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  Halliburton, BP trade accusations over Gulf spill

  

  Posted 10:37 AM 12/20/2011 by AP

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Halliburton is accusing BP of cherry picking facts and testimony to create "an illusion" that Halliburton intentionally destroyed evidence about the quality of cement slurry in an oil well that blew out in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, killing 11 workers. Late Monday (More)

  
  

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  BP settles with maker of failed blowout preventer

  

  Posted 3:49 PM 12/16/2011 by AP

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Cameron International, maker of the Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer that failed to stop last year's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, has agreed to pay $250 million to BP under a legal settlement, BP said Friday. BP said it was "in their mutual best (More)

  
  

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  8 projects to lead oil spill restoration efforts

  

  Posted 1:44 PM 12/14/2011 by AP

  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A group of state and federal environmental officials have identified eight projects they're proposing to kick off restoration efforts in the Gulf of Mexico more than a year and half after a rig explosion caused the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. The (More)

  
  

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  US auctions 1st offshore tracts since oil spill

  

  Posted 12:12 PM 12/14/2011 by AP

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The federal government's first auction of offshore petroleum leases in the Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster has drawn $337.7 million in winning bids. Petroleum explorers have bid on 191 tracts in the western Gulf off the coast of (More)

  
  

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  BP cited for 5 more alleged violations

  

  Posted 12:44 PM 12/7/2011 by Associated Press

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Federal regulators have issued a second set of violations against BP for activities related to the blown-out well that led to the deaths of 11 rig workers and the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement issued five (More)

  
  

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  Halliburton defends itself against BP spill claims

  

  Posted 8:52 PM 12/6/2011 by AP

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Halliburton is defending itself against allegations by BP that it intentionally destroyed damaging evidence about the quality of its cement slurry that went into drilling an oil well that blew out in the Gulf of Mexico last year, killing 11 workers and resulting in the nation's (More)

  
  

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  RANT: Offshore Safety Reforms Needed?

  

  Posted 9:55 AM 12/6/2011 by Jim Hummel

  RANT: Landry wants several offshore safety reforms, including calling for standby vessels in case there is an emergency offshore. Boustany sides with LOGA, saying more government restrictions on drilling are not welcome. What do you think?

  The United States Senate is considering a bill (More)

  
  

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  White House releases report on Gulf restoration

  

  Posted 10:18 AM 12/5/2011 by AP

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Obama administration has released a report on how the Gulf Coast can be restored following the nation's worst offshore oil spill after the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion off the coast of Louisiana in April 2010. The report from the White House's Gulf (More)

  
  

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  Gulf harvesters offered more money for BP damage

  Posted 2:17 PM 11/30/2011 by AP

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Gulf of Mexico shrimpers and crabbers, who've reported diminished catches since the BP oil spill, are being offered a more generous settlement package because of lingering uncertainties over seafood. Kenneth Feinberg is overseeing payments from a $20 billion (More)

  
  

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  BP, 2 others face more citations in Gulf spill

  

  Posted 1:54 PM 11/28/2011 by AP

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration says BP and two other companies are likely to face new citations for alleged safety and environmental violations stemming from last year's Gulf oil spill. Michael Bromwich, head of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, says the (More)

  
  

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  BP loses 2 big Gulf oil spill rulings

  

  Posted 2:48 PM 11/15/2011 by AP

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - BP has lost two big rulings in its fight to shield itself from potentially having to pay billions of dollars more in damages related to the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.

  A federal judge ruled Tuesday that BP PLC is not entitled to coverage under insurance (More)

  
  

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  La., Ala. can seek punitive oil spill damages

  

  Posted 10:50 AM 11/15/2011 by AP

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal judge says Alabama and Louisiana can pursue punitive damages against BP and other companies involved in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster that killed 11 and spewed millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier (More)

  
  

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  Coast Guard OKs winding down BP spill cleanup

  

  Posted 10:29 AM 11/9/2011 by AP

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Coast Guard is ready to reduce BP's responsibility for cleaning up oil that may still wash ashore on the U.S. Gulf Coast after last year's spill, a move officials said opens a new phase of work for BP - restoring areas damaged by the largest offshore spill in U.S. (More)

  
  

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  AP: Coast Guard OKs Wind Down of BP Spill Cleanup

  

  Posted 7:19 PM 11/8/2011 by AP

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Coast Guard has approved a plan to end cleanup along the Gulf Coast from the BP oil spill, a move officials said opens a new phase of work for BP - restoring areas damaged by the largest offshore spill in U.S. history.

