Mississippi Business Journal » oilrig http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:02:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 With tar balls still common, some question end of oil spill cleanup http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/06/16/with-tar-balls-still-common-some-question-end-of-oil-spill-cleanup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=with-tar-balls-still-common-some-question-end-of-oil-spill-cleanup http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/06/16/with-tar-balls-still-common-some-question-end-of-oil-spill-cleanup/#comments Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:38:10 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=76717 GULF OF MEXICO — Finding tar balls linked to the BP oil spill isn’t difficult on some Gulf Coast beaches, but the company and the government say it isn’t common enough to keep sending out the crews that patrolled the sand for three years in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi. Tourist John Henson of Atlanta disagrees, [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/06/16/with-tar-balls-still-common-some-question-end-of-oil-spill-cleanup/feed/ 2 BP oil spill cleanup ends, but MDEQ still monitoring beaches http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/06/11/bp-oil-spill-cleanup-ends-but-mdeq-still-monitoring-beaches/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bp-oil-spill-cleanup-ends-but-mdeq-still-monitoring-beaches http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/06/11/bp-oil-spill-cleanup-ends-but-mdeq-still-monitoring-beaches/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:23:17 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=76408 GULF OF MEXICO — The Gulf Coast Incident Management Team and the U.S. Coast Guard are transitioning the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response back to the pre-spill National Response Center system, according to a release from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ). “While the Coast Guard and the Gulf States have decided that it’s [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/06/11/bp-oil-spill-cleanup-ends-but-mdeq-still-monitoring-beaches/feed/ 1 State becomes third to sue BP over 2010 oil spill http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/22/state-becomes-third-to-sue-bp-over-2010-oil-spill/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state-becomes-third-to-sue-bp-over-2010-oil-spill http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/22/state-becomes-third-to-sue-bp-over-2010-oil-spill/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:58:11 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=73708 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, [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/22/state-becomes-third-to-sue-bp-over-2010-oil-spill/feed/ 1 Judge rejects BP’s request to block oil spill payouts http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/05/judge-to-hear-bps-request-to-block-oil-spill-payouts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=judge-to-hear-bps-request-to-block-oil-spill-payouts http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/05/judge-to-hear-bps-request-to-block-oil-spill-payouts/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:47:18 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=72800 NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge has rejected BP’s request to block what could be billions of dollars in settlement payouts to businesses who claim the company’s 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico cost them money. Before a hearing today, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier already had upheld court-appointed claims administrator Patrick Juneau’s [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/05/judge-to-hear-bps-request-to-block-oil-spill-payouts/feed/ 1 BP exec: Management, cost-cutting not explored in oil spill probe http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/01/bp-exec-management-cost-cutting-not-explored-in-oil-spill-probe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bp-exec-management-cost-cutting-not-explored-in-oil-spill-probe http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/01/bp-exec-management-cost-cutting-not-explored-in-oil-spill-probe/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:39:37 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=70583 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 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/01/bp-exec-management-cost-cutting-not-explored-in-oil-spill-probe/feed/ 0 First BP executive testifying at oil spill trial http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/27/first-bp-executive-testifying-at-oil-spill-trial/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=first-bp-executive-testifying-at-oil-spill-trial http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/27/first-bp-executive-testifying-at-oil-spill-trial/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:27:27 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=70404 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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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/27/first-bp-executive-testifying-at-oil-spill-trial/feed/ 0 Expert: BP’s cost-cutting led to 2010 Gulf oil spill http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/26/expert-bps-cost-cutting-led-to-2010-gulf-oil-spill/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=expert-bps-cost-cutting-led-to-2010-gulf-oil-spill http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/26/expert-bps-cost-cutting-led-to-2010-gulf-oil-spill/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:17:58 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=70342 NEW ORLEANS — An expert witness for people and businesses who sued BP over the Gulf oil spill says he found ample evidence that the company’s cost-cutting culture led to the disaster. University of California-Berkeley engineering professor Robert Bea testified today at a civil trial. He says BP PLC didn’t implement a safety management program [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/26/expert-bps-cost-cutting-led-to-2010-gulf-oil-spill/feed/ 0 Gulf oil spill trial gets underway in New Orleans http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/25/gulf-oil-spill-trial-set-to-get-underway-in-new-orleans/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gulf-oil-spill-trial-set-to-get-underway-in-new-orleans http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/25/gulf-oil-spill-trial-set-to-get-underway-in-new-orleans/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:33:37 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=70236 GULF OF MEXICO — A high-stakes trial started today to assign blame and help figure out exactly how much more BP and other companies should pay for the nation’s worst offshore oil spill. Attorney Jim Roy, who represents individuals and businesses hurt by the spill, said BP executives applied “huge financial pressure” on its drilling [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/25/gulf-oil-spill-trial-set-to-get-underway-in-new-orleans/feed/ 0 Congressmen call for halt to demolition of oil rigs http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/13/congressmen-call-foir-halt-to-demolition-of-oil-rigs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=congressmen-call-foir-halt-to-demolition-of-oil-rigs http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/13/congressmen-call-foir-halt-to-demolition-of-oil-rigs/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:01:18 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=69718 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 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/13/congressmen-call-foir-halt-to-demolition-of-oil-rigs/feed/ 0 Company accused of dumping oil in Gulf of Mexico http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/12/company-accused-of-dumping-oil-in-gulf-of-mexico/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=company-accused-of-dumping-oil-in-gulf-of-mexico http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/12/company-accused-of-dumping-oil-in-gulf-of-mexico/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:49:36 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=69702 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 [...]

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