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New Orleans Police Find Body In Lake Pontchartrain

The Associated Press — Fri, 31 May 2013 00:21:30 +0000

New Orleans Police have found a body in Lake Pontchartrain near the University of New Orleans campus.

Shortly before 11 a.m. Thursday authorities received reports that a body had been found in the water.

Coast Guard: Damaged Wellhead Secured

The Associated Press — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:28:10 +0000

The Coast Guard says a wellhead damaged earlier this week off Plaquemines Parish has been secured.

Coast Guard to Check Backup Power on Crippled Cruise Ship

Eileen Fleming — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:00:00 +0000

The Coast Guard will be looking into backup power systems on board a cruise ship that was stranded for several days in the Gulf of Mexico before it was towed to Mobile, Alabama. The main investigation will be handled in the Bahamas where the ship is registered.

Man Sentenced In Theft From Coast Guard

The Associated Press — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:00:00 +0000

A 48-year-old Denham Springs man has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison after admitting he stole $127,600 in high-tech equipment from the U.S. Coast Guard and sold it to people in the United States, Sweden and Colombia.

Coast Guard Med-Evacs Man from Sailboat

The Associated Press — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The Coast Guard says it safely evacuated a man with heart disease from a sailboat in the Gulf.

In a news release, the Coast Guard said officials received a call early Thursday about a husband and wife aboard a 64-foot sailboat that was bound for Houston after a trip to Cozumel, Mexico.

Coast Guard Says Gulf Oil Platform Fire Extinguished

Jason Saul — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:03:15 +0000

The fire that broke out on a Gulf of Mexico oil platform this morning after an explosion has been extinguished, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

The fire was put out at approximately 11:30 a.m.

Eleven people have been airlifted from the scene — four to West Jefferson Medical Center with serious injuries, including second- and third-degree burns.

Two people jumped into the water at the time of the explosion and are still missing.

BP Containment Cap Plugged, But Congress Demands More

Eileen Fleming — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 17:01:37 +0000

BP says it has plugged holes in a leaky containment cap that failed to stem oil gushing from its blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. The oil company may have to clear oil still inside the structure abandoned a few hundred feet from the sealed well.

BP Says It Stopped Oil Leaks From Underwater Debris

Eileen Fleming — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:30:00 +0000

BP says it has successfully plugged underwater equipment oozing oil near its blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico. The Coast Guard will monitor if the plugs hold.

Underwater Robots Checking BP's Macondo Well Site

Eileen Fleming — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:00:00 +0000

The Coast Guard is leading an undersea effort to check the site of BP’s blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico. The well was sealed three months after the explosion in 2010, but a new oil slick has surfaced.

Coast Guard Approves Plan To ID Source Of Oil Sheen Near BP Well

Eileen Fleming — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 17:00:00 +0000

The Coast Guard is overseeing efforts under way to find the source of an oil sheen near BP’s blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil company and federal scientists suspect it came from debris on the sea floor.