Transocean Ltd and United States federal prosecutors are urging a district judge for accepting the Swiss-based drilling company’s agreement to admit guilty to a criminal count over its part in causing the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill (Gulf oil spill) … Continue reading →

BP Plc is facing compensation demands of in excess of $34 billion from various local governments and states in the U.S. over the April 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster. This could result in a substantial upward revision of … Continue reading →

The CRS (Congressional Research Service), one of the public policy research arms of the U.S. Congress, has released a report that summarizes data regarding the Deepwater Horizon drilling accident and subsequent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, including the … Continue reading →

The last one of 4 pelicans that were oiled at the time of Isaac Hurricane was sent to the Pointe-aux-Chenes Wildlife Management Area a few weeks ago. Collected by the disaster response authorities on 3rd September, the brown juvenile pelican … Continue reading →

Sarah Vance, the U.S. federal Judge of the District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, is to hold an exciting hearing today on whether or not to accept British oil giant BP Plc’s guilty plea agreement, which requires it … Continue reading →

Louisiana – Though negotiations are ongoing with liable companies, state authorities are expecting “billions” in criminal and civil fines arising from the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and subsequent oil spill catastrophe in the GoM, the counsel representing the coastal … Continue reading →

New Orleans, Louisiana – Numerous scientists gathered on Monday in New Orleans and shared research as well as insights during the GoM Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. Retired U.S. Coast Guard Administrator Thad Allen was the keynote speaker. Allen … Continue reading →

Deepwater Horizon Victims’ Relatives File BP Settlement Objection Letters Kathleen Goodlife, who lost her brother Mr. Gordon Jones in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon rig blast, says she is not happy with the US$4.5 bn criminal settlement between British oil giant … Continue reading →

It was on 23rd November, 2011 that a rescue group found a dolphin stranded on Fort Morgan (AL) beach. The dolphin was named Chance. “Actually we believed Chance was dead when we found him on an Alabama beach,” says Moby … Continue reading →

The owner of the drilling rig that exploded in April 2010 and caused the devastating Gulf of Mexico oil spill (BP spill) said it is ready to pay a massive fine. Transocean, a Switzerland-based drilling corporation that owned the BP-operated … Continue reading →