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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
Oil Spill Tarballs Found On Shrimp In Newly Re-Opened Gulf Waters (VIDEO)
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Gulf Coast,Mississippi Maritime News,World Maritime News on November 24, 2010
PASCAGOULA, MS – The Bon Secour shrimp boat Our Mother was trawling in newly re-opened waters north of the Deepwater Horizon Macondo well site when it hauled in tar balls with its shrimp. There were enough tar balls along with the shrimp that spoiled thousands of dollars worth of the day’s catch. The ruined shrimp… read more
Claims Far Away from Gulf Oil Spill are Harder to Assess
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Florida Maritime News,Gulf Coast,Maritime Lawsuits,Mississippi Maritime News,Texas Maritime News,World Maritime News on November 15, 2010
Claims that allege damage far away from the Gulf oil spill caused by the Deepwater Horizon disaster are complicating the assessment of claims from the BP Oil Spill Fund. An article at Businessinsurance.com reports that the Gulf Coast Claims Facility will have enough money to pay legitimate losses, but there is a danger that the… read more
Halliburton and BP Knew About Substandard Cement Before Oil Spill
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Government,Gulf Coast,Maritime Lawsuits,World Maritime News on October 29, 2010
WASHINGTON DC – A presidential commission investigating the Deepwater Horizon blowout has discovered that Halliburton and BP knew three weeks before the accident that the cement used to seal the well was unstable, but still went ahead with the job. This was the first official finding of responsibility for the blowout and disaster where 11… read more
Government Report on Fate of Oil Released After Deepwater Horizon Explosion
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Florida Maritime News,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Texas Maritime News,World Maritime News on October 20, 2010
It’s been six months since the Deepwater Horizon explosion occurred on April 20, which killed 11 oil rig workers and devastated the Gulf Coast ecosystem and economy with an unprecedented oil spill making it the largest man made disaster in the history of the United States The leak at the Macondo well was finally capped… read more
U. S. Ends Deepwater Drilling Ban Sets New Rules
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 October 13, 2010
WASHINGTON, DC – The Obama administration lifted its ban on deep water drilling seven weeks ahead of schedule Tuesday, Oct 12, stating that the new rules cut the risk of a repeat of the BP oil spill, caused by the Deepwater Horizon explosion on April, 20th. The U.S. Interior Department said oil companies must comply… read more
U.S. Oil Companies Plan New Insurance Fund to Cover Future Oil Spills
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Florida Maritime News,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Mississippi Maritime News,Texas Maritime News,World Maritime News on October 11, 2010
BP’s cost of the massive Gulf oil spill is expected to reach over $30 billion in clean-up and compensation which has raised U.S. oil companies concerns about what would happen if a company without BP’s massive resources had been operating the blown-out well. In order to avoid a scenario where smaller companies are unable to… read more
Oil Spill Panel Says White House Blocked Worst Case Oil Spill Figures
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Government,Gulf Coast,World Maritime News on October 8, 2010
WASHINGTON, DC — According to a commission appointed by the president to investigate the Gulf oil spill disaster, the Obama administration blocked efforts by government scientists to tell the public just how bad the Gulf oil spill could become and raised questions about its competence and candor during the crisis. In documents released Wednesday, the… read more
Obama Wants To Use BP Oil Spill Fines To Restore Gulf Coast
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Florida Maritime News,Government,Gulf Coast,Maritime Lawsuits,Mississippi Maritime News,Texas Maritime News,World Maritime News on September 29, 2010
NEW ORLEANS, La. — The Obama administration and BP are in talks to reach an agreement about a possible settlement over fines for the devastating Gulf oil spill that was caused by the Deepwater Horizon disaster on April 20, 2010. According to an article at The Huffington Post, Louisiana Republican Rep. Steve Scalise told The… read more