10 Oil Spill Ills
By Alan Boyle   Posted Jun. 09, 2010 
How did so many things go so wrong at the Deepwater Horizon oil spill site? Was it human error, an act of nature, or a blend of both? And why didn’t any of those great engineering ideas to stem the spill work out? There are lots more questions than answers, even on Day 50 of the disaster on the Gulf. But a couple of things are clear... First, we got into this fix because of multiple failures and miscalculations. Second, still more ills could well surface before all this is over.

Oil Spill Facts Seem As Murky As Stricken Waters
By Ray Henry and Harry R. Weber   Posted Jun. 09, 2010 
The cap over a broken BP wellhead at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico is collecting more gushing crude day by day, but that’s about the extent of the details known as authorities try to pinpoint how much oil is escaping, where it’s going and what harm it will cause.

The Gulf Coast Oil Spill’s Dr. Doom
By Nin-Hai Tseng   Posted Jun. 09, 2010 
As an oil and gas industry insider, Matt Simmons speaks with a bold voice and makes even bolder predictions. His 2005 book, Twilight in the Desert, which argued that Saudi Arabia’s oil supplies are way more limited than most people think, raised his profile as an authority on the industry.

Energy and Reality
By Michael Tomasky    Posted Jun. 09, 2010 
A lot has happened in the last few days on energy and climate change in the Senate, most of it not so great. But it sets up a classic half a loaf kind of dilemma for liberals.

North Sea Oil Rigs Face Tougher Environmental Scrutiny
By Tim Webb   Posted Jun. 08, 2010 
Chris Huhne is to increase oil inspectors after Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

An Old Nuclear Problem Creeps Back
By Matthew Wald   Posted Jun. 08, 2010 
The American nuclear industry, primed to begin new construction projects for the first time in 30 years, is about as eager for an operating problem at an old reactor as the oil industry was for a well blowout on the eve of opening the Atlantic coast to oil drilling.

Exxon Warns on Curbing Deep Water Drilling
Reuters   Posted Jun. 08, 2010 
ExxonMobil warned against quick reactive changes to deepwater drilling laws that damage long-term investment decisions and urged governments to take time to assess the reasons for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

The Brightside of the BP Oil Spill
By Will Durst   Posted Jun. 07, 2010 
To say the news coming out of the Gulf is not what you call encouraging is like saying it''s been a rough week for Dennis Hopper. And its making people crazy. No. Really. Crazy.

100 Dollar Oil Will Soon Be Here to Stay, Says Former Shell Oil President
By Keegan Bales    Posted Jun. 07, 2010 
Former Shell Oil President John Hofmeister says that despite the current catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico with BP oil spill, the U.S. should continue to produce petroleum domestically to keep gas prices from soaring.

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