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Oil Rig Explodes In The Gulf Of Mexico

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Oil Rig Explodes In The Gulf Of Mexico

Boats spray water on an oil platform after it exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on September 2, 2010 off the coast of Louisiana. The 13 crew members...

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Boats spray water on an oil platform after it exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on September 2, 2010 off the coast of Louisiana. The 13 crew members...

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Coast Guard Lieutenant Commander Tom Hickey, piloted the first responding Coast Guard rescue helicopter following the explosion and sinking of the BP...

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Boats spray water on an oil platform after it exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on September 2, 2010 off the coast of Louisiana. The 13 crew members...

Oil Rig Explodes In The Gulf Of Mexico

Boats spray water on an oil platform after it exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on September 2, 2010 off the coast of Louisiana. The 13 crew members...

Oil Rig Explodes In The Gulf Of Mexico

Seen from the rear of a U.S. Coast Guard plane, work continues where a Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded on April 20 in the Gulf of Mexico,...

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Senate Panel Holds Hearing on Oil Spill Financial Responsibility

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Senate Panel Holds Hearing on Oil Spill Financial Responsibility

July 22: James Hackett, president and CEO of Anadarko Petroleum Corp., during the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on...

Senate Panel Holds Hearing on Oil Spill Financial Responsibility

July 22: Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, during the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee...

Senate Panel Holds Hearing on Oil Spill Financial Responsibility

July 22: Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, during the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee...

Senate Panel Holds Hearing on Oil Spill Financial Responsibility

July 22: Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, during the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee...

Senate Panel Holds Hearing on Oil Spill Financial Responsibility

July 22: Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, during the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee...

Senate Panel Holds Hearing on Oil Spill Financial Responsibility

July 22: Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, James Hackett, president and CEO of Anadarko Petroleum Corp., and Naoki...

Senate Panel Holds Hearing on Oil Spill Financial Responsibility

July 22: Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, during the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee...

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