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BP Oil Spill Linked to Whale Deaths
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Gulf Coast on October 26, 2012
Greenpeace has obtained documents under the Freedom of Information Act showing that officials of the Obama administration are tightly controlling information about whales and other wildlife caught up in the disaster.
Traces of BP Oil Spill Found in Gulf Food Chain Pose Health Concerns
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Gulf Coast,Jones Act,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Accidents on March 23, 2012
Traces of the BP oil spill that occurred from the April 10, 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, were found in the zooplankton, which is part of the marine food chain. According to studies, this finding presents a hazard for the gulf food chain and possibly human health.
BP Says They Are Entitled to Payment From Halliburton From Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Gulf Coast,Halliburton,Jones Act,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Lawsuits,Texas Maritime News,Transocean on January 3, 2012
NEW ORLEANS, La. — BP made their latest filing on Monday, Jan 2, in New Orleans federal court reiterating a claim they first made last April that they are entitled to payment from Houston-based contractor Halliburton Energy Services for expenses and lost profits resulting from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil spill disaster.
BP Settles with Maker of Deepwater Horizon Blowout Preventer
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Cameron International,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Gulf Coast,World Maritime News on December 28, 2011
Under a legal settlement announced on Friday, Dec 16 by BP, Cameron International, maker of the Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer that failed to stop the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last year, has agreed to pay $250 million to BP.
Environmentalists File Lawsuit Against Gulf Offshore Drilling Leases Auction
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Maritime Lawsuits on December 15, 2011
WASHINGTON — A lawsuit has been filed by Oceana, Defenders of Wildlife, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Center for Biological Diversity Tuesday, Dec 14, in U.S. District Court in Washington claiming that the federal government failed to take steps to avoid a repeat of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that occurred in April… read more
Judge Says BP Must Face Gulf Oil Spill Claims From Alabama and Louisiana Under Maritime Law
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Gulf Coast,Jones Act,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Transocean,World Maritime News on November 23, 2011
NEW ORLEANS, La. – U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier ruled last week that BP must face claims under general maritime law, not under state law, in suits brought by Louisiana and Alabama due to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill brought on by the Deepwater Horizon disaster on April 20, 2010.
Judge Rules BP Can Not Use Transocean Insurance Coverage for 2010 Gulf Oil Spill
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Gulf Coast,Maritime Law,Maritime Lawsuits,Transocean on November 17, 2011
NEW ORLEANS, La. – U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier ruled Tuesday, Nov 15, that BP can not use Transocean’s insurance coverage to pay costs that were related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill that occurred last April in 2010 – stating that the carriers owe no duty to pay claims or defense costs to… read more
Gulf Study Looks at Long Term Effects of BP Oil Spill on Cleanup Workers
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Florida Maritime News,Gulf Coast,Jones Act,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Mississippi Maritime News,Texas Maritime News on November 10, 2011
NEW ORLEANS, La – Researchers want cleanup workers and volunteers of last year’s BP oil spill to participate in a Gulf study that is looking at the long-term health effects of last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill on clean-up workers.
BP Oil Spill Fund Payouts Reach $5.5 Billion
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Florida Maritime News,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Maritime Lawsuits,Mississippi Maritime News,Texas Maritime News on November 1, 2011
Kenneth Feinberg, the administrator of BP’s $20 billion restitution fund, told Congress on Thursday, Oct 27, that he has has paid out approximately $5.5 billion to more than 213,000 victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill that occurred over a year and a half ago.
U.S. Government Set to Allow BP to Resume Exploratory Oil Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,World Maritime News on October 25, 2011
WASHINGTON D.C. – A year and a half after the devastating Deepwater Horizon oil spill that spewed over 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the Obama administration is set to allow BP to resume exploratory drilling in the Gulf of Mexico but without any changes to the laws that hold companies… read more