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BP said early Wednesday that its runaway Macondo well appears to have reached a static condition, with pressure now being controlled by the hydrostatic pressure of drilling mud that was pumped into the well Tuesday.

Two years ago most New Jersey residents supported oil and gas drilling in the state’s coastal waters, but the three-month-old BP plc oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico appears to have changed their minds, according to poll results released last Wednesday.

Two years ago most New Jersey residents supported oil and gas drilling in the state’s coastal waters, but the three-month-old BP plc oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico appears to have changed their minds, according to poll results released Wednesday.

The controversial provision in the financial regulatory reform legislation that requires major banks to spin off their swap desks appears to be intact (see Daily GPI, June 16), although pressure is mounting to strip the provision from the bill.

A deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM) sidetrack appraisal well south of the Lucius discovery well in Keathley Canyon Block 875 appears to confirm a “major discovery with substantial resource potential,” an executive with Anadarko Petroleum Corp. said Wednesday.

A deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM) sidetrack appraisal well south of the Lucius discovery well in Keathley Canyon Block 875 appears to confirm a “major discovery with substantial resource potential,” an executive with Anadarko Petroleum Corp. said Wednesday.

A deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM) sidetrack appraisal well south of the Lucius discovery well in Keathley Canyon Block 875 appears to confirm a “major discovery with substantial resource potential,” an executive with Anadarko Petroleum Corp. said Wednesday.

The controversy over air quality in the Barnett Shale in North Texas appears to be far from over after the Fort Worth City Council on Tuesday night voted to delay until Feb. 2 a vote on XTO Energy Inc.’s application for a multiple-well drilling site on the city’s south side.

The controversy over air quality in the Barnett Shale in North Texas appears to be far from over after the Fort Worth City Council last week voted to delay until Feb. 2 a vote on XTO Energy Inc.’s application for a multiple-well drilling site on the city’s south side.