Gulf Oil Spill News

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, ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — 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, a lawyer for the contractor said Thursday.

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, a lawyer...

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."

NEW ORLEANS — A Texas lawyer has resigned from the team of plaintiffs' attorneys who brokered a multibillion-dollar settlement with BP PLC and are facing the company at trial over the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Texas lawyer has resigned from the team of plaintiffs' attorneys who brokered a multibillion-dollar settlement with BP PLC and are facing the company at trial over the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier's order Wednesday did not say why Mikal Watts resigned from the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee. Watts was in court only for the ...

By Whit Remer, Policy Analyst, Environmental Defense Fund As week three of the BP trial continues, observers are seeing trends emerge from inside the courtroom. The plaintiffs are focusing on two primary causes of the massive 2010 Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion and ensuing oil spill : lack of adequate safety measures and aggressive cost cutting by BP. The defendant oil companies ...

Halliburton exec testifies at Gulf spill trial Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 3:16 pm, Monday, March 11, 2013 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An executive from the company that was BP's cement contractor on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig testified Monday that he learned of some ...

NEW ORLEANS, March 12 (UPI) -- A Halliburton official testified he was aware of some irregularities in the cement from the Macondo well after the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

NEW ORLEANS, March 12 (UPI) -- Oil services contractor Halliburton was aware of issues with cement used at a Gulf of Mexico well but denies it had a role in a 2010 spill, an official said.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An executive from the company that was BP's cement contractor on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig says he learned of some "irregularities" in tests that the contractor's employees performed after the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Timothy Probert, a Halliburton president who served as the company's safety chief at the time of the spill, didn't specify the ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An executive from the company that was BP's cement contractor on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig testified Monday that he learned of some "irregularities" in tests that the contractor's employees performed after the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

NEW ORLEANS — An executive from the company that was BP's cement contractor on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig testified Monday that he learned of some "irregularities" in tests that the contractor's employees performed after the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Timothy Probert, a Halliburton president who served as the company's chief safety officer at the time of the spill ...