Gulf Oil Spill News

Oil giant BP takes legal action in the US to stop "fictitious" and "absurd" compensation payouts over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

BP has accused the court-appointed administrator for a deal of payouts to businesses over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill of trying to rewrite the terms.

BP has accused the court-appointed administrator for a deal of payouts to businesses over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill of trying to rewrite the terms.

BP has accused the court-appointed administrator for a deal of payouts to businesses over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill of trying to rewrite the terms.

BP launched its promised appeal against "fictitious" and "absurd" oil spill compensation payouts on Friday and asked a judge to temporarily halt to those made on a so-called business ...

BP sued Friday to block what could be billions of dollars in settlement payouts to businesses over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.The London-based oil giant accused the court-appointed administrator ...

BP Plc (BP/) asked a judge to halt some payments under the $8.5 billion Gulf of Mexico oil-spill settlement, claiming the administrator is misinterpreting damages claims and increasing the cost to the company.

BP has asked a US judge to suspend the $8.5bn settlement it reached with local businesses over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, claiming that companies unscathed by the disaster are receiving windfalls.

BP has asked a US judge to suspend the $8.5bn settlement it reached with local businesses over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, claiming that companies unscathed by the disaster are receiving windfalls.

The massive civil trial to determine liability for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill shifted its focus last week from BP, the owner of the Macondo well, to its partners in the ill-fated drilling operation. Turning the spotlight on...

BP has asked a US judge to suspend the $8.5bn (£5.6bn) settlement it reached with local businesses over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, claiming that companies unscathed by the disaster are receiving windfalls....

David Hammer / Eyewitness News Email: dhammer@wwltv.com | Twitter: @davidhammerWWL BP is asking a federal judge to block a claims administrator from paying business claims for oil spill losses because the company says he is not following the terms of a settlement signed last spring. This comes on the heels of BP informing its stockholders that the settlement with certain private claimants ...

(Reuters) - BP Plc on Friday asked a federal judge to temporarily halt an estimated $8.5 billion settlement with plaintiffs over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, saying the claims administrator's decisions could give claimants "windfalls" and cost the oil company billions of dollars. A filing in federal court in New Orleans said BP would be "irreparably harmed" without relief from the court. A ...

BP Plc on Friday asked a federaljudge to temporarily halt an estimated $8.5 billion settlementwith plaintiffs over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, sayingthe claims administrator's decisions could give ...

BP PLC (BP.LN) can bid in Wednesday's Gulf of Mexico oil lease sale but won't be granted a contract if a suspension from obtaining new contracts with the federal government is still in force at the time of the award, the U.S. Department of the Interior said.

BP PLC (BP.LN) can bid in Wednesday's Gulf of Mexico oil lease sale but won't be granted a contract if a suspension from obtaining new contracts with the federal government is still in force at the time of the award, the U.S. Department of the Interior said.

( Florida State University ) Oil from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill acted as a catalyst for plankton and other surface materials to clump together and fall to the sea floor in a massive sedimentation event that researchers are calling a "dirty blizzard."

Oil from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill acted as a catalyst for plankton and other surface materials to clump together and fall to the sea floor in a massive sedimentation event that researchers are calling a "dirty blizzard."

Halliburton lawyer Donald Godwin told U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier that the company believes the material found Wednesday at its laboratory in Lafayette has no bearing on the ongoing trial to assign responsibility for the nation's worst offshore oil spill.

BP's cement contractor on the Deepwater Horizon rig has discovered cement samples possibly tied to the ill-fated drilling project that weren't turned over to the Justice Department after the 2010 oil spill, ...