by Associated Press Published: May 6,2013
Tags: crude oil, diesel, energy, federal government, fuel, gasoline, governor, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, petroleum, state government
GULF OF MEXICO — Six coastal governors have called on Washington to open up more waters to offshore drilling and to make permitting a quicker, more efficient process. The governors of Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi and Alaska spoke Monday at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston. Officials from Louisiana and Virginia also [...] [...]
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 30,2013
Tags: crude oil, diesel, energy, fuel, gasoline, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil field, petroleum, sale, sell
NATCHEZ — Callon Petroleum Co. says it’s trying to sell its interest in a Gulf of Mexico oil field. The company announced its board has authorized Jeffries LLC to try to sell its 15 percent interest in the Medusa deep-water field and 10 percent in Medusa Spar LLC, the company that owns the production platform [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 23,2013
Tags: board of supervisors, county, county government, crude oil, ecosystem, energy, environment, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, supervisor, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — Harrison County supervisors approved a resolution that reiterates their opposition to oil and gas drilling in the Mississippi Sound and within 12 miles south of the barrier islands. The Sun Herald reports the board has passed similar resolutions over the years, and yesterday voted to again oppose the idea. Supervisor Marlin [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 22,2013
Tags: contaminate, contamination, court, crude oil, death, disaster, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, fatality, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oilrig, pil spill, pollutant, pollution, restaurant, seafood, state agency, state government, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, wildlife
JACKSON — Mississippi has become the third state to sue BP PLC over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Attorney General Jim Hood announced the state had filed lawsuits in federal and state court. The move comes one day before the three-year statute of limitations expires for claims related to the April 20, 2010, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 8,2013
Tags: accident, bench, case, cvacation, death, disaster, ecosystem, environment, explosion, fatality, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, pollution, restaurant, seafood, testimony, tourism, tourist, trail, visitor, wildlife, witness
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: March 20,2013
Tags: auction, bid, crude oil, energy, federal agency, federal government, fuel, gasoline, lease, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, petroleum, sale
GULF OF MEXICO — U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will be on hand when federal regulators put more than 38 million acres in the central Gulf of Mexico up for bid to offshore energy producers. The sale in New Orleans will begin at 9 a.m. today in the Superdome and include about 7,299 federally-owned drilling [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 4,2013
Tags: accident, appeal, bench, court, death, disaster, energy, explosion, fatality, fencing, fuel, gasoline, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, natural gas, Oil, oil tank, ordinance, petroleum, sign
FORREST COUNTY — A Louisiana-based oil company has appealed a judge’s ruling that upheld a new sign and fencing ordinance put in place by Forrest County after fatal 2009 oil tank explosion. The appeal by Delphi Oil Inc. of Baton Rouge, La., is among dozens the Mississippi Supreme Court will consider during its March-April term. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 1,2013
Tags: accident, bench, case, court, crude oil, death, disaster, ecosystem, emergency, energy, environment, executive, explosion, fatality, fuel, gasoline, investigation, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil spill, oilrig, petroleum, pollution, probe, restaurant, seafood, tourism, tourist, trial, vacation, visitor, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — An internal BP probe of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico didn’t explore whether decisions by upper-level management or cost cuts had a role in causing the disaster because investigators didn’t have access to its partners’ employees and records, a BP executive testified yesterday at a trial designed to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 27,2013
Tags: case, court, disaster, ecosystem, energy, explosion, justice, law, legal, offshore drilling, Oil, oilrig, pollution, seafood, tourism, trial, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — The first BP executive to testify at a federal trial over the nation’s worst oil spill was to take the stand for a second day today before a judge tasked with deciding whether the London-based oil giant and other companies acted with gross negligence for the 2010 disaster in the Gulf of [...] [...]
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