What crews are dealing with is an oil spill from the explosion that continues to grow in the Gulf of Mexico.
Eskimo activist Caroline Cannon, one of Shell's toughest critics, said she fears a spill from the Kulluk could harm fish and wildlife in the area.
"The only way to prevent a catastrophic oil spill from happening in this unique environment is to permanently ban all drilling now, " he said, according to Greenpeace.
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Chevron's admission that a spill from a high-pressure Shetland oil well could leak at a higher rate than BP's Macondo well (1, 500 metres below the surface) didn't help.
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Under the plan, BP said that the worst spill from a mobile drilling operation would come from a lease called the Mississippi Canyon 462, about 33 miles off the Louisiana coast.
Twelve years after an infamous spill from a well off Santa Barbara in 1969, Congress barred the government from issuing new offshore leases anywhere but in the western Gulf of Mexico and Alaska.
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We are still able to recuperate from the spill, from the depleting fish stock, and are capable and able of restoring places to their natural state.
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Some of that thinking, might, of course, spill out from the next door Scientology Center.
Soleil has been shaped both by ideals that spill over from the 1960s and Ms Mnouchkine's personal and intensely sensuous approach to drama.
The effects of the euro crisis will spill over from developed to emerging economies, the ILO says, pushing youth unemployment to almost 13% by 2017.
Populist ire over the BP spill came from both sides of the aisle, and any further mishaps by the industry are likely to elicit the same response.
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As we schlepped our bags up the stairs, he shouted after us, "This is a nonsmoking building... and make sure you don't spill water from the tub!"
But he acknowledged that he'd have to earn the trust of fishermen and others who say they've received conflicting information about the oil spill response from BP and various government agencies.
Other federal agencies and workers spill over from Washington.
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He also said the substance appeared to be from the same spill - or a least from the same manufacturer - and he would "absolutely support" a reclassification of it.
Others at the town complained that income they've received from BP for helping respond to the spill would be deducted from their payments, pointing out that those who stayed home would be eligible for more money.
If the families of the men who died cleaning up the spill seek restitution from BP, it would presumably be paid out of this fund.
The spill stretched eastward from a point about 16 miles south of the mouth of the Mississippi River to about 94 miles south of Pensacola, Florida.
Two years removed from the spill, the Gulf of Mexico is back in business.
The trial was due to resolve claims for damages and civil penalties arising from the spill.
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In the Gulf, the oil slick from the spill continued to move northeast, threatening Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.
The joint BP-US government response team said there were doubts that the oil had drifted all the way from the spill.
The Gulf Restoration Network, a New Orleans-based environmental group, said it was pleased to see criminal charges stemming from the spill.
You can easily find the info on the harvesting of finfish and shellfish to see that there was little impact from the spill.
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"The testing found that the oil was lightly weathered, raising doubts that the oil traversed the Gulf from the spill source, " a statement said.
They seized upon the spill to demand discounts from Alaska fishers and it took years for the industry to recover its bargaining power and profitability.
Other concerns include potential impacts to groundwater in the event of a spill and high pollution from refineries along the Gulf Coast that would process the bitumen.
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Oiled birds have been collected and dolphins and sea turtles have been found dead, though officials cautioned they were still conducting tests to determine whether the deaths resulted from the spill.
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