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Obama Meets With Oil Rig Victims’ Family Members – Photos & Video
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Government,Gulf Coast on June 14, 2010
WASHINGTON, DC – The family members of the 11 victims killed on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20 met with President Barack Obama Thursday, June 10, 2010. Tracy Kleppinger, widow of Karl Kleppinger, Jr., one of the 11 victims killed on The Deepwater Horizon, was among the family… read more
BP Captures More Oil But Spill Could Go Into Fall
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Florida Maritime News,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Transocean on June 7, 2010
Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, appearing on CBS Face The Nation, said on Sunday that BP was succeeding in capturing more oil from its runaway well in the Gulf of Mexico, but cautioned that efforts to cap and clean up what’s already the largest oil spill in American history would stretch into the fall. “We’re… read more
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
Obama Warns Legal Action If Laws Were Broken in BP Oil Spill
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Government,Gulf Coast,Transocean on June 1, 2010
WASHINGTON, DC – Obama met with former Senator Bob Graham of Florida and William Reilly, former administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the Rose Garden, Tuesday, June, 1, 2010. They will lead the national commission on the BP oil spill in the gulf which is now the greatest environmental disaster in… read more
‘Repeal, Baby, Repeal’: Schumer Calls For Repeal Of Liability Limits in Gulf Oil Spill
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Transocean on June 1, 2010
NEW YORK, N.Y. — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says he will introduce a bill to repeal a law that could allow the owner of the oil drilling rig that sank in the Gulf of Mexico to limit its liability for the disaster to $27 million. Schumer called it “outrageous” that the company could “get away… read more
Oil Spill Hearings Reveal Deepwater Rig Lost Power to Fight Fire
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Transocean on June 1, 2010
KENNER, La. – The following story is an update from the joint hearings of the U.S. Coast Guard and Minerals Management Service held in Kenner on Saturday into the explosion and fire aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil rig on April 20, which killed 11 workers and created the Gulf of Mexico oil spill currently fouling… read more
Chief Mechanic Testifies BP and Transocean Officials Argued Over Procedures On Day of Disaster
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Transocean on May 28, 2010
KENNER, La – Douglas Brown, chief mechanic on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, testified Wednesday, May 26, 2010, that BP and Transocean officials argued on the morning of the April 20 disaster over procedures to take place that day. One senior Transocean official who disagreed with BP’s planned procedures on the day of the explosion… read more