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BP Oil Spill
11:37 am
Wed November 28, 2012

EPA Temporarily Halts New Federal Contracts For BP

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The Deepwater Horizon oil rig burned on April 21, 2010.

Citing a "lack of business integrity," the Environmental Protection Agency announced it was temporarily suspending the oil giant BP from entering into new contracts with the federal government.

In a press release, the EPA said BP demonstrated the lack of integrity during the Deepwater Horizon "blowout, explosion, oil spill and response." This kind of suspension, the EPA explained, is "standard practice when a responsibility question is raised by action in a criminal case."

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11:57 am
Mon November 19, 2012

Search Continues Around Burned Offshore Platform

Black Elk Energy continues search for missing worker.

A Texas oil company is still searching for a missing worker near a burned platform off the Louisiana coast. The company is using dive teams and a search-and-rescue dog.

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11:59 am
Sun November 18, 2012

Body Found Near Burned Offshore Rig

Body found near oil rig fire.

The body of one of two missing oil rig workers has been found near the offshore platform that caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil company says divers will continue looking for the other missing worker.

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8:29 pm
Sat November 17, 2012

Coast Guard Suspends Search For 2 Missing Rig Workers

Search called off for 2 rig workers missing since Friday's fire.

The Coast Guard has called off a search for two men missing from an oil platform that caught fire Friday morning off the Louisiana coast. Officials say it appears no oil is leaking from the rig.

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11:40 am
Sat November 17, 2012

2 Missing After Oil Rig Fire

Coast Guard searching for missing workers in Gulf of Mexico.

The Coast Guard is searching for two workers missing after fire tore through an offshore oil platform off the Louisiana coast. Four others are recovering from serious burns.

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