AP check: Shoddy disposal work mars oil cleanup

A leaky truck filled with oil-stained sand and absorbent boom soaked in crude pulls away from the beach, leaving tar balls in a public parking lot and a messy trail of sand and water on the main beach road. A few miles away, brown liquid drips out of a disposal bin filled with polluted sand.

Oil-soaked waste worries landfills' neighbors

MOUNT VERNON, Ala. At a sprawling landfill some 50 miles from the oil-spotted coastline, trash bags brimming with tar balls, oil-soaked boom, sand, and tangles of sea grass are dumped.

Oil-Soaked Waste Worries Gulf Coast Landfills' Neighbors

by Lesley Clark and Fred Tasker MOUNT VERNON, Ala. - At a sprawling landfill some 50 miles from the oil-spotted coastline, trash bags brimming with tar balls, oil-soaked boom, sand, and tangles of sea grass are dumped. read more

Enbridge's oil spill in Michigan appears contained

The slick of oil from a ruptured Enbridge pipeline in Michigan has been contained to a local lake and river and should not present a threat to the Great Lakes, say both U.S. officials and the Calgary-based Enbridge.

Heritage Oil Completes Disposal Of Ugandan Interests; Plans To Pay Special Dividend

Upstream exploration and production company Heritage Oil plc Tuesday said that Heritage Oil & Gas Ltd. has completed the disposal of its entire interests in Block 1 and Block 3A in Uganda. The company also plans to pay a special dividend of up to 100 pence per share in August.