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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
Halliburton Admits Skipping Critical Test on Cement Used to Seal BP Oil Well
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Government,Gulf Coast,Halliburton,Maritime Law,World Maritime News on November 1, 2010
Halliburton Co. finally admitted on Thursday, October 30, that it did skip doing a critical test on the final formulation of cement used to seal the BP Macondo oil well that blew out in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20th. The company, which was BP’s cementing contractor, said that BP at the last-minute increased… read more
Halliburton and BP Knew About Substandard Cement Before Oil Spill
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Government,Gulf Coast,Maritime Lawsuits,World Maritime News on October 29, 2010
WASHINGTON DC – A presidential commission investigating the Deepwater Horizon blowout has discovered that Halliburton and BP knew three weeks before the accident that the cement used to seal the well was unstable, but still went ahead with the job. This was the first official finding of responsibility for the blowout and disaster where 11… read more
Federal Judge Declares Safety Zone around Deepwater Horizon Site
Posted in Deepwater Horizon,Government,Gulf Coast,Maritime Law,World Maritime News on October 27, 2010
The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that a federal judge has declared a security zone around the Deepwater Horizon explosion site in the Gulf of Mexico until Oct. 8, 2011, as a means of protecting any evidence located in the area. According to an article at NOLA.com, the security zone extends from the center… read more
BP Sells 4 Gulf of Mexico Fields to Pay For Oil Spill
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Gulf Coast,World Maritime News on October 25, 2010
LONDON – On Monday, October 25, 2010 British Petroleum PLC (BP) announced the sale of its stake in four of its Gulf of Mexico oil and gas fields to Marubeni Oil and Gas for $650 million. The latest sale of Gulf assets is part of an effort by BP to raise $30 billion to help… read more
Government Report on Fate of Oil Released After Deepwater Horizon Explosion
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Florida Maritime News,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Texas Maritime News,World Maritime News on October 20, 2010
It’s been six months since the Deepwater Horizon explosion occurred on April 20, which killed 11 oil rig workers and devastated the Gulf Coast ecosystem and economy with an unprecedented oil spill making it the largest man made disaster in the history of the United States The leak at the Macondo well was finally capped… read more
U.S. Offshore Drilling Agency To Conduct Surprise Inspections
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Government,Gulf Coast,Maritime Law,World Maritime News on October 15, 2010
WASHINGTON DC – As part of a new aggressive enforcement effort adopted by the Obama administration since the BP oil spill, the government will begin to conduct surprise inspections on oil rigs. The announcement was made on Thursday, October 14, 2010 by Michael Bromwich, the head of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), an… read more
U. S. Ends Deepwater Drilling Ban Sets New Rules
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Florida Maritime News,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Mississippi Maritime News,Texas Maritime News,World Maritime News on October 13, 2010
WASHINGTON, DC – The Obama administration lifted its ban on deep water drilling seven weeks ahead of schedule Tuesday, Oct 12, stating that the new rules cut the risk of a repeat of the BP oil spill, caused by the Deepwater Horizon explosion on April, 20th. The U.S. Interior Department said oil companies must comply… read more
U.S. Oil Companies Plan New Insurance Fund to Cover Future Oil Spills
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Florida Maritime News,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Mississippi Maritime News,Texas Maritime News,World Maritime News on October 11, 2010
BP’s cost of the massive Gulf oil spill is expected to reach over $30 billion in clean-up and compensation which has raised U.S. oil companies concerns about what would happen if a company without BP’s massive resources had been operating the blown-out well. In order to avoid a scenario where smaller companies are unable to… read more
Oil Spill Panel Says White House Blocked Worst Case Oil Spill Figures
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Government,Gulf Coast,World Maritime News on October 8, 2010
WASHINGTON, DC — According to a commission appointed by the president to investigate the Gulf oil spill disaster, the Obama administration blocked efforts by government scientists to tell the public just how bad the Gulf oil spill could become and raised questions about its competence and candor during the crisis. In documents released Wednesday, the… read more