Two Oil Firms Link Rig Blast to 'Plug'

May 12, 2010

Lloyd Heinze, chairman of the petroleum engineering department at Texas Tech University, agrees that this is an unusual approach. 'Normally, you would not evacuate the riser until you were done with the last plug at the sea floor,' he said in an interview.

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WCYF Ag speaker sees County as a positive example

May 12, 2010

Advised that his best chance was to run for an FFA state office, Alejandro’s speech so impressed Dr. Bill Bennett, the director of the Texas Tech School of Agriculture, that he was given a scholarship and was also elected as the Texas State FFA President, the first Hispanic to hold that office.

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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill May Not Be Worst Ever, But Threatens Clean Energy Future

May 12, 2010

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Deepwater Horizon: Crude oil at the bottom of the food chain

May 12, 2010

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