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U.S. Coast Guard Honors Work Boat Crew For Oil Rig Rescue
Posted in Deepwater Horizon,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,US Coast Guard (USCG) on April 18, 2011
BELLE CHASSE, LA – The U.S. Coast Guard held an awards ceremony in honor of the work boat crew who rescued the survivors of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and fire in 2010. The awards ceremony was held on Friday, April 15, 2010 at the Coast Guard Air Station in Belle Chasse, LA.
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
Interior Secretary Salazar Rebukes Transocean For Safety Bonuses
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Government,Gulf Coast,Transocean on April 6, 2011
WASHINGTON DC – On Friday, April 1, Transocean announced to its shareholders that it paid executives multi-million dollar bonuses for the company’s safety record. On April 4, 2011, upon hearing of the bonuses, Interior Secretary, Ken Salazar blasted the company for declaring the year 2010 to be “the best year in safety performance” in the… read more
Transocean Employees Refuse to Testify in Oil Spill Probe
Posted in Deepwater Horizon,Gulf Coast,Transocean,US Coast Guard (USCG),Washington Maritime News on April 1, 2011
WASHINGTON, DC – In Washington, D.C. officials are conducting an investigation into the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico following the explosion and subsequent sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. Three workers for Transocean, Ltd., the company that owned The Deepwater Horizon, are refusing to testify at hearings which are part of… read more
Coast Guard Says New Oil Slick Not From BP Oil Spill
Posted in Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,US Coast Guard (USCG) on March 23, 2011
NEW ORLEANS, LA – This is a follow-up story to a previous article we posted on the recent oil slick that was spotted in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana near the site of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The U.S. Coast Guard investigated the sighting after it was spotted by a helicopter… read more
Second Deepwater Drilling Permit Issued by U.S. Government Since BP Oil Spill
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News on March 14, 2011
NEW ORLEANS, LA – The second permit in the last 2 weeks has been approved by the U.S. government for deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico since the BP oil spill disaster in 2010. In the midst of an ongoing recovery in the region since the oil spill disaster, the first permit was granted… 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
BP CEO Apologizes For Gulf Oil Spill Disaster
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Texas Maritime News,World Maritime News on March 9, 2011
HOUSTON, TX – In a speech at a major oil industry conference held Tuesday, March 8, in Houston, BP CEO Robert Dudley apologized for the worst oil spill disaster created in the history of the United States. “This is the first chance I have had to address such a large gathering of industry colleagues and… read more
U.S. Chemical Safety Board Wants More Testing on Gulf Oil Spill Blowout Preventer
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,World Maritime News on March 7, 2011
NEW ORLEANS, La. – Federal investagators told the media last Friday that there is “potentially a fundamental safety design problem with the pod system” that controls the blowout preventer, or BOP that was used to stop the Gulf oil spill. They want more testing in order to confirm their suspicions. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board… read more
Government Report Says BP Atlantis Drilling Rig in Gulf of Mexico is Safe
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,World Maritime News on March 4, 2011
A new BP Atlantis government report has been released that clears BP Atlantis rig located in the Gulf of Mexico of any serious allegations. The report “found no grounds for suspending the operations of the Atlantis … or revoking BP’s designation as an operator,” according to the report by the Bureau for Ocean Energy Management,… read more