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Here are some of Rigzone's top upstream stories during the last week, just in case you missed them... Here are some of Rigzone’s top upstream stories during the last week, just in case you missed them… Shell Makes Significant Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Find Shell Offshore Inc, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, announced a “significant” discovery at the Leopard prospect in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The Leopard well encountered more than 600 feet of net oil pay at multiple levels, according to Shell, which said evaluation was ongoing to further define development options. Read f...

The natural gas storage report from the EIA for the week ending April 30th indicated that the amount of natural gas held in underground storage in the US rose by 60 billion cubic feet to 1,958 billion cubic feet by the end of the week, which left our gas supplies 345 billion cubic feet, or 15.0% below the 2,303 billion cubic feet that were in storage on April 30th of last year, and 61 billion cubic feet, or 3.0% below the five-year average of 2,019 billion cubic feet of natural gas that have been in storage as of the 30th of April in recent years....the 60 billion cubic feet that were added t...

Avo: all of great britain, all in one place book on expedia before april 30th and save up to thirty percent. the coast guard and the oil companies are trying to prevent an environmental tragedy. today a sheen of oil, up to 100 square miles, floats over the gulf. as crews work to contain the damage, environmentalists worry about sperm whales that feed near the sunken rig and the possibility the oil could harm the official fishing areas and the wetlands. >> that was nbc news chief environmental affairs correspondent ann thompson, four years ago this very day, reporting on the environmental imp...

Kyron. >> we have a houseboat reserved for august, and he's going to be home before then. >> reporter: desiree and cane told me that they still firmly believe he is out there somewhere alive. they have reason to believe that they said but they wouldn't say what that reason is. as for terry, the stepmother, she has retained a high-profile lawyer here in portland. she reportedly has denied the allegation that she tried to hire someone so kill her husband. so far she has not spoken out publicly, nor has her lawyer. kate snow, nbc news, portland. here's a live look at the oil still gushing from ...

Deep water horizon oil rig washing ashore in the florida panhandle. a second large storage tank turning up at miramar beach. officials from the local sheriff's office say bp was taking the tank to new orleans to investigate. a similar container washed up over the weekend on panama city beach some 40 miles south of miramar. 200 miles from where the deep water horizon exploded in april. we are told both tanks had markings suggesting they were part of the sunken rig. so far there is no sign the massive oil spill has contaminated either of those beaches. right now, thousands of oil clean-up worker...