by Associated Press Published: January 3,2013
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GULF OF MEXICO — The Justice Department has reached a $1.4-billion settlement with Transocean Ltd., the owner of the drilling rig that sank after an explosion killed 11 workers and spawned the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Two people with knowledge of the negotiations say Switzerland-based Transocean would pay the money [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 19,2012
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GULF OF MEXICO — Underwater inspections at the site of BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig disaster have failed to identify the source of a persistent sheen on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, officials said yesterday. The Coast Guard and BP both said the recent inspections confirmed that the company’s Macondo well, which blew out [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 13,2012
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VICKSBURG — A company that proposes to redevelop the former LeTourneau Technologies site says it needs a tax exemption on up to $41 million in equipment and buildings. A representative for Cameron International Corp., the Houston-based oil services company that bought the LeTourneau yard in 2011, told Warren County supervisors Monday the company plans to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 29,2012
Tags: acquisition, energy, fuel, gasoline, interest, merger, natural gas, Oil, petroleum, purchase, sale, sell, share
NATCHEZ — Callon Petroleum Co. says it will sell its share of an oil field to Royal Dutch Shell, PLC for $42 million. The Mississippi company will sell its 11.25 percent interest in the Habanero field to Shell Offshore, planning to close the deal before year end. The field, in 2,000 feet of water about [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 28,2012
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GULF OF MEXICO — The Obama administration put a temporary stop to new federal contracts with British oil company BP today, citing the company’s “lack of business integrity” and criminal proceedings stemming from the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010. The action by the Environmental Protection Administration won’t affect current contracts, but prevents BP and its [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 27,2012
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NEW ORLEANS — Only about half the businesses and individuals who asked to be excluded from a proposed settlement over BP’s 2010 oil spill submitted valid requests, the company and a team of plaintiffs’ attorneys said in a court filing. A maximum of 13,123 potential claimants submitted valid opt-out requests by a Nov. 1 deadline, [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 20,2012
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STARKVILLE — The Mississippi State Chemical Laboratory is receiving funding to support an enhanced multi-state research program examining effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico. The award is among 19 grants out of 629 letters of intent announced recently by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative. Approximately $20 million will [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 15,2012
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GULF OF MEXICO — Oil giant BP says it has agreed to pay $4.5 billion in a wide-ranging settlement with the U.S. government over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The London based multinational also said in a statement today it agreed to plead guilty to charges including 11 felony counts of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 9,2012
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NEW ORLEANS — BP and attorneys for businesses and people who lost money in the Gulf oil spill urged a federal judge yesterday to give his final approval to a class-action settlement. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier heard arguments from lawyers who negotiated the deal as well as other attorneys who have objected to parts [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 8,2012
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NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in New Orleans is set to preside over a fairness hearing for a proposed class-action settlement of economic damage claims spawned by BP’s 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. During today’s hearing, the London-based oil giant and a team of private plaintiffs’ attorneys will urge U.S. District [...] [...]
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