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...]
Efforts to Stop BP Oil Spill Faced Technical Obstacles
Technology Hindered Efforts To Stop The Macondo Well's Flow. Technology appears to have hindered efforts to stop the Macondo well’s flow following the Deepwater Horizon explosion, said the Washington Post. It seems workers lacked appropriate technical gear and were unable to receive large emails from those on land, said the Post, … [Read more...]
September Slated for Final Kill of BP Oil Spill
Final Kill Of BP Oil Spill In Gulf Of Mexico. It now looks like BP’s blown well in the Gulf of Mexico won’t be completely killed until September. BP engineers are conducting a series of tests in preparation for a procedure called a bottom kill to ensure the well can withstand the pressure from the operation. No oil has leaked from … [Read more...]
Company At Center of Michigan Oil Spill Offers to Buy 200 Homes
Enbridge At Center Of Michigan Oil Spill Offered To Buy Dozens Of Homes Along The Kalamazoo River. In an effort to stave off lawsuits stemming from last week’s Michigan oil spill, Enbridge Energy Partners is offering to buy dozens of homes along the Kalamazoo River that were impacted by the spill. The company also has pledged to … [Read more...]
Enbridge Pressure Alarm Sounded Hours Before Michigan Oil Spill Was Reported
Enbridge Alarm Was Signaled 19 Hours Before The Company Reported Michigan Oil Spill. An Enbridge Energy Partners’ alarm was signaled around 6 p.m. on the evening of July 25, 19 hours before the company reported last week’s Michigan oil spill. According to the Detroit Free Press, the alarm warned that pressure was dropping along the … [Read more...]
BP Oil Spill Continues to Take Physical, Mental Toll on Those Impacted
BP Oil Spill Getting People Sick Everyday. The BP oil spill continues to make people sick. And now, evidence of the mental toll the oil spill is taking on people living in affected communities is starting to become apparent. According to the Alabama Department of Public Health, since mid-May, 110 people have gone to local … [Read more...]
Details Sought on BP Oil Spill Compensation Funds
Victims Of BP Oil Spill Want The Details Of Compensation Funds. Lawyers representing victims of the BP oil spill want the details of two compensation funds the oil company agreed to set up put in writing. According to Bloomberg News, the request was made in a motion filed with U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier in New Orleans. There … [Read more...]
LSU Survey Chronicles BP Oil Spill Health Impacts in Louisiana
Health Impacts Of BP Oil Spill. Two Louisiana State University (LSU) sociology professors have released a survey detailing some of the health impacts the BP oil spill is having on people living in Louisiana’s coastal communities. According to the two professors who conducted the study, those impacts are “real and … [Read more...]
Latest BP Oil Spill Lawsuit Targets Fireboat Owners
Fireboats Aboard The Deepwater Horizon Named In BP Oil Spill Lawsuit. Companies that provided fireboats following the explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil rig have been named in a lawsuit. The complaint, filed by fisherman and others whose incomes have been impacted by the BP oil spill, claims the fireboats flooded the doomed … [Read more...]
BP Oil Spill Victims Worry Over Compensation Claims
BP Oil Spill Has Finally Been Capped. Even as word spread that the BP oil spill has finally been capped, at least for now, many people along the Gulf Coast are worried that a fund set up to compensate them for damage to their incomes won’t cover all their losses. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, many seafood-based … [Read more...]
Chemical Linked to Exxon Valdez Illnesses Turning Up in BP Oil Spill Workers
Chemical Linked To Illnesses Detected. A chemical linked to illnesses among Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup workers has now been detected at high levels in BP oil spill responders. According to The New York Times, the chemical, 2-butoxyethanol, is an ingredient in the Corexit 9527 dispersant that BP phased out after spraying it in the … [Read more...]
BP Oil Spill Breaks Grim Record
BP Oil Spill Is The Largest Oil Spill Ever. The BP oil spill may have passed an ominous milestone this week. If the government’s highest estimates are correct, it has become the largest oil spill ever in the Gulf of Mexico. The government’s highest numbers put the amount of oil that has gushed into the Gulf since the April 20 … [Read more...]
