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Transocean High Ranking Oil Rig Worker Plans to Invoke 5th Amendment
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Maritime Lawsuits,Texas Maritime News,Transocean,World Maritime News on June 21, 2011
HOUSTON, TX – A high ranking Transocean oil rig worker, who was on the Deepwater Horizon when it explode on April 20, 2010, has refused to testify in civil lawsuits over the disaster. Jimmy Harrell, the rig’s offshore installation manager, was in charge of drilling activities on the Deepwater Horizon, when it exploded while drilling… read more
Federal Judge Rules in Favor of BP; Dismisses Batch of Environmental Law Claims
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Government,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Maritime Lawsuits on June 17, 2011
NEWS ORLEANS, La – A federal judge dismissed third-party environmental claims on Thursday, June 17, in a giant pleading bundle in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill litigation, saying the fact that the oil flow has stopped makes those lawsuits irrelevant. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier is overseeing the massive, consolidated oil spill litigation, which has… read more
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Government,Gulf Coast,Maritime Accidents,Transocean,US Coast Guard (USCG),World Maritime News on June 2, 2011
With just a little over one year since the tragic Deepwater Horizon disaster that claimed the lives of 11 oil rig workers, Doug Brown, one of the 10 most injured survivors of the blast, has become an advocate for improvements in offshore safety. Brown has been living with the first-hand memories of that deadly night… read more
BP Faces Hundreds of Civil Suits For Denying Oil Spill Claims
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Lawsuits on May 13, 2011
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Hundreds of lawsuits against British Petroleum Plc (BP) have been consolidated in Federal Court in New Orleans alleging that the company is refusing to accept liability for losses due to the BP oil spill following the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010. A $20 billion oil spill fund was established following the… read more
US Approves Shell Oil Deepwater Drilling Plan
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Government,Gulf Coast,Royal Dutch Shell,World Maritime News on May 11, 2011
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Government approved on Wednesday, May 11, a Royal Dutch Shell PLC plan to drill for oil in five locations deep under the Gulf of Mexico. Over objections from environmental groups, the Shell plan is the second deep-water exploration plan approved in the Gulf since the government lifted a moratorium on… read more
BP Ordered to Pay $25 Million For Alaska Oil Spills
Posted in Alaska Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Environment,Government on May 5, 2011
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and British Petroleum (BP) reached a settlement where BP is required to pay $25 million in civil penalties for an oil spill in Alaska. The announcement was made on May 3, 2011 by the EPA on their civil enforcement section of their website. The fine is… read more
Transocean and The Marshall Islands: The Cozy Couple
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Government,Gulf Coast,Maritime Law,Maritime Lawsuits,Transocean,US Coast Guard (USCG),World Maritime News on April 22, 2011
Maritime attorneys, Gordon, Elias & Seely, on behalf of Party-In-Interest (PII) Douglas Brown, have continually attempted throughout the entire Joint Investigation Task Force (JIT) hearings to prove that the Deepwater Horizon was misclassified by the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI), the flag state. RMI had every opportunity to volunteer the information the first week of… read more
Dispute Brewing Over BP Oil Spill Claims
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,Florida Maritime News,Government,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Mississippi Maritime News on April 13, 2011
JACKSON, MS – The Mississippi Attorney General, Jim Hood has asked a District Judge to intervene on behalf of claimants in the $20 billion BP Oil Spill fund causing some friction with the fund administrator, Kenneth Feinberg. In New Orleans, U.S. District Judge, Carl Barbier has been asked by attorneys general from four states (Florida,… read more
Kenneth Feinberg Oil Spill Claims Administrator Cancels Visit to Florida Legislature
Posted in Florida Maritime News,Government,Gulf Coast on April 11, 2011
TALLAHASSEE, FL – Due to “scheduling conflicts oil spill claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg will not attend the Senate Agriculture Committee meeting Monday as stated in a letter will not attend the Senate Agriculture Committee meeting Monday. “You have my promise that during my next visit to Florida I will schedule a meeting with you and… read more
Interior Secretary Salazar Rebukes Transocean For Safety Bonuses
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Government,Gulf Coast,Transocean on April 6, 2011
WASHINGTON DC – On Friday, April 1, Transocean announced to its shareholders that it paid executives multi-million dollar bonuses for the company’s safety record. On April 4, 2011, upon hearing of the bonuses, Interior Secretary, Ken Salazar blasted the company for declaring the year 2010 to be “the best year in safety performance” in the… read more