Kayaker finds swimming dog that fled fatal crash (AP)
AP - A man kayaking in the Gulf of Mexico rescued an injured dog that was swimming offshore after fleeing when his owner was struck and killed by a car.
BP oil spill payments to resume after fee wrinkle (AP)
AP - Payments to those damaged by BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico resumed Wednesday, a day after administrators of the $20 billion fund stopped the flow of money, saying they were unclear on how to assess a 6 percent fee for lawyers handling claims.
BP settles with maker of failed blowout preventer (AP)
AP - Cameron International, the maker of the Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer that failed to stop last year's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, has agreed to pay $250 million to BP under a legal settlement, BP said Friday.
Federal Study: BP Oil Spill Impact on Bluefin Tuna is Minimal (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - According to the Associated Press, a federal analysis by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of bluefin tuna, an already overfished species, in the Gulf of Mexico indicates the BP oil spill in April 2010 would not impact populations as greatly as some scientists had feared.
US: Bluefin tuna probably OK after BP oil spill (AP)
AP - Last year's BP oil spill probably won't push the troubled bluefin tuna population in the Gulf of Mexico over the edge as some scientists had worried, a federal analysis shows.
Anadarko has bigger loss on BP settlement (Reuters)
Reuters - Anadarko Petroleum Corp reported a wider quarterly loss on Monday, as the U.S. oil and gas company spent $4 billion to reach a settlement with BP Plc over that company's Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster last year.
BP gets 1st deepwater Gulf permit since spill (AP)
AP - U.S. officials have given BP the go-ahead to drill a new deepwater well in the Gulf of Mexico, its first such permit since last year's catastrophic oil spill.
BP Q3 underlying profit down on lower output (Reuters)
Reuters - London-based BP reported lower underlying third quarter profits on Tuesday as falling production, after the oil major sold fields to pay for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, outweighed the benefits of higher crude prices.
Oil mats after BP spill pose long-term ecosystem threat: study (Reuters)
Reuters - Auburn University researchers said oil mats submerged in the seabed more than a year after the biggest oil spill in U.S. history pose long-term threats to coastal ecosystems across the northern Gulf of Mexico.
AP: BP oil not degrading on Gulf floor, study says (AP)
AP - Tar balls washed onto Gulf of Mexico beaches by Tropical Storm Lee earlier this month show that oil left over from last year's BP spill isn't breaking down as quickly as some scientists thought it would, university researchers said Tuesday.
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