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The Motley Fool June 26, 2008 David Lee Smith	Exxon Catches a Supreme Break It's taken almost two decades, but ExxonMobil has wriggled out from under most of the $2.5 billion in punitive damages assessed against it after the infamous 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska's Prince William Sound.
The Motley Fool February 26, 2008 David Lee Smith	Exxon Gets Its Days in Court Along with their increasing technological challenges, oil and gas operations require progressively larger amounts of legal and political dexterity. Exxon is well-positioned to compete effectively on both fronts.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2010 Mac Greer	What You Need to Know About the Oil Spill and BP's Bottom Line How much could the spill in the Gulf of Mexico cost the British oil giant?
The Motley Fool June 16, 2010 Mac Greer	One Thing You Should Know About BP's Future In this third part of a four-part interview, Wayne State University environmental law professor Noah Hall explains why Houston could make all the difference in the world for BP.
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The Motley Fool November 26, 2007 David Lee Smith	Throw the Book at BP Victims of the BP refinery blast succeed in having the judge in the case recused, on the basis that he had worked for the oil company's law firm in the past.
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Science News March 28, 2009 Laura Sanders	Not One Drop: Betrayal And Courage In The Wake Of The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill This book by marine biologist Riki Ott describes the disastrous Exxon Valdez oil spill through the view of Cordova, a small fishing community and home of the author.
Geotimes December 2004 Megan Sever	Alaska's New Pipeline For close to 30 years, people have been working to build a natural gas pipeline from Alaska's North Slope to the lower 48 states. In October, Congress finally gave the go-ahead by authorizing the construction of the pipeline.
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Geotimes January 2005 Naomi Lubick	Getting to the Source of the Puget Sound Oil Spill Workers mobilized by the Washington Department of Ecology cleaned up beaches in the Dalco Passage of Puget Sound, after an oil spill on Oct. 14. The source of the spill remains unknown.
BusinessWeek October 25, 2004	A Big Tax Hike On Oil Majors In Venezuela Venezuela's mercurial President, Hugo Chavez, took foreign oil companies by surprise on Oct. 10 by decreeing a tax hike from 1% to 16.7% on heavy crude oil projects in the Orinoco Belt.
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The Motley Fool April 29, 2008 David Lee Smith	It's Official: BP Means Better Production London-based BP has raised its quarterly profits, and not just by a little bit.
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Geotimes December 2006	Top Energy News Stories of 2006 Offshore drilling debate unresolved... Tensions in Latin America energy sector... etc.
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BusinessWeek February 5, 2009 Steve LeVine	Exxon: Juggernaut or Dinosaur? Cautious, rigid, and uninterested in alternative fuels, the wildly successful oil behemoth is lumbering ponderously into the future.
The Motley Fool October 30, 2008 David Lee Smith	With Crude Sliding, You've Gotta Love Exxon's Earnings Like other members of Big Oil, Exxon performed well last quarter. However, the decline in commodities prices likely will hurt next quarter's earnings.
Geotimes November 2006 Rod Combellick	Building a Natural Gas Pipeline Through Earthquake Country With proposals now being considered to build a natural gas pipeline, it is ever-important to understand the seismic hazards along potential routes, so that the pipeline and its spurs can be properly designed and managed for seismic safety.
The Motley Fool October 29, 2004 W.D. Crotty	The Other Side of Oil Most people think oil companies are awash in cash -- until they look at the balance sheet.
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