Category: Environment

Scientific Study: Most of BP Oil Spill Still Remains in Gulf of Mexico

Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Gulf Coast,World Maritime News on August 19, 2010

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA (UGA) – A group of scientists working from the University of Georgia has done a study that contradicts the recent National Incident Command (NIC) findings on the amount of oil still remaining from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The scientists believe that nearly 3/4ths of the oil is… read more

Transocean Withheld Internal Report That Proved Fatal For Deepwater Horizon 11

Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Gulf Coast,Transocean,World Maritime News on August 16, 2010

Confidential internal documents from Transocean reveal that on December 23, 2009 there was a blowout on one of their drilling rigs in the North Sea at 5:10 pm that was eerily similar to the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Drilling mud was being replaced by seawater when the blowout occurred. Fortunately, in that incident, the Blowout Preventer… read more

U.S. Govt Considers Early End To Deep Water Drilling Ban

Posted in Alaska Maritime News,California Maritime News,Environment,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Mississippi Maritime News,Texas Maritime News,World Maritime News on August 16, 2010

NEW ORLEANS, LA — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (previously the Minerals Management Service) is hosting a series of public forums, which began Wednesday, August 4, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana. This is the first in a series of public forums scheduled over the next six weeks for Louisiana, California, Alaska,… read more

Cargo Ship Runs Aground Off India Coast Near Mumbai (VIDEO)

Posted in Environment,Maritime Law,World Maritime News on August 11, 2010

MUMBAI, INDIA – Two cargo ships collided with each other on Saturday, August 7, 2010 in the Arabian Sea off the coast of India near Mumbai. The collision triggered an oil spill and about 500 tons of oil spewed from one of the vessels. The two ships involved in the collision were the MSC Chitra… read more

Three Other Transocean Oil Wells Had Safety Problems

Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Gulf Coast,Transocean on August 9, 2010

NEW YORK TIMES – According to an article in the New York Times, Transocean, the company that owned the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon, had safety concerns for several of its drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico prior to the April, 2010 disaster. According to confidential internal reports, about a month before the explosion and subsequent… read more

Oil Gushing From Well Hit By Tugboat Near Louisiana Marsh

Posted in Environment,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News on July 27, 2010

PLAQUEMINES PARRISH, La. – A wellhead hit by a tug boat is gushing oil near a Louisiana marsh area, Jefferson Parish officials reported Tuesday. Billy Nungesser, Plaquemines Parish President, said that the oil is shooting up 20 feet into the air. Officials said that the tug boat, called Pere Ana C., hit the well before… read more

Relief Well Work at BP Oil Spill Site Threatened By Tropical Storm

Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News on July 21, 2010

Two relief wells are on track to be completed within two weeks, however, it is possible a tropical storm could disrupt the work at the BP oil spill site. This could mean no work on the relief wells for up to two weeks. A final piece of casing needs to be cemented in place at… read more

BP Says Leak in Pipe is Fixed, Testing To Begin

Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Environment,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Mississippi Maritime News,Texas Maritime News on July 15, 2010

NEW ORLEANS, La. – BP said Thursday they hope to restart the testing process on the cap it’s put on top of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill now that a leak in the machinery has been fixed.

Crawfisher Drew Landry Sings Stirring Folk Song to Oil Spill Commission (VIDEO)

Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Environment,Florida Maritime News,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Mississippi Maritime News,Texas Maritime News on July 14, 2010

Louisiana crawfisher, Drew Landry, a native of Lafeyette, Louisiana and a Cajun singer-songwriter, addresses the White House Oil Spill Commission and sings about the devasting economic environment, the effect on the unemployed workers and ecosystem The song is a moving real honest to goodness folk song that evokes emotion and tells the story of the… read more

Fired BP Contractor Adam Dillon Becomes A Whistleblower (VIDEO)

Posted in BP British Petroleum,Environment,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News on July 12, 2010

NEW ORLEANS, La. – As a BP contractor and liaison, Adam Dillon had rebuffed reporters’ attempts to observe cleanup operations in Grand Isle, LA, in June, before being promoted to the BP Command Center near Houma, LA. At the command center BP manages the private contractors running practically every aspect of the spill response. Dillon,… read more