Residents look through the remains of properties destroyed by the Sidoarjo mud flow on May 28, in the subdistrict of Porong in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia. Australian experts have this month cut the predicted life expectancy of the Lusi mud volcano, which has been continually spewing mud since May 29, 2006, with new predictions lowered to 28 years, compared to earlier suggestions as high as 87 years. The eruption is suspected to be triggered by the drilling activities of Indonesian oil and gas company Lapindo Brantas, though they refute the claims, instead blaming a small quake 2 days earlier. The disaster has so far killed 14 people and displaced 40,000 others, with parent company Bakrie having paid out over $700 million in land acquisitions which it denies are compensation payments. They expect to pay out a further $120 million by the end of 2012.

A relative of one of the 33 miners trapped deep underground in a copper and gold mine is hugged by a policeman after the T-130 drilling machine completed an escape hole at San Jose mine near Copaipo, Chile, Oct. 9.

People wear 'Keep Drilling' tee shirts at the 'Rally for Economic Survival,'a rally opposing the federal moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, in Lafayette, Louisiana, USA 21 July 2010. Supporters of the rally want President Obama to lift the moratorium immediately to protect Louisiana's jobs and economy. BP continues to evaluate a new containment cap that they hope will allow them to eventually shut down the blown Deepwater Horizon well.

While over 13,000 people took part in the 'Rally for Economic Survival,' a rally opposing the federal moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, a handful of people gathered in support of the moratorium in Lafayette, Louisiana, USA 21 July 2010. Supporters of the rally want President Obama to lift the moratorium immediately to protect Louisiana's jobs and economy. BP continues to evaluate a new containment cap that they hope will allow them to eventually shut down the blown Deepwater Horizon well.