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Hayward’s Resignation Inevitable After BP Spill Undermined Safety Pledge SOURCE:  Bloomberg Tony Hayward’s resignation became inevitable after the worst oil spill in U.S. history jeopardized BP Plc’s independence and wiped 45 billion pounds ($70 billion) off the company’s value. A geologist who joined BP in 1982, Hayward will be replaced as chief executive officer by [...]

China’s largest reported oil spill had more than doubled by Wednesday, closing beaches on the Yellow Sea and prompting an environmental official to warn the sticky black crude posed a “severe threat” to sea life and water quality. Some workers trying to clean up the inky beaches wore little more than rubber gloves, complicating efforts, [...]

Taipei, Taiwan The estimated size of an oil spill off China‘s northeast coast doubled Wednesday, as workers raced against the clock to contain a growing environmental disaster. Oil is now spread over about 165 square miles of water, according to Chinese officials. By comparison, though, that’s still nowhere near the magnitude of the BP oil [...]

Robotic submarines working a mile underwater removed a leaking cap from the gushing Gulf oil well Saturday, starting a painful trade-off: Millions more gallons of crude will flow freely into the sea for at least two days until a new seal can be mounted to capture all of it. There’s no guarantee for such a [...]

Most people may not know that it is a proven fact that motor oil never wears out. However, because contaminants, water and corrosive acids build up within an engine, motor oil needs to be changed on a regular basis. The refiner makes it possible to recycle the oil within an engine and eliminate the need [...]

Tens of thousands of gallons more oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday after an undersea robot bumped into the cap that had been containing some of the crude, forcing BP to remove it. The setback, yet another in the nine-week effort to stop the gusher, came as the Obama administration tried to [...]

Tony Hayward, BP’s CEO is out Racing his Yacht while the residents of the Gulf Coast Race to clean up their shores! Oh and might we add Obama is on a Golf Outing….Imagine that! Tony Hayward “I want my life back!”  (looks like he’s getting it) He has managed to outrage many Americans with yet [...]