by Associated Press Published: February 2,2012
Tags: disaster, energy, environment, gas, habitat, leases, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, seafood, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — Mississippi officials say they have received 185 comments on proposed regulations to lease state waters in the Gulf for the drilling.
Mississippi Development Authority spokesman Dan Turner told The Mississippi Press just a handful of the comments addressed the draft rules and regulations on offshore seismic surveying and leasing.
“There were some emails [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 2,2012
Tags: courts, damages, disaster, disaster recovery, energy, environment, gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, seafood, settlement, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — A federal magistrate has ruled that Transocean, Ltd. doesn’t have to make its CEO, Steve Newman, available to testify at a trial for tens of thousands of court claims spawned by the Gulf oil spill in 2010.
BP PLC, which leased the Transocean-owned rig that caught fire and sank after the deadly blowout [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 1,2012
Tags: attorneys, contracts, courts, damages, disaster, disaster recovery, environment, explosion, gas, gasoline, habitat, judges, judicial, judiciary, law, lawyers, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, seafood, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge ruled yesterday that Halliburton could avoid paying most of the pollution claims that resulted from the catastrophic 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill because it was shielded in a contract with well-owner BP.
Still, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier said that Halliburton is not exempt from paying punitive damages and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 31,2012
Tags: environment, ground water, pollution, regulations, rural, state government, utilities, water, water associations, wildlife
JACKSON — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has decided against enforcing proposed amendments to state ground water regulations.
“We held a public hearing about the proposed regulations and listened carefully to the concerns of those in attendance. We are not moving forward with the proposed regulations,” MDEQ spokesman Robbie Wilbur in a statement.
The new regulations [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 30,2012
Tags: courts, disaster, disaster recovery, email, energy, environment, explosion, gas, habitat, judges, law, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, seafood, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — On the day the Deepwater Horizon sank, BP officials warned in an internal memo that if the well was not protected by the blow-out preventer at the drill site, crude oil could burst into the Gulf of Mexico at a rate of 3.4 million gallons a day, an amount a million [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 29,2012
Tags: claims, courts, damasges, disaster, disaster recovery, energy, environment, explosion, gas, habitat, law, lawsuit, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, seafood, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — The rig owner involved in drilling the ill-fated well that blew out in the Gulf of Mexico and spewed more than 200 million gallons of oil will not have to pay many of the pollution claims because it was shielded in a contract with well-owner BP, a federal judge ruled. The [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 26,2012
Tags: cleanup, disaster, disaster recovery, energy, environment, gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, seafood, tourism, tourist, visitors, wildlife
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — A former BP employee has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the company, claiming he was fired for airing concerns about the cleanup of Mississippi’s shoreline after the Gulf oil spill.
In a federal suit filed last Friday in New Orleans, August Walter claims one of his BP bosses manipulated data on shoreline [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 23,2012
Tags: courts, disaster, disaster recovery, energy, environment, explosion, gas, judges, judicial, judiciary, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, seafood, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge has shot down BP’s request to penalize Halliburton for allegedly destroying damaging evidence about the quality of its cement slurry that went into drilling the oil well that blew out last year and caused the nation’s worst offshore oil spill.
BP did not prove that it had been “prejudiced” by [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 20,2012
Tags: attorneys, courts, disaster, energy, environment, explosion, food, gas, judges, law, lawyers, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, seafood, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge has ruled that people pursuing their Gulf of Mexico oil spill claims against BP outside of federal court do not have to pay fees to hundreds of lawyers working on behalf of about 120,000 claimants fighting the oil giant in court.
U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier issued the ruling to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 18,2012
Tags: disaster, disaster recovery, energy, environment, explosion, gas, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, petroleum, seafood, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
GAUTIER — Federal and state officials have presented plans to hold BP to its promise to make the Gulf whole in the wake of the 2010 oil-spill disaster.
A meeting last night in Gautier attracted more than 100 people. It was the first of three scheduled along the Mississippi Coast and 12 along the northern Gulf [...] [...]
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