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  Truth Behind Trinity II, Airs in Entirety

  

  Posted 5:47 PM 11/5/2011 by AE Stevenson

  After the game on the early newscast of KATC, we will show the entire 3 reports that KATC's Melissa Hawkes brought to you about the Tragedy of the Trinity II.

  Captain of the lift boat Jeremy Parfait and Ted Derise Jr. sat down with KATC to explain the truth of the events that led to them (More)

  
  

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  The Truth Behind the Trinity Two Part 1

  

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  Posted 10:00 PM 11/2/2011 by Melissa Hawkes

  Captain Jeremy Parfait of Houma says on September 8th he made countless calls to the company his crew worked for, Geokinetics, saying they needed to evacuate, but no one came to their rescue. "That's what makes me so angry, that I couldn't get any help," he said. In fact, the one (More) • Video (1)

  
  

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  Transocean claims indemnity under BP contract

  

  Posted 11:57 AM 11/1/2011 by AP

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Transocean Limited, the company that owned the drilling rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico last year, is arguing that its contract with BP shields it from having to pay for the largest offshore spill in the nation's history. In court documents filed Tuesday (More)

  
  

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  Oil spill claims czar: Shrimpers' pain continues

  

  Posted 1:02 PM 10/27/2011 by AP

  The administrator of the $20 billion fund set up to compensate individuals and businesses hurt by last year's Gulf of Mexico oil spill said Thursday new rules are being formulated to make payouts more generous for hard-hit shrimpers. Washington attorney Kenneth Feinberg told a House (More)

  
  

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  BP step closer to drilling new Gulf wells

  

  Posted 10:54 AM 10/21/2011 by AP

  BP is a step closer to being allowed to drill new deepwater wells in the Gulf of Mexico. The agency that regulates offshore drilling said Friday it has approved a supplemental exploration plan submitted by BP. The British firm still must obtain permits to be able to start drilling. (More)

  
  

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  BP, Anadarko settle Gulf disaster claims

  

  Posted 5:47 AM 10/17/2011 by Lauren Wilson & AP

  LONDON (AP) - Anadarko Petroleum Co. has agreed to pay $4 billion to BP PLC as part of a settlement related to last year's Gulf of Mexico oil spill. BP said Monday that Anadarko's payment will form part of the British company's $20 billion trust fund, which has paid out $7 billion so far to (More)

  
  

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  Spill's impact on oysters boosts plate makers

  

  Posted 10:22 AM 10/14/2011 by AP

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A company that handcrafts oyster plates in the back of a New Orleans floral shop was just getting off the ground when the BP oil spill occurred in April 2010. "When we heard about the spill, we realized it would either make us or break us," said Stewart (More)

  
  

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  Gulf Oil Spill Documentary to Screen in N.O.

  

  Posted 5:21 AM 10/14/2011 by Sharlee Barriere

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A documentary about the Gulf oil spill is getting its North American premiere at a New Orleans movie theater. "The Big Fix," which was screened in May at the Cannes Film Festival in France, was scheduled Friday night at the Prytania Theater as part of the New Orleans Film (More)

  
  

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  Offshore safety chief pushes for fine increase

  

  Posted 12:08 PM 10/13/2011 by AP

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of the offshore drilling safety agency is telling Congress current fines for offshore violations need to be much stiffer. Michael Bromwich, head of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, says the maximum civil penalty for a violation offshore (More)

  
  

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  BP, 2 other companies cited over Gulf oil spill

  

  Posted 5:17 PM 10/12/2011 by AP

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Federal regulators have cited oil company BP PLC and two other companies - Transocean Ltd. and Halliburton - for alleged safety and environmental violations stemming from last year's rig explosion and massive oil spill in the Gulf. The companies have 60 days to (More)

  
  

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  Couple faces fraud charges in oil spill fund

  Posted 5:29 PM 10/6/2011 by AP

  MIAMI (AP) - A Delray Beach couple is accused of bilking about $340,000 from a fund set up to repay losses caused by last year's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. Attorney's Office reports that 51-year-old Joseph Harvey and 41-year-old Anja Karin Kannell made their first (More)

  
  

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  Federal report highlights need to clean Gulf Coast

  

  Posted 2:01 PM 10/5/2011 by AP

  HOUSTON (AP) - Five coastal states are determined to clean up the damaged Gulf of Mexico ecosystem after last year's oil spill highlighted how decades of contamination and deterioration had placed a backbone of the U.S. economy at risk of ruin, according to a federal report released Wednesday. (More)

  
  

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  BP Making Plans in the Gulf of Mexico

  

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  Posted 1:17 AM 9/28/2011 by Jim Hummel

  BP is making plans to resume drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.  BP's exploration plan (EP) was filed last week with the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE).  

