by Associated Press Published: May 2,2013
Tags: accident, crude oil, disaster, disaster recovery, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, fatality, fuel, gasoline, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, restaurant, seafood, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, wildlife
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — BP PLC is paying $69 million for interactive exhibits at a Hancock County science center, a concrete pathway on the beach at Pascagoula, up to six miles of shoreline and improvements at a park as part of Mississippi Gulf Coast restoration from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Gov. Phil Bryant said. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 8,2013
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NEW ORLEANS — BP is scheduled to call its first witness today at a trial designed to determine causes of its April 2010 well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico and assign fault to the companies involved in the deadly disaster. Halliburton, BP PLC’s cement contractor on the Deepwater Horizon drilling project, rested its case [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 20,2013
Tags: accident, court, crude oil, death, disaster, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, fatality, federal government, fuel, gasoline, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, natural gas, offshore drilling, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, pollution, restaurant, seafood, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — BP and the federal government have agreed that 34 million gallons of oil captured during the massive 2010 spill in the Gulf of Mexico can’t count toward civil penalties the oil giant faces. The agreement is contained in a court filing yesterday. It came in response to BP’s argument that workers [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 14,2013
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NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge has approved Transocean Ltd.’s agreement with the Justice Department to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge and pay $400 million in criminal penalties for its role in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo accepted Transocean’s plea and imposed the agreed-upon sentence during [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 10,2012
Tags: accident, acquisition, disaster, energy, explosion, fuel, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, sale
GULF OF MEXICO — Oil company BP said today it is selling some deep-water assets in the Gulf Mexico to Plains Exploration & Production Co. for $5.55 billion, a big step in BP’s drive to cover the cost of its oil well blowout in the Gulf two years ago and concentrate investment elsewhere. BP is [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 5,2012
Tags: accident, death, disaster, disaster recovery, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, fatality, gas, hospitality, hurricane, natural disaster, Nature, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, pollution, restaurant, seafood, severe weather, tar, tourism, tourist, tropical weather, vacation, visitor, Weather, wildlife
GULF COAST — Weathered oil in the form of tar has washed up on some Louisiana beaches from Gulf waters churned by Hurricane Isaac, prompting restrictions of fishing in some waters and tests to determine whether the source is submerged oil from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. “I’d say there’s a smoking gun,” said Garret [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 23,2012
Tags: accident, disaster, disaster recovery, ecosystem, environment, explosion, gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, pollution, restaurant, seafood, tourism, tourist, visitor, wildlife
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — Gov. Phil Bryant has appointed more than 100 people from Mississippi’s coastal counties to draft a plan on how to spend money the state will get in legal damages as a result of the BP oil spill. The five states bordering the Gulf of Mexico will get 80 percent of Clean [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 20,2012
Tags: disaster, disaster recovery, eclosystem, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, fish, natural gas, Nature, offshore dsrilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — With nesting season ending on the barrier islands, the BP oil disaster cleanup will ramp up starting today. BP spokesman Ray Melick tells the Sun Herald the work hadn’t been completely shut down, but was curtailed to permit sea birds to occupy the islands from April until about mid-August. A Gulf [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 16,2012
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GULF OF MEXICO — Government regulators issued a final set of safety rules for offshore drilling yesterday, fine-tuning a series of emergency measures put in place after the BP oil spill in 2010. Oil industry groups reacted tepidly, saying they were still poring over the 137-page rule released by the Interior Department. Some environmental activists, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 10,2012
Tags: biology, crab, drought, dry, ecosystem, education, environment, explosion, higher education, hurricane, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, pollution, research, seafood, severe weather, shellfish, shrimp, study, tourism, tourist, tropical weather, university, vacation, visitor, Weather, wildlife
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — University of New Orleans researchers are getting federal money to study shrimp and crab populations over the 120 miles of coast between Lake Borgne in Louisiana to Mobile Bay in Alabama. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced funding the $1.2 million five-year study of blue crabs, brown shrimp and white [...] [...]
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