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AP - A Canadian company whose pipeline leaked hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a Michigan river boasts on its website of being "an industry leader in pipeline safety and integrity."

Senate plans Wed. test vote on oil spill bill (Reuters)
Reuters - The Senate plans to hold a procedural vote next Wednesday to test whether there is enough support to pass legislation clamping down on offshore oil drilling procedures and expanding alternative energy, a Democratic aide said on Thursday.

Feds OK project to drill under, not on, wild areas (AP)

AP - An energy company received federal approval Thursday to take natural gas from a largely untouched, picturesque region of Utah by agreeing to use new technology to drill under wild areas instead of on top of them.

Partisan bickering delays oil spill legislation (AP)
AP - Partisan disagreements in the Senate will delay passage of legislation responding to the Gulf oil spill until at least September, when Congress returns from its summer recess.

Gulf spill lacks societal punch of Santa Barbara (AP)

AP - In 1969, Sen. Gaylord Nelson was so moved after seeing the devastation of an oil spill off the California coast near Santa Barbara that he called for a national teach-in on the environment. The following year the resulting "Earth Day" kick-started the modern environmental movement and shaped the way Americans thought about their air, water and soil.

Big Oil posts better profits on higher fuel prices (AP)

AP - The major oil companies continue to climb back from the recession, with higher fuel prices driving up earnings.

Oil prices rise on better corporate earnings (AP)

AP - Oil prices rose Thursday as better-than-expected earnings from ExxonMobil Corp., Southwest Airlines Co. and others bolstered hope for an improving economy.

Hornbeck's 2Q profit climbs, (AP)
AP - Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc., which provides water transportation for the petroleum industry, is prepared to move to wherever rigs go if the deepwater drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico drives away business, the company's CEO said Thursday.

Private mineral owners in Wyo. to auction rights (AP)
AP - A group of people who own mineral rights in eastern Wyoming say they're planning to sell those rights to oil developers in a public auction.

Key step to kill Gulf gusher may happen sooner (AP)

AP - A procedure intended to ease the job of plugging the blownout Gulf well for good could start as early as the weekend, the government's point man for the spill response said Thursday.