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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
Obama Warns Legal Action If Laws Were Broken in BP Oil Spill
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Government,Gulf Coast,Transocean on June 1, 2010
WASHINGTON, DC – Obama met with former Senator Bob Graham of Florida and William Reilly, former administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the Rose Garden, Tuesday, June, 1, 2010. They will lead the national commission on the BP oil spill in the gulf which is now the greatest environmental disaster 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
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
BP Official Made Fatal Decision Before Oil Rig Explosion
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Florida Maritime News,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Transocean on May 26, 2010
WASHINGTON DC – In the time since the Deepwater Horizon disaster on April 20, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico there has been a government inquiry in Louisiana and a committee meeting by the U.S. House of Representatives where new information has come to light about the fateful hours just before the disaster on the… read more
Transocean Seeks to Limit Deepwater Horizon Liability to Under $27M
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Florida Maritime News,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Transocean on May 24, 2010
A petition was filed on May 13, 2010, by Transocean, the owner of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded on April 20, 2010 off the coast of Louisiana in The Gulf of Mexico. Transocean seeks to limit its liabilities in the disaster to $26,700,000.00 despite receiving over $400 million in insurance compensation. Transocean also… read more
Oil Rig Worker Tells CNN Story of His Survival
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Transocean on May 12, 2010
Chris Choy, one of the brave men who survived April’s oil rig explosion on the Deepwater Horizon, talks to CNN’s John Roberts about his ordeal in an interview conducted on May 10, 2010. Choy, with maritime lawyer, Steve Gordon, shares a detailed retelling of the incident on the night of the Transocean Deepwater Horizon oil… read more