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UCSB, Texas A&M scientists find methane gas concentrations have returned to near-normal levels

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — — Calling the results “extremely surprising,” researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara and Texas A&M University report that methane gas concentrations in the Gulf of Mexico have returned to near n…

Deepwater Horizon interim report

Nov. 16, 2010 — The numerous technical and operational breakdowns that contributed to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and spill from the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico suggest the lack of a suitable approach for managing the inherent …