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April 23, 2012

Why Gulf Disaster Won't Stop Us from Drilling

Bryan Walsh, Time Magazine


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It was two years ago today that the Deepwater Horizon—a top-of-the-line offshore drilling rig owned by BP and run by Transocean—experienced a sudden burst of gas from. . .

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