Alaska Oil Spill Crews Seize on Calmer Weather
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About 150 people were ready to begin cleaning up an oil spill threatening endangered animals on Sunday, four days after a ship broke apart and six people died in a helicopter rescue attempt.
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An unforgiving Bering Sea thwarted efforts Friday to stem a major spill from a broken freighter, but pollution responders said they managed to begin setting up initial
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BP Plc BP.L will be able to restart   105,000 barrels per day of oil production from the eastern side   of Prudhoe Bay within "a few weeks" after Alaska regulators   approved on Friday the oil major's plan to connect the field to   the nearby Endicott pipeline.
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The US Coast Guard was helping to clean up an oil spill in the Delaware River near Philadelphia Saturday, hours after a vessel leaked the crude into the waterway, according to a Coast Guard spokesman.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Coast Guard lowered a salvage team to a soybean freighter that broke in two off Alaska&#39;s coast - a key step toward cleaning up a destructive, oily mess stretching for miles from the vessel.
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Fuel oil from the Selendang Ayu has reached a fishing community 50 miles from the wreckage of the grounded freighter, prompting new concerns about the effect of last month's spill in the Bering Sea.
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Oil prices rose 0.85 percent on Tuesday after bad weather forced a loading halt at Alaska's main export terminal and analysts forecast a drawdown in U.S. fuel stocks ahead of winter.
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An accelerating thaw of the Arctic may open vast regions for oil and gas exploration but that brings worries of spills in the fragile environment, experts said Thursday.
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Coast Guard officials Monday said an oil and fuel spill from a freighter that broke in two when it ran aground off Alaska's coast probably amounted to thousands of gallons less than had been feared.
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Description: Conditions in the Bering Sea make any rescue attempt challenging for the Coast Guard in Alaska, which has responded to the grounded freighter near the Aleutian Islands.
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Crude oil from the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill still lingers in Alaska's Prince William Sound and nearby areas, with parts of the environment still far from recovery, several scientists said at a three-day conference.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - The search for six crew  members missing from a wrecked cargo ship off an Alaska island  has been suspended, and authorities are focusing on the cleanup  of spilled bunker fuel oil from the vessel, an official said on  Saturday.
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The search for six crew members missing from a wrecked cargo ship off an Alaska island has been suspended, and authorities are focusing on the cleanup of spilled bunker fuel oil from the vessel, an official said on Saturday.
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Oil prices climbed near $60 a barrel on Tuesday after bad weather disrupted loadings at Alaska's main export terminal and analysts forecast a drawdown in U.S. fuel stocks ahead of winter.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - About 150 people have been  sent to an Aleutian island to try to clean up fuel oil  streaming from a wrecked cargo ship, but harsh weather has kept  most from the spill site, federal and state officials said on  Saturday.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - About 150 people have been  sent to an Aleutian island to try to clean up fuel oil  streaming from a wrecked cargo ship, but harsh weather has kept  most from the spill site, federal and stated officials said on  Saturday.
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An oil spill near a fragile wildlife reserve off Alaska, unleashed when a freighter snapped in two last week, appears to be less serious than initially feared, officials said Monday.