drilling activity on the relief well in the Gulf of Mexico, citing a National Hurricane Center prediction of a 60 percent chance of a tropical cyclone forming just off the coast of southwestern Florida. It was previously believed that the relief well would intercept the broken well by the [...]