NEW ORLEANS – Oil has stopped spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, but BP remains unusually vulnerable to the prospect of U.S. gas stations defecting to other brands. In interviews with The Associated Press, station owners from Wisconsin to Virginia say BP dealers are being courted by other brands or are approaching them on their [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 14,2010
Tags: BP, drilling, gulf, moratorium, oil spill
NEW ORLEANS – A day after the end of the federal moratorium on deepwater drilling, the Gulf oil industry was a mix of furious activity and tortured waiting around. Companies that are helping the industry meet new regulations are scrambling to keep up with increased business while oil-rig workers must remain idle until the new [...] [...]
NEW ORLEANS – The Obama administration is asking a federal judge to throw out part of a lawsuit challenging its moratorium on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico now that the ban’s been lifted. A court filing Wednesday requesting the dismissal of claims filed by Ensco Offshore comes a day after the Interior [...] [...]
NEW ORLEANS – Researchers mapped a 250-square mile area of low oxygen this summer in Chandeleur Sound and say the dead zone possibly sprouted after state officials opened a river diversion to keep oil from a damaged BP well from fouling marshes. The report by the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, which monitors water quality, said [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 13,2010
Tags: BP, drilling, Gulf Coast, oil spill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Deep water oil drills quieted by a six-month moratorium will again hum off the Gulf Coast, helping an industry that, despite its dangers, puts needed money in the pockets of thousands along the Gulf Coast. What’s less certain is just how soon the jobs on hold because of the six-month ban will [...] [...]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A federal judge agreed Wednesday to postpone a trial designed to assign percentages of fault to the companies sued over the massive Gulf oil spill. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier rescheduled the start of the trial for Feb. 27, 2012, about four months later than the original trial date. Halliburton Energy [...] [...]
by For the MBJ Published: August 22,2010
Tags: BP, Cartoon, JACKSON, Katrina, Mississippi Power, oil spill, ricky nobile, water system
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by Lynn Lofton Published: August 22,2010
Tags: BP, Gulf Coast, Mississippi, oil spill
Effects of BP spill appear minimal on Mississippi According to some business and industry leaders, the manmade disaster that has been BP’s runaway oil well might not have been as disastrous as first feared. Jack Norris, president of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Business Council, says the organization’s most recent regional brief is not all doom [...] [...]
by Stephen McDill Published: July 15,2010
Tags: BP, Ken Feinberg
Ken Feinberg, who will oversee the process devoted to paying oil spill-related claims, was in Jackson visiting with Gov. Haley Barbour this morning and held about a 30-minute Q&A with assembled media. [...]
by Becky Gillette Published: July 11,2010
Tags: boycott, BP, Mississippi gas stations, station owners
Coast stations seeing more fallout than the rest of Mississippi It is hard to find anyone with a good word for BP these days as the nightmare of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill continues to wash up over the Gulf Coast. But how does that affect the dozens of BP gas station owners in Mississippi? National [...] [...]
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