Mississippi River Oil Spill Captain To Testify
Mississippi Oil Spill Captain Wants To Tell His Side Of Story. The Mississippi River oil spill captain who was absent from his post when the accident occurred now wants to tell his side of the story. Terry Carver, the captain of the tugboat Mel Oliver, had refused to testify at a Coast Guard hearing investigating the spill that … [Read more...]
Mississippi River Oil Spill Prompts Coast Guard to Start New Towboat Inspection Program
U.S. Coast Guard Launched Operation Big Tow Following Mississippi River Oil Spill. In the wake of last summer's Mississippi River Oil Spill, the U.S. Coast Guard has launched Operation Big Tow. The Coast Guard says the inspection program will insure that tow boats operating on the Gulf Coast, Mississippi River and Western Rivers … [Read more...]
Mississippi River Oil Spill Hearing Finally Ends
Coast Guard Hearing Into Mississippi River Oil Spill. After more than six weeks, the Coast Guard hearing into last summer's Mississippi River oil spill has come to an end. On Wednesday, its final day, the hearing turned into a blame game, as attorneys for the towing company, barge owner and tanker involved in the spill all tried … [Read more...]
Towboat Captain Refuses to Testify at Mississippi River Oil Spill Hearing
Captain Of Towboat Involved In Mississippi River Oil Spill Hearing. The absent captain of a towboat involved in last summer's Mississippi River oil spill has refused to testify at a Coast Guard hearing investigating the disaster. In addition to Captain Terry Carver, four officials from the towing company that employed … [Read more...]
After Mississippi River Oil Spill, Coast Guard Promises New Tugboat Rule
Mississippi River Oil Spill Lawsuits. In the wake of this summer's Mississippi River oil spill, lawmakers are pressing the Coast Guard to finally implement long-delayed rules to regulate tugboats. At a hearing of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, members asked the Coast Guard why the rules - … [Read more...]
Mississippi River Oil Spill Drug and Alcohol Test Results Revealed
Alcohol Tests Performed On The Crew Involved In Mississippi River Oil Spill. Officials investigating the Mississippi River oil spill received the results of drug and alcohol tests performed on the crew of the Mel Oliver, the tugboat involved in the accident. The New Orleans Times-Picayune is reporting that while the apprentice … [Read more...]
Tanker Lookout Testifies at Mississippi River Oil Spill Hearing
Tintomara Gave His Version During A Hearing In Mississippi River Oil Spill. The lookout of the tanker Tintomara gave his version of events leading up to last month's Mississippi River oil spill during a hearing in New Orleans yesterday. Gilberto Guevarra's account backed up that given by the Tintomara's captain on Wednesday, and … [Read more...]
Tanker Captain Pins Mississippi River Oil Spill on Tugboat
Pilot Of The Tanker Involved In The Mississippi River Oil Spill. On the first day of a hearing into last month's Mississippi River oil spill, the pilot of the tanker involved in the incident said that the tugboat Mel Oliver was to blame for the collision that caused the disaster. The hearing, which resumes today, is trying to … [Read more...]
Postponed Mississippi River Oil Spill Hearing Scheduled to Begin Again Today
Mississippi Oil Spill Hearing Was Postponed. Yesterday's hearing into the Mississippi River oil spill was postponed shortly after it began. The Coast Guard stopped the proceeding after lawyers for DRD Towing, the owner of a tugboat involved in the incident, asked for more time to examine exhibits slated to be presented at the … [Read more...]
Mississippi River Oil Spill Almost 100 Miles Long, Barge Still Leaking
Mississippi River Oil Spill Still Leaking. The slick from the oil spill that occurred Wednesday on the Mississippi River in New Orleans now spans nearly 100 miles to the Gulf of Mexico. The barge involved in the spill is still leaking heavy fuel oil into the river, and officials in New Orleans have characterized the incident as … [Read more...]
