Gulf of Mexico
The Economist: Digital highlights, July 22nd 2011
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Fishing on the Gulf coast: You've had a pleasant run
Local seafood faces bigger threats than oil and dispersants(5)
Lessons from Deepwater Horizon and Fukushima: In place of safety nets
Don’t assume disasters won’t happen at the frontiers of technology—presume they will(20)
International: Future imperfect
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Companies adapt to the video age(0)
Cuba's oil prospects: The other way out
FOR years, international Cuba watchers have predicted two possible solutions to the island's economic problems. The “biological solution” is the death of Fidel Castro. The “geological solution” is a major oil discovery in Cuba’s section of the Gulf of Mexico. Most have assumed that biology would win.(18)
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill: After the kill
With BP’s blown-out well finally dead, damage assessment takes centre stage(12)
Oil platform explosion: You know the drill
A federal judge's decision in June looks less wise today(26)
Inflated job titles: Down with the tsar
"Drugs tsar", "gaming tsar"... such unpleasant titles. We have a better suggestion(56)
Fixing oil wells: The price of staying in the game
Oil companies are now developing a system that could cap deepwater wells in the Gulf of Mexico in a hurry(11)
The Gulf oil spill: Putting a cap on it
Another experiment and another delay(5)
Oil companies' dash for gas: Vapour trails
In hot pursuit of a fuel that is less risky and more accessible(17)
Odds on chief executives: Don't bet on the boss
Which chief executives will be out of their jobs by next year?(19)
The gulf oil spill: No end in sight
High tempers and low expectations in the Gulf of Mexico(29)
Oysters after the Deepwater Horizon: No mo' po'?
The gulf supplies most of America’s oysters, but for how long?(33)
Cleaner diesel engines: Pouring water on troubled oils
To make engines cleaner, add H2O(13)
Deepwater Horizon: What were they, on drugs?
Another regulator disappoints(13)
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico: Deep trouble
America’s distorted energy markets, not just its coastline, need cleaning up(46)
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill: Black storm rising
The Deepwater Horizon disaster will affect everyone from pelicans to politicians(15)
The oil spill: Spill, baby, spill
Where an oil spill happens matters more than how big it is(132)
Inside story: Plumbing the depths
Inside story: A recent wave of advances is enabling oil companies to detect and recover offshore oil in ever more difficult places(3)
Markets are well aware of how little oil is out there(3)
The sea is suffering, mostly at the hand of man, says John Grimond (interviewed here)(29)
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