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BP Sues Transocean and Cameron for Oil Rig Disaster
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Lawsuits,Transocean on April 22, 2011
NEW ORLEANS, LA – On April 20, 2011, one year after the explosion, fire and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon and subsequent oil spill, BP (British Petroleum) is suing Transocean Ltd, the owner of the oil rig involved in the disaster. In a separate lawsuit, BP is also suing Cameron International, the maker of the… read more
Relatives of Deepwater Horizon Disaster Flyover Site One Year Later
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Florida Maritime News,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Mississippi Maritime News,Transocean on April 20, 2011
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Relatives of oil rig workers who perished in the explosion and fire of the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010 are being flown over the site of the disaster one year later. Transocean, Ltd, the company who owned the ill-fated oil rig has invited up to… read more
U.S. Coast Guard Honors Work Boat Crew For Oil Rig Rescue
Posted in Deepwater Horizon,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,US Coast Guard (USCG) on April 18, 2011
BELLE CHASSE, LA – The U.S. Coast Guard held an awards ceremony in honor of the work boat crew who rescued the survivors of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and fire in 2010. The awards ceremony was held on Friday, April 15, 2010 at the Coast Guard Air Station in Belle Chasse, LA.
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
Concerns Over Health Problems From Gulf Oil Spill
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Environment,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News on April 8, 2011
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Nearly one year after the disastrous Gulf Oil Spill of 2010 possible health effects from the crude oil and chemical dispersants remain in question. A health forum was conducted in February, 2011 in New Orleans, Louisiana where a panel of speakers discuss how the BP oil spill disaster is affecting people’s… read more
Interior Department Denies Report That BP Has Agreement to Resume Drilling
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Environment,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News on April 4, 2011
NEW YORK CITY, NY – A recent article in the Bloomberg News website states that Interior Secretary Ken Salazar denied a recent news report appearing in the Sunday Times of London that BP, PLC had reached an agreement with the U.S. to resume drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. Salazar told Bloomberg News in a… read more
Latest Oil Spill Believed to be Caused by Houston Company
Posted in Environment,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Texas Maritime News,US Coast Guard (USCG) on March 25, 2011
NEW ORLEANS, LA – This is the second follow-up story to our recent post regarding the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that was spotted on Friday, March 18, 2011. In that incident, an oily substance was found washing up on the shores in parts of Louisiana. Just a few days ago, CNN… read more
Coast Guard Says New Oil Slick Not From BP Oil Spill
Posted in Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,US Coast Guard (USCG) on March 23, 2011
NEW ORLEANS, LA – This is a follow-up story to a previous article we posted on the recent oil slick that was spotted in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana near the site of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The U.S. Coast Guard investigated the sighting after it was spotted by a helicopter… read more
Oil Slick Spotted in Gulf of Mexico
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Environment,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,US Coast Guard (USCG) on March 19, 2011
NEW ORLEANS, LA – On Friday, March 18, 2011, a helicopter pilot flying over the Gulf of Mexico spotted a 100 mile long oil slick within about 20 miles of the site of the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster. The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating the sighting about 30 miles offshore and near the Matterhorn oil… read more
Oil Rig Worker Killed in River Barge Accident
Posted in Barge Accidents,Louisiana Maritime News on March 16, 2011
BAYOU SORREL, LA – An oil rig worker was killed on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 when a drilling rig collapsed onto a river barge in Bayou Sorrel, Louisiana. Bayou Sorrel is located in Iberville Parish, Louisiana in the south-central part of the state, about 30 miles southwest of Baton Rouge and about 13 miles southwest… read more