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BP oil spill cleanup ends, but MDEQ still monitoring beaches

MBJ Staff — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:23:17 +0000

GULF OF MEXICO — The Gulf Coast Incident Management Team and the U.S. Coast Guard are transitioning the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response back to the pre-spill National Response Center system, according to a release from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ). “While the Coast Guard and the Gulf States have decided that it’s [...]

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Appeals Court wants county judge to sort out alligator dispute

Associated Press — Wed, 29 May 2013 20:24:42 +0000

WILKINSON COUNTY — Tom Christmas and his wife argue that they didn’t discover the 84-plus alligators on land next to their homestead until four years after they bought the property in southwest Mississippi. Exxon Mobil Corporation counters that the Christmases’ real estate agent told them about the alligators as far back as 2003. Exxon says [...]

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Oil company not drilling at historic site after local resistance

Associated Press — Wed, 29 May 2013 11:40:18 +0000

NATCHEZ — Mayor Butch Brown says a drilling company has changed its mind about drilling for oil on a historic site at Natchez. The Natchez Democrat reports Brown told the Board of Aldermen that Mike Biglane of RMB Exploration has decided not to drill on the historic Arlington property. Brown said he has learned that [...]

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New post-oil spill restoration plan lacks requirements

Associated Press — Mon, 27 May 2013 14:59:30 +0000

GULF OF MEXICO — There’s now a draft plan for using fines from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill to restore the Gulf Coast’s natural resources and economy. But the document doesn’t include two items required by federal law: a 10-year allocation plan or a three-year priority list of projects and programs, The Times-Picayune [...]

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Counties ‘hoping to get it right’ as they await Tuscaloosa Marine shale boom

Ted Carter — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:41:33 +0000

Folks in Southwest Mississippi may not realize it but boardrooms of oil companies from New York to Odessa, Texas, have their little part of the world in their cross-hairs. Lured by the prospect of extracting billions of barrels of premium oil and gas from a couple miles below ground, the companies are coming to town [...]

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State leaders ask Washington for more offshore drilling

Associated Press — Mon, 06 May 2013 21:49:48 +0000

GULF OF MEXICO — Six coastal governors have called on Washington to open up more waters to offshore drilling and to make permitting a quicker, more efficient process. The governors of Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi and Alaska spoke Monday at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston. Officials from Louisiana and Virginia also [...]

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Governor unveils Coast projects funded by BP money

Associated Press — Thu, 02 May 2013 23:52:49 +0000

MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — BP PLC is paying $69 million for interactive exhibits at a Hancock County science center, a concrete pathway on the beach at Pascagoula, up to six miles of shoreline and improvements at a park as part of Mississippi Gulf Coast restoration from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Gov. Phil Bryant said. [...]

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Energy company looking to sell interest in Gulf oil field

Associated Press — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:45:11 +0000

NATCHEZ — Callon Petroleum Co. says it’s trying to sell its interest in a Gulf of Mexico oil field. The company announced its board has authorized Jeffries LLC to try to sell its 15 percent interest in the Medusa deep-water field and 10 percent in Medusa Spar LLC, the company that owns the production platform [...]

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Supervisors reaffirm opposition to drilling near islands

Associated Press — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:31:31 +0000

GULF OF MEXICO — Harrison County supervisors approved a resolution that reiterates their opposition to oil and gas drilling in the Mississippi Sound and within 12 miles south of the barrier islands. The Sun Herald reports the board has passed similar resolutions over the years, and yesterday voted to again oppose the idea. Supervisor Marlin [...]

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State becomes third to sue BP over 2010 oil spill

Associated Press — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:58:11 +0000

JACKSON — Mississippi has become the third state to sue BP PLC over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Attorney General Jim Hood announced the state had filed lawsuits in federal and state court. The move comes one day before the three-year statute of limitations expires for claims related to the April 20, 2010, [...]

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