May 9, 2010

OIL Stunning Statistic of the Week

  • $75 million: The liability cap for BP for the Gulf oil spill, for damages such as lost wages and economic suffering
  • $5.6 billion: BP's first-quarter profits, a 135 percent increase over the first quarter of 2009

OIL Quote of the Week  Gulf spill will "forever" change drilling-BP exec
Related: Gulf incident prompts policy-change efforts   as Obama suspends new Virginia offshore drilling bid
Arctic drilling opponents gain momentum from Gulf oil spill
And Shell: We're ready to drill Arctic Ocean while Alaska struggling 21 years after Exxon spill
And please visit EPA's Web site on BP Oil Spillwww.epa.gov/bpspill