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IT Strategies Group releases the Startup Business Economic Loss Module for the Oil Claim Calculator Software to help professional firms that prepare BP Oil Spill Claims for startup businesses affected by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., PANAMA CITY, Fla., NEW ORLEANS, MOBILE, Ala. HOUSTON, and BILOXI, Miss., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- "There are a lot of firms out there who do not know how to do these Customer Mix Tests or Start-Up Business claims....

http://www.datasite.com - The US oil and gas sector could soon see a raft of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity as a result of the new regulations brought in following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. New York, US (PRWEB) May 16, 2013 Click here to read the full article: http://bit.ly/15F8gLj The US oil and gas sector could soon see a raft of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity as a result of the new regulations brought in following the Deepwater...

Raw Cotton Absorbs Crude Oil Spills; Repels Water NEW YORK, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Research conducted at the Nonwovens and Advanced Materials Laboratory at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) shows that low-grade cotton is highly effective at absorbing crude oil spills. The study, published in the most recent issue of the American Chemical Society journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, reveals that one pound of low-micronaire...

WASHINGTON, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced the public launch of the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund through which NFWF will administer and monitor $2.544 billion from plea agreements resolving certain criminal cases arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. With today's announcement, NFWF also outlined procedures and criteria for selecting projects for funding in the...

Pennsylvania Game Commission asks citizens to report sightings of affected animals HARRISBURG, Pa., May 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The fuel tanker explosion that has closed a stretch of Interstate 81 near Harrisburg also caused about 2,000 gallons of spilled diesel fuel to flow into a nearby wetlands, prompting a rapid response to contain and clean up the spill, and rescue affected wildlife. Efforts continue today at Wildwood Lake Sanctuary, which lies just northwest of the...

Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Just over three years ago, the Gulf Coast, still recovering from the devastating effects of 2005's Hurricane Katrina, awakened to the news their region was once again under imminent threat. The Deepwater Horizon disaster and oil spill spewed an estimated 4.9 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico over 87 days. Despite the feel good, BP-produced Gulf tourism commercials, the full effects of the spill will only be known...

IT Strategies Group publishes an actual "BP Claim Countdown" on its website and in the OilClaim CalculatorTM Software FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. and PANAMA CITY, Fla and NEW ORLEANS and MOBILE, Ala. and HOUSTON and MONTGOMERY, Ala. and JACKSON, Miss., April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- As THE industry leader in calculating and processing Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill claim calculations, ITSG is proud to release an actual ticking BP Claim Countdown Clock as another helpful tool that is...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online It has been three years since we caught word an explosion took place on an oil rig off the Gulf coast, kickstarting the worst offshore oil spill in US history. Not only did 11 workers lose their lives on the rig, but we also saw about 4.9 million barrels, or 206 million gallons, of oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico. Although today marks the three-year anniversary of the spill, no one knew at that time the spill would go on for so...

LAWRENCE ANTHONY EARTH ORGANIZATION (LAEO) PUBLISHES NEW STUDY CITING EPA MISGUIDANCE IS AT FAULT LOS ANGELES, April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Year 3, Gulf Oil Spill Disaster -- An entirely new approach to oil spill problems associated with drilling, transport, pipelines and storage mishaps could find surprising common ground between the oil industry and environmentalists, according to a new position paper just released entitled: A Call for a Twenty-First-Century SOLUTION in Oil Spill...

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online When it happened in 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill released 210 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico and was described as one of the greatest man-made ecological disasters to ever impact the region. However, new research presented at the 245th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in New Orleans this week suggested that the Gulf has a natural mechanism capable of breaking down spilled...