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Transocean Employees Refuse to Testify in Oil Spill Probe
Posted in Deepwater Horizon,Gulf Coast,Transocean,US Coast Guard (USCG),Washington Maritime News on April 1, 2011
WASHINGTON, DC – In Washington, D.C. officials are conducting an investigation into the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico following the explosion and subsequent sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. Three workers for Transocean, Ltd., the company that owned The Deepwater Horizon, are refusing to testify at hearings which are part of… read more
BP, Transocean, Halliburton Could Face Criminal Charges in Gulf Oil Spill
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Government,Gulf Coast,Halliburton,Jones Act,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Maritime Lawsuits,Transocean,World Maritime News on January 12, 2011
NEW ORLEANS, La. — BP, Transocean and Haliburton are likely to face criminal charges after months of investigation by the Obama administration commission and other panels where they concluded that these companies were likely negligent in the Gulf oil spill disaster that took place April 20, 2010 on the Deepwater Horizon. David Uhlmann, former chief… read more
Transocean Refuses to Honor Oil Spill Subpoenas from Federal Board
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Transocean,World Maritime News on December 31, 2010
NEW ORLEANS — Transocean is refusing to honor subpoenas from a federal board that has intervened on behalf of U.S. Chemical Safety Board. A federal board has challenged Transocean’s involvement in monitoring the testing of the blowout preventer that failed to stop the oil spill disaster that blewup the Deepwater Horizon on April 20, 2010… read more
BP Oil Spill Blowout Preventer Investigation May Be Compromised
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Transocean,US Coast Guard (USCG),World Maritime News on December 27, 2010
NEW ORLEANS, LA – An investigation into the failure of the blowout preventer (BOP) from the Gulf Oil Spill in 2010 may have been compromised due to a conflict of interest involving a relationship between the investigating firm and employees of companies involved in the incident. Doubt is being raised because a Transocean Ltd. employee… read more
Andarko Named as Defendant by DOJ in Gulf Oil Spill Lawsuit
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Government,Gulf Coast,Maritime Law,Maritime Lawsuits,Transocean,World Maritime News on December 23, 2010
Anadarko was recently named a defendant by the US Department of Justice in the lawsuit filed pertaining to the Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil spill. Anadarko has a 25% stake in the failed Macondo well that led to the Gulf oil spill in April 2010. The suit also names BP which was the primary operator of… read more
Federal Judge Orders Transocean to Turn Over Safety Records
Posted in Deepwater Horizon,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Transocean,World Maritime News on December 20, 2010
NEW ORLEANS, La. — Transocean has been ordered by a federal judge on Friday to turn over safety records to a government panel investigating the Deepwater Horizon disaster that occurred on April 20, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico. Transocean has balked in the past at turning over safety records to the government appointed panel… read more
U.S. Justice Department Sues BP and 8 Other Companies Over Gulf Oil Spill
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Florida Maritime News,Government,Gulf Coast,Halliburton,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Maritime Lawsuits,Mississippi Maritime News,Texas Maritime News,Transocean,World Maritime News on December 17, 2010
NEW ORLEANS, LA — The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in New Orleans against BP and eight other companies involved in the Gulf oil spill that followed the blowout of the Deepwater Horizon Macondo well on April 20, 2010. The lawsuit was announced by the Justice Department on Wednesday,… read more
BP & Transocean Lawyers Object to Questioning at Houston Hearings
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Government,Gulf Coast,Maritime Law,Transocean,World Maritime News on December 10, 2010
HOUSTON, TX – Lawyers for BP and Transocean objected to persistent questioning from Coast Guard investigator Capt. Hung Nguyen over blame for the Deepwater Horizon disaster that occurred April 20, 2010. Nguyen conducted three days of hearings in Houston where he faced repeated challenges from lawyers for the companies and for individual witnesses.
Mississippi Man Among 5 Oil Rig Workers Kidnapped off Nigeria Coast
Posted in Jones Act,Maritime Law,Maritime Lawsuits,Mississippi Maritime News,Transocean,World Maritime News on November 8, 2010
NIGERIA – Five crew members have been taken hostage from the High Island VII jackup drilling rig offshore Nigeria. An armed group of rebels raided the oil rig off the coast of Nigeria early Monday, October 8, kidnapping at least five foreigners and injuring two others, a spokesmen for two major oil companies said. Oil… read more
Transocean – Deepwater Horizon to Economic Horizon
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Lawsuits,Texas Maritime News,Transocean on September 22, 2010
In 2010, the Human and Organizational Factors Team for the Offshore Division of the Health and Safety Executive issued a report [HSE Report] that places Transocean in a light that demonstrates that it tries to place the blame on lower employees rather than look at corporate management decisions as it pertains to safety. The report… read more