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Unlike the BP PLC oil-rig disaster, where hearings were conducted in public, the agency hearings and interviews are being held behind closed doors.

Disaster Probe Frustrates Miners, Families Kris Maher 2010

But now he has sold 8,000 copies of the book, for which Prince Charles – himself the father of two servicemen – provided the foreword, and it is now being used by mining companies in Australia and families of oil-rig workers.

When Dad goes to war 2011

She needs to shutup until she has an oil-rig in the lake next to her big oil-dollar home!

Palin weighs in on Louisiana oil spill 2010

Midway through, Vedder addressed the oil-rig disaster in the nearby Gulf of Mexico by suggesting that British Petroleum oil-company executives "send your sons and daughters" to the region's beaches this summer "to clean up your (expletive) mess."

New Orleans' Jazz Fest wraps up another stellar run 2010

Its revenue and profit are rising, but the Deepwater Horizon oil-rig disaster in 2010 has resulted in greater government oversight and regulations, it warns.

Eight Deals Aim to Hit the Market Lynn Cowan 2012

In the Gulf of Mexico, for example, where traditional radar coverage doesn't exist, controllers for the first time are now able to track helicopters shuttling between oil-rig platforms, as well as other aircraft, across an area of roughly 250,000 square miles.

A New Era of Self-Control Andy Pasztor 2011

Norwegian oil-rig operator Songa Offshore SE said Tuesday it has been awarded a $2.5 billion contract to charter two new semisubmersible drilling rigs to Statoil for an initial eight years each.

Songa Wins $2.5 Billion Rig Pact Dominic Chopping 2011

In a 2005 study, I found an average of 18 layers between, say, the secretary of agriculture and the forest ranger, or the secretary of the interior and the oil-rig inspector—up from seven layers in 1960.

The Easy Way Washington Could Save $1 Trillion Paul C. Light 2011

The figure, which compares with a £6.3 billion pretax loss in 2009, doesn't include a £1.65 billion charge for integrating HBOS, £500 million to reimburse mortgage customers with unclear contracts, or a £365 million loss from selling two oil-rig subsidiaries.

Bad Irish Loans Hit Lloyds Margot Patrick 2011

Not even the week's ever-worsening news of the oil-rig disaster off the nearby coast could disrupt the party-on spirit.

New Orleans' Jazz Fest wraps up another stellar run 2010