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May 31, 2016

'Dirty Blizzard' sent 2010 Gulf oil spill pollution to seafloor
New York NY (SPX) May 31, 2016
Scientists working in the Gulf of Mexico have found that contaminants from the massive 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill lingered in the subsurface water for months after oil on the surface had been swept up or dispersed. In a new study, they also detailed how remnants of the oil, black carbon from burning oil slicks and contaminants from drilling mud combined with microscopic algae and other marine debris to descend in a "dirty blizzard" to the seafloor. The work, published May 30 in the Proceedin ... read more

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Chemists settle longstanding debate on how methane is made biologically

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Shareholders vote climate test for ExxonMobil, Chevron

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Supply pressures ease to pull oil prices lower

Statoil cancels Norwegian Sea rig contract

North Dakota rig count low sets new record

Win secured for Israeli gas

Eni facilities attacked again in Nigeria

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Gas-rich Myanmar still under sanctions pressure

Canadian energy direction tested by Trans Mountain pipeline

Oil prices slip as Canada fires ebb

Evacuation lifted for oil sites threatened by Canada fires

Norway oil production 3 percent higher than expected

International concern mounts over Venezuela

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