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15 years after the BP oil spill disaster, how is the Gulf of Mexico faring?
Down past New Orleans lies Plaquemines parish, a narrow sliver of land at the tip of Louisiana that reaches southward like a ...
Bonnet Carre Spillway saves New Orleans, punishes everyone and everything else
The Bonnet Carre Spillway has been opened more than a dozen times since it was constructed nearly 100 years ago, but the ...
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Chevron adds Gulf of Mexico production with Ballymore subsea tieback startup
Chevron has started producing oil and natural gas from the Ballymore subsea tieback in the deepwater Mississippi Canyon area of the US Gulf of Mexico. Chevron operates the Blind Faith ...
15 years after Deepwater Horizon oil spill, lawsuits stall and restoration is incomplete
Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster off the Gulf Coast, the effects of the largest oil spill in U.S. history ...
The most prolific tornado outbreak tore grass out of the ground
One particularly long-tracked and devastating tornado hit the major cities of Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, Alabama, killing ...
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Chevron Starts Production at Ballymore, Boosting Gulf of Mexico Output
Chevron has commenced production at its Ballymore field in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, a deepwater development expected to ...
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Chevron achieves first oil at Ballymore in US Gulf
Supermajor Chevron Corporation, Houston, announced on Monday that it has produced first oil and natural gas from its ...
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A waterfront Ocean Springs bungalow is the most wish-listed Airbnb in MS. See inside.
A strikingly orange home perched on high stilts overlooking the Gulf of Mexico was ranked the most wish-listed vacation rental in Mississippi. Last month, Airbnb compiled a list of the most ...
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Century-old Bonnet Carre Spillway protects New Orleans, but at a cost. Here's how it works.
It's hard to imagine where New Orleans would be today without the spillway. But despite all the good it has done, many in ...