Tag Archives: oil

Forbes – Transocean Execs Get Bonuses after ‘Best Year in Safety,’ Despite Gulf Oil Disaster

So the ques­tion must be asked how many employ­ees die and how many envi­ron­men­tal cat­a­stro­phes are cre­ated in a bad year for safety?

April 2, 2011 – 11:38 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Economics, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

The Oil Drum – Natural Oil Seeps and the Deepwater Horizon Disaster: A Comparison of Magnitudes

Run the num­bers between the Deep­wa­ter Hori­zon dis­as­ter and the nor­mal seep­age of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.

June 6, 2010 – 1:29 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Economics, Politics | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

Drilling Bill Passes, Drilling Occurs Years From Today

Some Con­gres­sional Repub­li­cans have skipped head­ing home dur­ing the August break to instead park out at Con­gress and try to pres­sure the Democ­rats to vote and debate on energy bills. Okay, first off a cou­ple of Twit­ter mes­sages that might pro­vide some back­ground into this issue. John Cul­ber­son, a House Repub­li­can from Texas, who uses Twit­ter …

August 4, 2008 – 7:32 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in General News, Politics | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off