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Oil Companies Hurt by Delays After Gulf Drilling Ban is Lifted
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Chevron,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Government,Gulf Coast,Royal Dutch Shell,World Maritime News on January 3, 2011
The Gulf oil spill ban, which was lifted several months ago by the Obama administration, continues to hurt big oil companies such as Chevron Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC. These companies have billions of dollars tied up in Gulf projects that are on hold and are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars a day… 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
AP Reporter Claims NYT Oil Spill Story ‘Patently False’
Posted in Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,World Maritime News on December 29, 2010
Associated Press oil spill reporter Harry Weber claims the New York Times story about the “Deepwater Horizon’s Final Hours” published Sunday December 26 is ‘patently false’. Their key assertions that the destruction of the Horizon ‘has escaped intense scrutiny’ and that the final hours are only now possible to piece together are patently false. A… 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
Feinberg Offers Gulf Oil Spill Claimants Quick Check But With a Catch
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Florida Maritime News,Government,Gulf Coast,Maritime Law,Mississippi Maritime News,Texas Maritime News,World Maritime News on December 15, 2010
Kenneth Feinberg, the administrator of the BP $20 billion fund, said on Monday, December 13, that Gulf oil spill claimants who want more cash can now get a quick check within two weeks, but they will have to forfeit their right to sue BP or receive any additional payments. “No more documentation required, no requirement… read more
Jones Act Rulemaking Proposal Withdrawn by US Customs
Posted in Gulf Coast,Jones Act,Maritime Law,World Maritime News on December 13, 2010
WASHINGTON, DC – An Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPRM”) regarding the Jones Act has recently been withdrawn by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”). The withdrawal of the rulemaking proposal occurred on November 15, 2010 and has to do with the transportation of merchandise and equipment by foreign-flagged vessels engaging in the support… 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.