by Associated Press Published: February 19,2013
Tags: accident, crime, crude oil, damage, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, fuel, gasoline, ioilrig, judicial, judiciary, justice, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, petroleum, pil spill, seafood, settlement, tourism, tourist, trial, vacation, visitor, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — BP acknowledged today it had failed to reach a settlement in advance of next week’s civil trial on the Deepwater Horizon accident and is ready to defend itself vigorously against allegations of gross negligence in the U.S.’s biggest environmental disaster. Rupert Bondy, the group’s general counsel, said in a statement that [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 19,2013
Tags: construction, economic development, employee, employer, energy, grant, incentive, industrial real estate, job, loan, manufacture, manufacturing, Oil, plant, work, worker
NATCHEZ — Economic development authorities were able to secure $1.1 million in grants and rail loans as part of a package to entice Genesis Energy to locate its new loading and unloading terminal in Natchez last year, but in the end that money wasn’t needed. Genesis opened its terminal in the port earlier this year. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 19,2013
Tags: accident, barge, boater, boating, ecosystem, environment, national defense, navigation, Oil, oil spill, pollution, river, towboat, wildlife, wrechk collision
VICKSBURG — After a two-barge tow carrying 1.5 million gallons of oil hit the U.S. Highway 80 bridge in the early morning hours of Jan. 27, Coast Guard officials had to rely on a Vicksburg industry to respond. “We don’t have a specific search and rescue presence here in Vicksburg,” said Lt. Cmdr. Rebecca Walthour [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 14,2013
Tags: accident, agreement, court, damages, death, disaster, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, fatality, justice, law, legal, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, pollution, restaurant, ruling, seafood, tourism, tourist, vacation, wildlife
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: February 13,2013
Tags: demolition, ecosystem, energy, environment, federal government, lawmaker, legislative, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oilrig, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — Congressmen from Mississippi and Alabama want the Department of Interior to stop demolishing inactive offshore oil rigs until more study details the dangers to Gulf of Mexico fish species. Reps. Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., and Jo Bonner, R-Ala., in a letter this past week to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, said the program is [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 12,2013
Tags: ecosystem, energy, environment, federal government, illegal dumping, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oilrig, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — The Justice Department is suing a Houston, Texas-based company it accuses of illegally discharging oil from a platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The federal lawsuit says ATP Oil & Gas Corp.’s alleged Clean Water Act violations were discovered during an Interior Department inspection in March 2012. The suit claims ATP [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 7,2013
Tags: accident, barge, boat, boating, bridge, cleanup, crude oil, disaster, disaster recovery, ecosystem, emergency, energy, environment, navigation, Oil, oil spill, pollution, river, towboat, transportation, water, wildlife
VICKSBURG — The Coast Guard has completed cleanup of the oil spill near Vicksburg that closed the major shipping channel for days in both directions. After extensive shoreline assessments and cleanup actions, the Coast Guard says it and the Departments of Environmental Quality in Louisiana and Mississippi deemed the cleanup complete yesterday. A 16-mile stretch [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 6,2013
Tags: accident, break, cleanup, creek, crude oil, disaster, disaster recovery, ecosystem, energy, environment, gasoline, leak, Oil, petroleum, pipe, pipeline, wildlife
JASPER COUNTY — Authorities say about 40 gallons of oil leaked from a broken pipeline in Jasper County into a creek east of Bay Springs yesterday before being stopped. The pipeline, owned by Houston, Texas-based Plains All-American Pipeline LP, began leaking sometime before 3 p.m. yesterday, when it was discovered. It connects to one of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 29,2013
Tags: accident, barge, boat, boater, boating, bridge, cleanup, close, closure, collision, contaminate, contamination, crude, ecosystem, energy, environment, gasoline, leak, navigation, Oil, oil spill, petroleum, pollutant, pollute, pollution, river, shipping, towboat, transportation, water, wildlife
VICKSBURG — Barges transporting commerce idled among the nearly four-dozen vessels stacked up today along a normally bustling stretch of the Mississippi River, denied transit as crews feverishly sought to clean up leaking oil spilled in a weekend barge accident. Workers have been skimming oily water around the clock near Vicksburg ever since a barge [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 28,2013
Tags: accident, barge, bridge, collision, crude, energy, gasoline, navigation, Oil, oil spill, petroleum, river, shipping, towboat, transportation
VICKSBURG — A barge laden with 80,000 gallons of oil struck a railroad bridge in Vicksburg over the weekend, spilling light crude into the Mississippi River and closing the waterway for miles each way, the Coast Guard said. A second barge was damaged. Although an oily sheen was reported up to three miles downriver from [...] [...]
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