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An Emotionless Tony Hayward Testifies Before Congress (VIDEO)
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Government,Gulf Coast on June 17, 2010
WASHINGTON, DC – BP chief executive Tony Hayward came under intense fire at a House hearing on Thursday for paying little attention to risks being run at the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig before it exploded and caught fire on April 20. Rep. Henry Waxman (D) of California, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee,… read more
How To Apply for BP Unemployed Oil Rig Workers Compensation Fund
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Government,Gulf Coast on June 17, 2010
BP Establishes $100M Fund to Support Unemployed Oil Rig Workers Through Baton Rouge Foundation On July 30, 2010, BP announced in a press release that it will establish a $100 million charitable fund to support unemployed rig workers experiencing economic hardship as a result of the moratorium on deepwater drilling imposed by the United States… read more
Letter to BP CEO Tony Hayward From Congress Before His Testimony
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Government,Gulf Coast on June 16, 2010
BP CEO, Tony Hayward, is scheduled to appear at a House Energy and Commerce oversight and investigations subcommittee hearing, Thursday June 17. The subject of the hearing is the role of BP in the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill. The following are excerpts from a letter to Hayward from Congress dated June 14, identifying… read more
BP Agrees To $20 Billion Escrow Fund After Obama Meeting
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Government,Gulf Coast on June 16, 2010
WASHINGTON, DC – President Obama met with BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg, CEO Tony Hayward, and other officials in the West Wing of The White House Wednesday morning. The meeting comes the morning after Obama vowed to an angry nation that “we will make BP pay for the damage their company has caused.” BP is the… read more
Marshall Islands Mainly Responsible for Safety Inspections of Deepwater Horizon
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Government,Gulf Coast,Maritime Law on June 15, 2010
LA TIMES – In an article titled Flagging of Offshore Rigs Skirts U.S. Safety Rules, the Los Angeles Times reports that under International law, offshore oil rigs like the Deepwater Horizon are treated as ships, and companies are allowed to “register” them in unlikely places such as the Marshall Islands, Panama and Liberia — reducing… read more
Obama Meets With Oil Rig Victims’ Family Members – Photos & Video
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Government,Gulf Coast on June 14, 2010
WASHINGTON, DC – The family members of the 11 victims killed on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20 met with President Barack Obama Thursday, June 10, 2010. Tracy Kleppinger, widow of Karl Kleppinger, Jr., one of the 11 victims killed on The Deepwater Horizon, was among the family… read more
Oil Rig Attorney Says BP’s Conduct is Criminal
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Gulf Coast,Jones Act,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Transocean on June 10, 2010
CNN’s Anderson Cooper of AC360, spoke with Steve Gordon, attorney for rig survivors of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster, in an exclusive interview which aired June 8, 2010. In the one on one interview, Gordon states, “I’ve seen negligence, I’ve seen gross negligence, and this conduct is criminal what they did”….”There’s a crime scene… read more
BP Warning Sign in Gas Station is Bitter Irony
Posted in BP British Petroleum on June 9, 2010
A sign in a BP gas station reads: Warning – Do Not Leave Pumps Unattended. You Are Responsible for Spills. BP should practice what they preach! Published by maritime lawyer Gordon & Elias, LLP
Oil Rig Survivors Tell Anderson Cooper What Happened On Night of the Explosion
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Transocean on June 9, 2010
In an exclusive interview which aired June 7, 2010, five Deepwater Horizon rig survivors told CNN’s Anderson Cooper that the morning the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, a BP executive and a Transocean official argued over how to proceed with the drilling. The survivors’ account paints perhaps the most detailed picture yet of what happened… read more
Aerial View of Gulf Oil Spill Day 49 – Video & Photos
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Florida Maritime News,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News on June 8, 2010
GRAND ISLE, La – Kerry Sanders from The Today Show took a flight, June 7, on a Coast Guard helicopter for an aerial view of the Gulf Coast disaster. The view shows the scope of the devastation of the oil spill on day 49 of the greatest environmental disaster of our time. As Sanders reports… read more