Texas to Receive $18 M from BP for Post-Spill Restoration Projects
Texas has been included in 5 of the coastal restoration projects across the GoM under an agreement that the British energy major BP Plc reached with the Natural Resources Damage Assessment (NRDA)...
View ArticleBP Spill Compensation Payouts Surpass $2bn Mark
Deepwater Horizon Claims Centre – the facility that administers the compensation program for April 2010 BP oil spill victims – has paid out in excess of $2 bn now to the individuals and businesses...
View ArticlePensacola and Escambia to get most of BP Payday
Projects in Pensacola and Escambia County are likely to get most of the nearly $67 m in BP money for a number of coastal protection and restoration projects that the strapped governments would probably...
View ArticleJudge Allows CSB to Investigate Deepwater Horizon Disaster
Houston, Texas – A United States federal judge dismissed the request filed by Transocean Ltd to dismiss the subpoenas for documents of the April 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster. Lee Hyman...
View ArticleFormer BP Engineer Alleges Government Withheld Required Evidence
A former British Petroleum (BP) engineer who had been indicted in the very 1st criminal case linked to the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill catastrophe is going to ask the federal court to sanction...
View ArticleBP to Seek Helps from UK Prime Minister to Halt Gulf Oil Spill Payouts
London, United Kingdom – British energy major BP Plc has turned to the UK government for assistance with the settlement agreement with the sufferers of the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill tragedy in...
View ArticleTexas Sues BP and Deepwater Horizon Partners over Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
Texas also joined the other states along the Gulf of Mexico to file lawsuit against British Petroleum Corporation (BP), Halliburton Co, Transocean Ltd, and other firms involved in the April 2010...
View ArticleWoman Arrested for Protesting BP Spill Reaches Settlement with Long Beach City
Jackson, MS – A Gulf Coast woman has settled a suit filed against a S. Mississippi city where she was allegedly arrested by the police while protesting the April 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon spill and...
View ArticleAdministrator Prepares for Surge in BP Oil Spill Claims
The deadline to file claims against British oil giant BP over its Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon spill is still eleven months away. However, the administrator of the oil spill claims centre says he...
View ArticleGulf States Line up to Spend Oil Spill Funds from BP
States along the Gulf Coast are lining up for spending $1 bn from British Petroleum on coastal restoration projects. This money is a part of the UK-based energy giant’s liability to restore the natural...
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