Gulf Oil Spill News

By Allen Johnson Jr. & Jef Feeley - 2013-03-04T17:15:58Z BP Plc (BP/) ’s report about its investigation of an oil spill that fouled the Gulf of Mexico didn’t mention a conversation between two company officials about a key safety test the night of the blast, an executive testified.

NEW ORLEANS—The BP executive who led the company's probe of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion defended the contents of his team's report on

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The BP executive who led the company's probe of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion is defending the contents of his team's report on the disaster during the fourth day of testimony in a trial over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill was prolonged because BP misrepresented oil spill figures, according to Transocean.  - More - 

An oil spill the size of Deepwater Horizon is likely to occur again and New Zealand is not ready to respond if it happens here, the Greens say.

New Zealand would not be able to respond to a deep water oil spill if it happened here, the Greens say.

Transocean, which leased the Deepwater Horizon rig to BP, says the leak could have been stopped two months earlier. The motion filed Friday seeks to limit or eliminate Transocean's liability for damages, and outlines a case for collecting damages from BP itself.

Transocean, which leased the Deepwater Horizon rig to BP, says the leak could have been stopped two months earlier. The motion filed Friday seeks to limit or eliminate Transocean's liability for damages, and outlines a case for collecting damages from BP itself.

Transocean, which leased the Deepwater Horizon rig to BP, says the leak could have been stopped two months earlier. The motion filed Friday seeks to limit or eliminate Transocean's liability for damages, and outlines a case for collecting damages from BP itself.

This was the first week of testimony in a civil case to assign blame and financial liability for the 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico.

This was the first week of testimony in a civil case to assign blame and financial liability for the 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico.

This was the first week of testimony in a civil case to assign blame and financial liability for the 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico.

High-stakes trial begins over 2010 Gulf oil spill Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 9:44 pm, Monday, February 25, 2013 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP put profits ahead of safety and bears most of the blame for the disastrous 2010 spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a U.S. Justice Department ...

News Summary: Trial begins for 2010 Gulf oil spill Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 11:54 am, Monday, February 25, 2013 BP BLAME: The trial to determine how much more BP and others should pay for the nation's worst offshore oil spill began Monday with the federal government ...

High-stakes trial begins for 2010 Gulf oil spill Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 12:39 pm, Monday, February 25, 2013 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With billions of dollars at stake, the trial to figure out how much more BP and other companies should pay for the nation's worst offshore ...

Trial set to open for Gulf oil spill litigation Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 5:47 am, Monday, February 25, 2013 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Nearly three years after a deadly rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico triggered the nation's worst offshore oil spill, a federal judge in ...

OSE II is a safe, non-toxic, effective oil spill clean up product that removes oil from the environment permanently by converting it to a safe end point of CO2 and water. OSE II has been used on over 23,000 spills globally since 1989. "It is time the EPA allowed US oil spill response to catch up to other countries," says Steven Pedigo. [PR.com]

An internal BP probe of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico didn't explore whether decisions by upper-level management or cost cuts had a role in causing the disaster because investigators didn't have access to its partners' employees and records, a BP executive testified Thursday at a trial designed to assign blame to the companies.

BP safety chief defends company's spill report Houston Chronicle Copyright 2013 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 6:26 pm, Thursday, February 28, 2013 NEW ORLEANS - BP's chief safety official at the time of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill faced intense questioning Thursday about critical omissions the ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An internal BP probe of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico didn't explore whether decisions by upper-level management or cost cuts had a role in causing the disaster because investigators didn't have access to its partners' employees and records, a BP executive testified Thursday at a trial designed to assign blame to the companies.