Category Archives: BP Spill

Energy Week in Review

Posted on March 2, 2013 by

And what a momentous week it was: State Department issues its environmental report on the Keystone XL Pipeline. White House energy advisor warns of Sequester-related permitting delays. Trial of BP, Transocean and Halliburton begins in New Orleans. Shell suspends Arctic … Continue reading →

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Chemical Safety Board Subpoenas Black Elk re: the West Delta 32 Explosion and Fire

Posted on November 20, 2012 by

We mourn the loss of life and pray for the missing worker. We wish the injured a speedy recovery. I am dismayed by a new development: U.S. board issues subpoena on offshore platform blast (Reuters) – A U.S. industrial accident … Continue reading →

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BP Reported Close to Settlement With U.S. Over Gulf Spill – NYTimes.com #rsrh

Posted on November 15, 2012 by

BP Reported Close to Settlement With U.S. Over Gulf Spill November 15, 2012 “LONDON — BP, the British oil company, is expected to agree to criminal liability on Thursday in the giant oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico two … Continue reading →

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I Told You So Part DCCXXI: Bacteria ate ~60% of BP Spill’s oil #rsrh

Posted on September 13, 2012 by

Research indicates bacteria broke down majority of Gulf oil spill “According to an assessment spearheaded by Rochester’s John Kessler, as much as 200,000 tons or more of oil and natural gas might have been consumed, leaving only around two-fifths of … Continue reading →

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One more big oil spill, and LA will be on Easy Street! #rsrh

Posted on June 30, 2012 by

Oil spill settlement process has been a major economic engine for Louisiana, Lafayette lawyer claims After less than a month at the helm of Gulf of Mexico oil spill settlement claims, Lafayette lawyer Patrick Juneau surveyed his huge operation and … Continue reading →

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S. Baldwin v. K. Costner in oil-cleanup lawsuit. #rsrh #rootforinjuries

Posted on June 5, 2012 by

Costner, Baldwin in court over oil cleanup devices Actors Kevin Costner and Stephen Baldwin opened a real-life legal drama on Monday as jury selection began in a trial over Baldwin’s claims that Costner cheated him out of his share of … Continue reading →

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First arrest in BP spill case. #rsrh

Posted on April 25, 2012 by

Shackles and handcuffs seem like unnecessary theatrics. And it’s not about a negligent well design or the proximate cause of the spill, it’s about the amount of the fine. From the Daily Advertiser (Lafayette, LA): But the case against [former … Continue reading →

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BP Spill: Still Hyping After All These Years

Posted on April 21, 2012 by

All these years? Poetic license. It’s been two years since the disastrous explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. Eleven rig workers were killed in a valiant but failed attempt to control BP’s Macondo well located 50 miles off the … Continue reading →

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BOEMRE Slowdown Costs 230,000 Jobs, $44 Billion in GDP

Posted on July 22, 2011 by

A new study from IHS-CERA, one of the leading energy think tanks, projects the cost of the Department of the Interior’s ongoing regulatory slowdown and its impact on the energy industry, employment in the coastal states, and the U.S. economy … Continue reading →

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