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BP Makes Successful Cut in Pipe; Cap Will Be a Challenge
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Florida Maritime News,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Transocean on June 3, 2010
METAIRIE, La. – Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said Thursday morning that BP made a successful cut into the Deepwater Horizon well’s riser pipe using giant shears, after abandoning a diamond wire saw that got jammed there the day before. BP’s underwater robots have succeeded in shearing through the pipe atop a blown-out well in… read more
22 Mile Oil Plume Threatens to Poison Food Chain for Sea Life
Posted in Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Florida Maritime News,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News on May 28, 2010
NEW ORLEANS, La — Researchers have discovered that a 22 mile oil plume was nearing an underwater canyon, where it threatens to poison the food chain for sea life in the waters off Florida. The cloud was nearing a large underwater canyon whose currents fuel the food chain in the Gulf waters off Florida and… read more
BP Official Made Fatal Decision Before Oil Rig Explosion
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Florida Maritime News,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Transocean on May 26, 2010
WASHINGTON DC – In the time since the Deepwater Horizon disaster on April 20, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico there has been a government inquiry in Louisiana and a committee meeting by the U.S. House of Representatives where new information has come to light about the fateful hours just before the disaster on the… read more
Transocean Seeks to Limit Deepwater Horizon Liability to Under $27M
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Florida Maritime News,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Transocean on May 24, 2010
A petition was filed on May 13, 2010, by Transocean, the owner of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded on April 20, 2010 off the coast of Louisiana in The Gulf of Mexico. Transocean seeks to limit its liabilities in the disaster to $26,700,000.00 despite receiving over $400 million in insurance compensation. Transocean also… read more