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Isaac moves on, oil platform staff returnThe remnants of Hurricane Isaac brought heavy rainfall and the threat of flash flooding to the Mississippi Valley on Friday as Gulf Coast residents cleaned up and energy facilities geared back into operation - in one case with government help. More… |
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Hurricane Isaac zeroes in on New OrleansHurricane Isaac surged ashore in southern Louisiana on Tuesday, packing high winds and heavy rains, and was set to hit New Orleans seven years to the day after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city. Isaac is the first hu More… |
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Isaac menaces Gulf Coast 7 yrs after KatrinaTropical Storm Isaac closed in on the US Gulf Coast on Monday, triggering evacuation orders in some areas and disrupting offshore oil production as it threatened to make landfall between Florida and Louisiana as a full-blown hurricane. More… |
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BlackBerry devices win PayPass approvalRIM has announced that the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and BlackBerry Curve 9360 smartphones are the first SIM-based near field communication (NFC) smartphones to be certified by MasterCard Worldwide as PayPass-approved devices. The certification More… |
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Storm Lee lumbers toward Louisiana coastSlow-moving Tropical Storm Lee strengthened as it lumbered toward the Louisiana coast on Saturday, bringing torrential rains that will put the flood defenses of low-lying New Orleans to the test. The storm is expected to reach the Louisian More… |
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Oil companies brace for Tropical Storm LeeTropical Storm Lee threatened the Louisiana coast with torrential rains and flooding and shut nearly half of US offshore crude oil production and a third of its gas production. The slow-moving storm is expected to reach the Louisiana coast More… |
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US to announce new drilling moratorium soonThe Obama administration promised on Friday it would announce a new deepwater oil drilling moratorium shortly, and a US company became the first to pull a rig out of the Gulf of Mexico because of uncertainty surrounding the ban. Diamond Of More… |
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Gulf oil spill hits Day 40 with no end in sightThe worst oil spill in US history hits its 40th day on Saturday with Gulf residents clinging to one tenuous hope: that BP's complicated "top kill" operation will plug the gushing well. Beleaguered Louisiana residents heard from President B More… |
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New Orleans levees hold as Gustav winds downHurricane Gustav weakened to a tropical storm after crashing into the Louisiana coast and menacing New Orleans, where rebuilt levees managed to hold floodwaters out of the city. Gustav weakened before hitting land, easing fears it would be More… |
