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Relatives of Deepwater Horizon Disaster Flyover Site One Year Later
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Florida Maritime News,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Mississippi Maritime News,Transocean on April 20, 2011
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Relatives of oil rig workers who perished in the explosion and fire of the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010 are being flown over the site of the disaster one year later. Transocean, Ltd, the company who owned the ill-fated oil rig has invited up to… read more
BP Oil Spill Claims Process Difficult For Some
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Mississippi Maritime News on April 15, 2011
WASHINGTON DC – It is being reported that the claims process is difficult and puzzling for some businesses and workers who have filed claims against the BP $20 billion oil spill fund. Almost one year after the disaster, some claimants from Alabama and Mississippi have reported that they have still not been paid while others… read more
Dispute Brewing Over BP Oil Spill Claims
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,Florida Maritime News,Government,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Mississippi Maritime News on April 13, 2011
JACKSON, MS – The Mississippi Attorney General, Jim Hood has asked a District Judge to intervene on behalf of claimants in the $20 billion BP Oil Spill fund causing some friction with the fund administrator, Kenneth Feinberg. In New Orleans, U.S. District Judge, Carl Barbier has been asked by attorneys general from four states (Florida,… read more
BP Oil Spill Claimants Need to Prove Losses with Documentation
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Florida Maritime News,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Mississippi Maritime News,Texas Maritime News,World Maritime News on March 11, 2011
NEW ORLEANS, La. – In order to ward off fraud and justify payments for thousands of Gulf oil spill claimants, Kenneth Feinberg, the administrator of BP’s compensation fund, is requiring proof of losses in order to process claims. Feinberg has been criticized for delays in handling some claims but in thousands of cases claimants have… read more
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Florida Maritime News,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Mississippi Maritime News on February 18, 2011
NEW ORLEANS — According to The Coast Guard, the oil spill cleanup of oiled beaches along the Gulf of Mexico has reached a point where crews, heavy equipment and thorough scrubbing can cause more damage to the ecosystem than good. There are 4,265 people still involved in the cleanup and response on 544 miles of… read more
Tarballs Wash Up on Alabama Coast
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Environment,Gulf Coast,World Maritime News on January 5, 2011
FT. MORGAN BEACH, AL – The Mobile Press Register reports that Alabama’s Fort Morgan peninsula is “awash in tarballs” and other oiled debris after strong currents pushed the materials inland in recent days. In response, BP has dispatched cleanup crews to the area. “While most of the oil has been removed, BP will continue to… read more
U.S. Justice Department Sues BP and 8 Other Companies Over Gulf Oil Spill
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Florida Maritime News,Government,Gulf Coast,Halliburton,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Maritime Lawsuits,Mississippi Maritime News,Texas Maritime News,Transocean,World Maritime News on December 17, 2010
NEW ORLEANS, LA — The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in New Orleans against BP and eight other companies involved in the Gulf oil spill that followed the blowout of the Deepwater Horizon Macondo well on April 20, 2010. The lawsuit was announced by the Justice Department on Wednesday,… read more
Feinberg Offers Gulf Oil Spill Claimants Quick Check But With a Catch
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Florida Maritime News,Government,Gulf Coast,Maritime Law,Mississippi Maritime News,Texas Maritime News,World Maritime News on December 15, 2010
Kenneth Feinberg, the administrator of the BP $20 billion fund, said on Monday, December 13, that Gulf oil spill claimants who want more cash can now get a quick check within two weeks, but they will have to forfeit their right to sue BP or receive any additional payments. “No more documentation required, no requirement… read more
BP Disputes Oil Spill Size to Avoid Excessive Federal Fines
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Florida Maritime News,Government,Gulf Coast,Maritime Law,Maritime Lawsuits,Mississippi Maritime News,Texas Maritime News,World Maritime News on December 6, 2010
The Houston maritime lawyer news blog reports that BP realizes that billions of dollars in federal fines are at stake and are challenging the size of the oil spill from The Deepwater Horizon Macondo well that exploded in April 2010 in order to avoid excessive fines for their part in the disaster. BP is contending… read more
Obama Reverses Oil Drilling Expansion After Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Florida Maritime News,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Mississippi Maritime News,World Maritime News on December 3, 2010
The Interior Department said it is reversing the plan laid out last March to drill for oil off the East Coast and in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. The Obama administration unveiled the plan before the BP oil spill. The new plan means no new drilling proposals off of the East Coast for at least… read more