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Oil Gushing From Well Hit By Tugboat Near Louisiana Marsh
Posted in Environment,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News on July 27, 2010
PLAQUEMINES PARRISH, La. – A wellhead hit by a tug boat is gushing oil near a Louisiana marsh area, Jefferson Parish officials reported Tuesday. Billy Nungesser, Plaquemines Parish President, said that the oil is shooting up 20 feet into the air. Officials said that the tug boat, called Pere Ana C., hit the well before… read more
Tony Hayward to Resign as BP CEO
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon on July 26, 2010
Tony Hayward, BP CEO, is expected to resign as CEO before Tuesday according to reports from several news outlets.
BP Internal Investigators’ Notes Read at Joint Hearings
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Maritime Lawsuits,Texas Maritime News,Transocean on July 22, 2010
KENNER, LA – John Guide, BP wells team leader, answered questions at the Deepwater Horizon joint investigation hearings held Thursday, July 22, at the Radisson Hotel by the Coast Guard and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement investigating the causes of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion on April 20. A top… read more
Deepwater Horizon Hearing Cancelled After Witnesses Have Little To Say
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Florida Maritime News,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Maritime Lawsuits,Texas Maritime News,Transocean on July 22, 2010
KENNER, LA. – Witnesses thought to have sensitive information had little to say at the Deepwater Horizon disaster hearings conducted Tuesday, July 20, by a joint investigative board of the U.S. Coast Guard and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, the agency formerly known as the Minerals Management Service. At the end… read more
Relief Well Work at BP Oil Spill Site Threatened By Tropical Storm
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News on July 21, 2010
Two relief wells are on track to be completed within two weeks, however, it is possible a tropical storm could disrupt the work at the BP oil spill site. This could mean no work on the relief wells for up to two weeks. A final piece of casing needs to be cemented in place at… read more
Maritime Lawyer Sues Owner / Operator of M/V Miss Sonia on Behalf of Texas Shrimper
Posted in Jones Act,Maritime Law,Maritime Lawsuits,Texas Maritime News on July 19, 2010
HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS – Gordon & Elias, LLP, maritime lawyers, represent a 45 year old shrimper from Palacios, Texas, who was working in the Gulf of Mexico when he sustained injuries to his back and body in general due to the negligence of Mr. Craig Wallis, owner and operator of M/V Miss Sonia. The incident… read more
BP Says Leak in Pipe is Fixed, Testing To Begin
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Environment,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Mississippi Maritime News,Texas Maritime News on July 15, 2010
NEW ORLEANS, La. – BP said Thursday they hope to restart the testing process on the cap it’s put on top of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill now that a leak in the machinery has been fixed.
Crawfisher Drew Landry Sings Stirring Folk Song to Oil Spill Commission (VIDEO)
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Environment,Florida Maritime News,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Mississippi Maritime News,Texas Maritime News on July 14, 2010
Louisiana crawfisher, Drew Landry, a native of Lafeyette, Louisiana and a Cajun singer-songwriter, addresses the White House Oil Spill Commission and sings about the devasting economic environment, the effect on the unemployed workers and ecosystem The song is a moving real honest to goodness folk song that evokes emotion and tells the story of the… read more
Final Days of Captain Phil Harris of ‘Deadliest Catch’ Airs on Discovery
Posted in Alaska Maritime News,Seattle Maritime News on July 13, 2010
The Discovery Channel airs the details Tuesday night, July 13, of the death of Capt. Phil Harris, Alaskan crabber and fan’s favorite reality star of ‘Deadliest Catch’ who suffered a stroke and died in February. The last six years of Harris’ life have been lived on camera, and his death was no different. For three… read more
Fired BP Contractor Adam Dillon Becomes A Whistleblower (VIDEO)
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Environment,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News on July 12, 2010
NEW ORLEANS, La. – As a BP contractor and liaison, Adam Dillon had rebuffed reporters’ attempts to observe cleanup operations in Grand Isle, LA, in June, before being promoted to the BP Command Center near Houma, LA. At the command center BP manages the private contractors running practically every aspect of the spill response. Dillon,… read more