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Oil Rig Attorney Says BP’s Conduct is Criminal
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Gulf Coast,Jones Act,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Transocean on June 10, 2010
CNN’s Anderson Cooper of AC360, spoke with Steve Gordon, attorney for rig survivors of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster, in an exclusive interview which aired June 8, 2010. In the one on one interview, Gordon states, “I’ve seen negligence, I’ve seen gross negligence, and this conduct is criminal what they did”….”There’s a crime scene… read more
Oil Rig Survivors Tell Anderson Cooper What Happened On Night of the Explosion
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Transocean on June 9, 2010
In an exclusive interview which aired June 7, 2010, five Deepwater Horizon rig survivors told CNN’s Anderson Cooper that the morning the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, a BP executive and a Transocean official argued over how to proceed with the drilling. The survivors’ account paints perhaps the most detailed picture yet of what happened… read more
Aerial View of Gulf Oil Spill Day 49 – Video & Photos
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Florida Maritime News,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News on June 8, 2010
GRAND ISLE, La – Kerry Sanders from The Today Show took a flight, June 7, on a Coast Guard helicopter for an aerial view of the Gulf Coast disaster. The view shows the scope of the devastation of the oil spill on day 49 of the greatest environmental disaster of our time. As Sanders reports… 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
Tar Balls Found on Florida Beaches in the Panhandle
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Florida Maritime News,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Transocean on June 4, 2010
PENSACOLA, FL – Officials have said it is inevitable oil will eventually wash up on Panhandle beaches after a slick from the Deepwater Horizon spill was spotted about 9 miles offshore this week. The edge of the spill had moved to four miles off the coast Thursday, Gov. Charlie Crist said after a flyover. Small… 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
‘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
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
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