Panel Commissioners Fault BP Oil Spill Lack of Safety Culture
White House BP Oil Spill Commission Faulted The Company. The White House BP oil spill commission has faulted the oil company and its partners on the doomed Deepwater Horizon oil rig over a complacent safety culture. The commission also said that BP, Transocean and Halliburton personnel made serious mistakes prior to the April 20 … [Read more...]
BP Oil Spill Emergency Claims Deadline Looms
Deadline To File BP Oil Spill Emergency Claims. With the deadline to file emergency BP oil spill claims just weeks away, it seems more people are having their claims turned down. More than 20,000 BP oil spill claims were denied in October, up from just 125 last month, according to the Gulf Coast Claims Facility. The reason, … [Read more...]
BP Oil Spill Slow Compensation Claims
Low Turnout Of BP Oil Spill Compensation Claims. BP oil spill compensation fund’s administrator will improve the claims process, but questionable claims and outright fraud continue to slow down efforts to get funds to economic victims of the disaster. BP agreed over the summer to fund the $20 billion compensation account. In … [Read more...]
BP Oil Spill Compensation Fund Not Living Up to Promise
People Are Dissatisfaction With The BP Oil Spill Compensation. People along the Gulf Coast are reporting dissatisfaction with the BP oil spill compensation fund. According to a report on NPR, some claimants have had to submit documentation multiple times, and are still awaiting word on emergency payments. BP agreed over the summer … [Read more...]
Transocean Slammed BP Oil Spill Report
2 Firms Cry Foul Over Oil Spill In Gulf Of Mexico. Transocean Ltd. and Halliburton Co. are crying foul, following yesterday’s release of BP’s report detailing its internal Gulf of Mexico oil spill investigation. The report put much of the onus for the disaster on the two firms. Transocean is the owner of the Deepwater Horizon oil … [Read more...]
BP Oil Spill Regulator Institutes Ethics Policy
In The Wake Of BP Oil Spill, BOEM Imposed Ethics Policy. In the wake of the BP oil spill, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is imposing its first-ever ethics policy. The Bureau of Ocean Management was formed over the summer, after the functions of the scandal-plagued Minerals Management Service (MMS) were divided. The Bureau … [Read more...]
Ignored Warnings on BP Oil Spill Testimony
BP Oil Spill, Worst Oil Spill In U.S. History. Last month, BP employee, John Guide, told an investigative panel he ignored an email warning of a significant gas flow risk in BP’s “wild Gulf well” just prior to what is now being described as the worst oil spill in United States history, said NOLA. Eleven men were killed in the blast … [Read more...]
