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WASHINGTON — Louisiana appears to be the frontrunner in a senate compromise proposal of the plan to distribute Clean Water Act fine money and is likely to get the biggest chunk of remaining money, which is largely reserved for environmental restoration.

Mary Landrieu, D-Senator from Louisiana, announces compromise on oil spill fine legislation.

Negotiations, which have stalled over the past several months on how to distribute billions of dollars in expected oil spill fine revenue largely over a fight among the states in order to get as much money as possible, appears to have reached a conclusion. ... Read Full Story

WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder has annouced Wednesday, July 20, that an independent audit will be performed on the $20 billion fund set up to compensate victims of the BP oil spill.

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WASHINGTON – In a letter to federal regulators on Friday, July 15, BP announced that they have adopted new safety standards at drilling projects in the Gulf of Mexico.

In the letter, BP told regulators that the standards exceed existing federal requirements and demonstrate the company’s commitment to preventing a repeat of the Deepwater Horizon disaster which occurred over a year ago 50 miles off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico. ... Read Full Story

NEW ORLEANS, La —  BP Oil Company filed a 29 page document with the Gulf Coast Claims Facility on Friday, July 8, arguing that most Gulf Oil Spill victims should not receive anymore payouts for future losses.

The oil company’s argument is that the hardest-hit areas are recovering and the economy is growing. ... Read Full Story

HOUSTON, TX – On June 22, 2011 Houston-based Transocean Ltd issued a final report on the events of April 2010 involving the explosion, fire and sinking of the oil drilling platform, the Deepwater Horizon, at the infamous Macondo well site in the Gulf of Mexico.

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The Deepwater Horizon was owned by Transocean and was leased and operated by British Petroleum, Plc (BP). As a result of the tragic events that occurred, 11 men lost their lives, leaving their surviving families and relatives to cope with their loss and causing environmental damage to the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the businesses and local economies of the coastal states. ... Read Full Story

HOUSTON, TX – A high ranking Transocean oil rig worker, who was on the Deepwater Horizon when it explode on April 20, 2010, has refused to testify in civil lawsuits over the disaster.

Jimmy Harrell, the rig’s offshore installation manager, was in charge of drilling activities on the Deepwater Horizon, when it exploded while drilling the BP Macondo well 50 miles off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico. ... Read Full Story

HOUSTON, TX – The Gulf oil spill that occurred on April 20, 2010, due to defects in the blowout preventer on the Deepwater Horizon. has prompted new innovations in safety equipment.

National Oilwell Varco says its new shear ram can cut thicker pipe with less force.

Earlier this month in Houston at the Offshore Technology Conference, three major manufacturers of blowout preventers announced new designs, an annual display of the industry’s latest drilling equipment and services. ... Read Full Story

NEW ORLEANS, LA – Hundreds of lawsuits against British Petroleum Plc (BP) have been consolidated in Federal Court in New Orleans alleging that the company is refusing to accept liability for losses due to the BP oil spill following the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010.

Overhead view of the BP oil spill well head in the Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010. Photo credit: Reuters

A $20 billion oil spill fund was established following the disaster and is being administered by Ken Feinberg. Hundreds of civil lawsuits have arisen from individuals and businesses living and working along the Gulf Coast who have suffered financial harm as a result of the oil spill. ... Read Full Story

HOUSTON, TX – Survivors of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 have a message for the companies involved: start taking some responsibility and stop with the finger pointing. People’s lives are at stake.

Left to right: Matthew Jacobs, Douglas Brown and Daniel Barron for the Anderson Cooper 360 interview one year after the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

This is the message from a recent interview on Anderson Cooper 360 with 3 of the survivors of the disaster. ... Read Full Story

HOUSTON, TX – Four of the survivors from the explosion, fire and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon in 2010 got together one year after the disaster on April 20, 2011 for an appearance on the CBS Early Show to tell their stories with host, Erica Hill.

Oil rig survivors one year later after the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

In telling their accounts of their experiences with Transocean, the owner of the rig, one gets the impression that the company could have been a little more sensitive in their handling of the men so soon after the disaster. ... Read Full Story