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USCG Issues Marine Safety Alert Regarding Cell Phone Usage
Posted in Gulf Coast,Maritime Law,US Coast Guard (USCG) on November 3, 2010
Recently, the USCG issued a Marine Safety Alert warning operators to have policies in place on the use of cells phones and other devices that may distract crew members from performing their job functions to the best of their ability. In fact, the alert brings to mind a popular discussion on the gCaptain forum regarding… read more
Halliburton Admits Skipping Critical Test on Cement Used to Seal BP Oil Well
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Government,Gulf Coast,Halliburton,Maritime Law,World Maritime News on November 1, 2010
Halliburton Co. finally admitted on Thursday, October 30, that it did skip doing a critical test on the final formulation of cement used to seal the BP Macondo oil well that blew out in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20th. The company, which was BP’s cementing contractor, said that BP at the last-minute increased… 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
Federal Judge Declares Safety Zone around Deepwater Horizon Site
Posted in Deepwater Horizon,Government,Gulf Coast,Maritime Law,World Maritime News on October 27, 2010
The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that a federal judge has declared a security zone around the Deepwater Horizon explosion site in the Gulf of Mexico until Oct. 8, 2011, as a means of protecting any evidence located in the area. According to an article at NOLA.com, the security zone extends from the center… read more
BP Sells 4 Gulf of Mexico Fields to Pay For Oil Spill
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Gulf Coast,World Maritime News on October 25, 2010
LONDON – On Monday, October 25, 2010 British Petroleum PLC (BP) announced the sale of its stake in four of its Gulf of Mexico oil and gas fields to Marubeni Oil and Gas for $650 million. The latest sale of Gulf assets is part of an effort by BP to raise $30 billion to help… read more
Judge Rules Oil Drilling Safety Rules Improperly Issued
Posted in Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law on October 22, 2010
NEW ORLEANS, LA — On Tuesday, October 19, 2010, Federal Judge Martin Feldman issued a ruling that the Interior Department improperly issued new safety rules after the moratorium that was placed on deep water drilling following the Gulf oil spill disaster. Regarding the rules imposed in a June 8 notice to offshore operators, the October… 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
BP Unclear About Trying to Limit Its Liability For Gulf Oil Spill
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Lawsuits on October 18, 2010
NEW ORLEANS, LA – On Friday, October 15, 2010 at a status conference for the BP oil spill, an attorney for BP was unable to make a definitive stance on whether the company would try to limit its liability payout to the $75 million cap provided by the Oil Pollution Act (OPA). The conference was… read more
U.S. Offshore Drilling Agency To Conduct Surprise Inspections
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Government,Gulf Coast,Maritime Law,World Maritime News on October 15, 2010
WASHINGTON DC – As part of a new aggressive enforcement effort adopted by the Obama administration since the BP oil spill, the government will begin to conduct surprise inspections on oil rigs. The announcement was made on Thursday, October 14, 2010 by Michael Bromwich, the head of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), an… 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