by MBJ Staff Published: October 30,2012
Tags: accident, bench, contamination, court, death, disaster, disaster recovery, energy, environment, explosion, fatal, fatality, gasoline, justice, law, legal, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil spill, oilrig, petroleum, pollution, processor, seafood, shrimp, trade association, trial
GULF OF MEXICO — With looming legal deadlines related to the 2010 BP oil spill, dozens of shrimp processors along the Gulf Coast face a difficult dilemma, with either decision having the potential to jeopardize the future of their businesses and the region’s seafood industry, according to a leading trade association. All pending claims for [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 30,2012
Tags: bench, board of supervisors, county, court, drill, drilling, energy, fuel, gasoline, government, judge, judicial, judiciary, law, legal, natural gas, Oil, petroleum, supervisor
MCCOMB — Pike County supervisors say the area needs a second chancery judge to deal with expected rise in cases involving the growing oil industry. The Enterprise-Journal reports supervisors voted to ask lawmakers to add a judge to the 4th Chancery Court District. The district includes Pike, Amite, Walthall and Franklin counties. Supervisor Gary Honea [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 30,2012
Tags: casrbon dioxide, contract, energy, fuel, gasification, gasoline, methane, natural gas, Oil, petrolum, plant
MOSS POINT — A $2.5 billion chemical plant may be getting closer to reality in Lake Charles, La. Leucadia National Corp. said it has signed contracts to sell methanol, hydrogen and carbon dioxide from a plant that would convert an oil refinery byproduct called petroleum coke. “This is quite a milestone for our project,” said [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 26,2012
Tags: accident, athletics, celebration, energy, explosion, fuel, gasoline, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, natural gas, Oil, oil spill, oilrig, parade, petroleum, postpone, sports, trial
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge — citing the distractions of Mardi Gras and the Super Bowl — has postponed the trial designed to identify causes of the BP well blowout that spawned the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico. The trial had been scheduled to start Jan. 14, but U.S. District Court Judge Carl [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 25,2012
Tags: accident, death, disaster, dusaster recovery, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, fatality, gasoline, natural gas, offshore drillinmg, Oil, oil sheen, oil spill, oilrig, petroleum, pollution, restaurant, seafood, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — BP says it has capped and plugged an abandoned piece of equipment that is believed to be the source of a sheen spotted near the site of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The London-based oil giant said today that it successfully placed a 750-pound cap over an [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 19,2012
Tags: accident, death, disaster, disaster recovery, disaster response, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, fatality, fuel, gasoline, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil spill, oilrig, petroleum, pollution, restaurant, seafood, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — A sheen on the Gulf of Mexico likely came from oil seeping out of a piece of discarded equipment that failed to contain BP PLC’s massive 2010 oil spill, the company and the Coast Guard said. A statement from BP said a three-day inspection confirmed that its Macondo well, which blew [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 12,2012
Tags: accident, blowout, death, drill, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, fatality, gasoline, hospitaslity, natural gas, offshore drilling, oilrig, petroleum, pollution, restaurant, seafood, sheen energy, spill, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, wrechage
GULF OF MEXICO — Federal scientists and BP say oil appears to have leaked last month from the drilling wreckage lying at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico near where a BP well blew out in 2010, causing the nation’s worst offshore spill. A probe started after a sheen was discovered Sept. 16 in [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 4,2012
Tags: ecosystem, energy, envoironment, fuel, gasoline, natural gas, Oil, oil spill, oilrig, petroleum, pollution, sheen, water, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — The Coast Guard says an estimated 76 gallons of crude oil spilled from an oil platform operated by Apache Corp. off the coast of Southeast Louisiana. Petty Officer 2nd Class Bill Colclough said the spill was reported to authorities Tuesday. Colclough said a sheen created by the spill has dispersed and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 3,2012
Tags: court, disaster, disaster recovery, energy, explosion, fraud, gas, gasoline, judge, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil spill, oilrig, petroleum, sentence
GULFPORT — The final defendant in a family’s scheme to defraud the government of oil spill recovery money must repay $21,000 and serve four months under house arrest along with three years of probation. The Sun Herald reports 29-year-old Sonya Renee Williams, of Gulfport, also must perform 70 hours of community service. Senior U.S. District [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 3,2012
Tags: bench, brand, case, convenience store, court, decision, energy, explosion, fuel, gas station, gasoline, judge, judicial, judiciary, lawsuit, marketing, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil spill, oilrig, petroleum, public relations, retail, ruling, trial
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge has dismissed claims by BP fuel stations and convenience stores that the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico diminished the value of the oil giant’s brand and cost them business. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier’s ruling says the dealers’ claims against BP PLC aren’t viable under the [...] [...]
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