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Transocean Withheld Internal Report That Proved Fatal For Deepwater Horizon 11
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Gulf Coast,Transocean,World Maritime News on August 16, 2010
Confidential internal documents from Transocean reveal that on December 23, 2009 there was a blowout on one of their drilling rigs in the North Sea at 5:10 pm that was eerily similar to the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Drilling mud was being replaced by seawater when the blowout occurred. Fortunately, in that incident, the Blowout Preventer… read more
Three Other Transocean Oil Wells Had Safety Problems
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Gulf Coast,Transocean on August 9, 2010
NEW YORK TIMES – According to an article in the New York Times, Transocean, the company that owned the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon, had safety concerns for several of its drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico prior to the April, 2010 disaster. According to confidential internal reports, about a month before the explosion and subsequent… read more
Congress Seeks to Change Maritime Laws That Limit Oil Rig Damages
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Government,Gulf Coast,Jones Act,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Texas Maritime News,Transocean on August 4, 2010
WASHINGTON — Members of Congress are seeking to make changes to Maritime laws dating back 159 years in order to get more compensation for survivors of the oil rig workers killed on The Deepwater Horizon oil rig tragedy on April 20, 2010. One law dates back to 1851. “This gives some ability that the survivors… read more
BP Internal Investigators’ Notes Read at Joint Hearings
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Maritime Lawsuits,Texas Maritime News,Transocean on July 22, 2010
KENNER, LA – John Guide, BP wells team leader, answered questions at the Deepwater Horizon joint investigation hearings held Thursday, July 22, at the Radisson Hotel by the Coast Guard and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement investigating the causes of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion on April 20. A top… read more
Deepwater Horizon Hearing Cancelled After Witnesses Have Little To Say
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Florida Maritime News,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Maritime Lawsuits,Texas Maritime News,Transocean on July 22, 2010
KENNER, LA. – Witnesses thought to have sensitive information had little to say at the Deepwater Horizon disaster hearings conducted Tuesday, July 20, by a joint investigative board of the U.S. Coast Guard and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, the agency formerly known as the Minerals Management Service. At the end… read more
More Oil Spews Into Gulf After Cap Problem
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Transocean on June 23, 2010
NEW ORLEANS – Gas and oil continue to leak from the containment cap at the Deepwater Horizon oil spill site gushing more oil into the Gulf. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen says an underwater robot bumped into the venting system. That sent gas rising through a vent that carries warm water down to prevent ice-like… read more
Five Survivors Tell How They Escaped the Night of the Deepwater Horizon Explosion
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Transocean on June 22, 2010
The following account of the night of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster is based on exclusive interviews with five survivors and three of their wives conducted by CNN’s Anderson Cooper and the CNN Special Investigations Unit. Maritime lawyers, Gordon & Elias, LLP, represent several of the survivors that participated in the interviews. The interviews… read more
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
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