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BP Ordered to Pay $25 Million For Alaska Oil Spills
Posted in Alaska Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Environment,Government on May 5, 2011
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and British Petroleum (BP) reached a settlement where BP is required to pay $25 million in civil penalties for an oil spill in Alaska. The announcement was made on May 3, 2011 by the EPA on their civil enforcement section of their website. The fine is… read more
Arkansas Business Owners Rebound a Year Later After Gulf Oil spill
Posted in Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Gulf Coast on May 3, 2011
LITTLE ROCK, AR – Many Arkansas businesses that were affected by the Gulf oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon on April 20, 2010, said the huge toll it took on the seafood and tourism industry is making a steady comeback this year. Central Arkansas restaurants and travel agencies who suffered from oyster shortages and cancelled… read more
BP Sues Transocean and Cameron for Oil Rig Disaster
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Lawsuits,Transocean on April 22, 2011
NEW ORLEANS, LA – On April 20, 2011, one year after the explosion, fire and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon and subsequent oil spill, BP (British Petroleum) is suing Transocean Ltd, the owner of the oil rig involved in the disaster. In a separate lawsuit, BP is also suing Cameron International, the maker of the… read more
Concerns Over Health Problems From Gulf Oil Spill
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Environment,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News on April 8, 2011
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Nearly one year after the disastrous Gulf Oil Spill of 2010 possible health effects from the crude oil and chemical dispersants remain in question. A health forum was conducted in February, 2011 in New Orleans, Louisiana where a panel of speakers discuss how the BP oil spill disaster is affecting people’s… read more
Interior Department Denies Report That BP Has Agreement to Resume Drilling
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Environment,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News on April 4, 2011
NEW YORK CITY, NY – A recent article in the Bloomberg News website states that Interior Secretary Ken Salazar denied a recent news report appearing in the Sunday Times of London that BP, PLC had reached an agreement with the U.S. to resume drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. Salazar told Bloomberg News in a… read more
Latest Oil Spill Believed to be Caused by Houston Company
Posted in Environment,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Texas Maritime News,US Coast Guard (USCG) on March 25, 2011
NEW ORLEANS, LA – This is the second follow-up story to our recent post regarding the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that was spotted on Friday, March 18, 2011. In that incident, an oily substance was found washing up on the shores in parts of Louisiana. Just a few days ago, CNN… read more
Coast Guard Says New Oil Slick Not From BP Oil Spill
Posted in Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,US Coast Guard (USCG) on March 23, 2011
NEW ORLEANS, LA – This is a follow-up story to a previous article we posted on the recent oil slick that was spotted in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana near the site of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The U.S. Coast Guard investigated the sighting after it was spotted by a helicopter… read more
Oil Slick Spotted in Gulf of Mexico
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Environment,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,US Coast Guard (USCG) on March 19, 2011
NEW ORLEANS, LA – On Friday, March 18, 2011, a helicopter pilot flying over the Gulf of Mexico spotted a 100 mile long oil slick within about 20 miles of the site of the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster. The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating the sighting about 30 miles offshore and near the Matterhorn oil… read more
Oil Industry Group Wants More Deepwater Permits
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Environment,Government,Gulf Coast,Uncategorized on March 18, 2011
WASHINGTON, DC – In spite of the fact that on the weekend of March 12, 2011 the government issued a new permit for deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, a major oil industry trade group says it’s not enough. On March 12, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) agreed… read more
BP Oil Spill Claimants Need to Prove Losses with Documentation
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 March 11, 2011
NEW ORLEANS, La. – In order to ward off fraud and justify payments for thousands of Gulf oil spill claimants, Kenneth Feinberg, the administrator of BP’s compensation fund, is requiring proof of losses in order to process claims. Feinberg has been criticized for delays in handling some claims but in thousands of cases claimants have… read more