  The plans include drilling four wells in the Keathly Canyon area of the Gulf, plans (More) • Video (1)

  
  

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  2 Ala. residents plead guilty to oil spill fraud

  

  Posted 11:54 AM 9/26/2011 by AP

  MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Two residents have admitted filing false claims so they could receive money meant for people harmed by last year's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Pamela Washington and Robert Brown pleaded guilty last week to conspiracy to commit fraud. The Mobile Press-Register (More)

  
  

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  Top Interior official heads to firm working for BP

  

  Posted 12:52 PM 9/20/2011 by AP

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The former chief of staff to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has taken a job with a law firm representing BP in litigation stemming from the massive Gulf oil spill last year. Tom Strickland joined the Interior Department as Salazar's chief of staff and an assistant (More)

  
  

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  BP oil not degrading on Gulf floor, study says

  

  Posted 12:20 PM 9/20/2011 by AP

  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Researchers say tar balls washed on to Gulf of Mexico beaches by Tropical Storm Lee prove that oil left over from last year's BP spill isn't breaking down as quickly as some assume. Auburn University said Tuesday that its study shows the tar that hit Alabama (More)

  
  

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  Update: Gulf Spill Blamed on Poor Management Decisions

  

  Posted 9:55 AM 9/14/2011 by AP

  A key federal report laid much of the blame on BP for the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history and the deaths of 11 rig workers, particularly with regard to the cement seal that was put in place the day before the explosion that triggered the spill. The report, released Wednesday (More)

  
  

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  CFA to Grant Almost $3 Million to Organizations Affected by BP Oil Spill, Pre-Applications Now Available

  

  Posted 9:14 AM 9/12/2011 by Kate Durio

  Pre-applications are now available for Community Foundation of Acadiana's (CFA) Fund for Gulf Communities grant cycle. The Fund has been established to benefit nonprofit and faith-based organizations that help to improve the lives of individuals, families, and children and to strengthen the (More)

  
  

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  Univ. of Miss. leads team to study Gulf oil spill

  

  Posted 10:36 AM 9/9/2011 by AP

  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The University of Mississippi and the University of Southern Mississippi will lead one of eight large research teams participating in a $112.5 million project to learn how the Gulf of Mexico has fared since the 2010 BP oil spill. Ole Miss is the lead university (More)

  
  

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  BP clearing tar balls dumped on Ala. shore by Lee

  

  Posted 10:56 AM 9/7/2011 by AP

  GULF SHORES, Ala. (AP) - BP workers are cleaning up tar balls tossed onto Alabama's Gulf Coast beaches by heavy surf from tropical system Lee. Crews were on the beach at Gulf Shores on Wednesday using small fishing nets to scoop up sticky black globs off the sand. They (More)

  
  

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  Halliburton sues BP over Macondo well blowout

  

  Posted 11:35 AM 9/2/2011 by AP

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Halliburton has filed a lawsuit in a Texas state court against BP PLC claiming the oil giant provided it with inaccurate information about the deepwater well that blew out and spawned last year's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. It's the latest of several (More)

  
  

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  Coast Guard: BP well not leaking

  

  Posted 3:54 PM 8/26/2011 by AP

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Federal officials investigating reports of small amounts of oil popping up on the Gulf of Mexico near where a BP well blew out last year say they've found no oil leaking from seafloor wells. This week the Coast Guard and BP sent deep-sea robots down to the disaster (More)

  
  

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  Oil spill administrator says $5B in claims paid

  

  Posted 11:20 AM 8/23/2011 by AP

  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The administrator of the fund BP set up to compensate victims of last year's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico says the fund has paid more than $5 billion in claims. Kenneth Feinberg made the announcement Tuesday in a summary of payouts from the $20 billion (More)

  
  

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  Judge outlines plan for trial over Gulf oil spill

  Posted 11:04 AM 8/12/2011 by AP

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal judge has outlined his plan for conducting a trial designed to assign percentages of fault to the companies sued over last year's deadly Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and Gulf oil spill. During a hearing Friday, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier said the (More)

  
  

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  US Officials Conducting Dead Bird Study in Gulf

  

  Posted 1:29 PM 8/7/2011 by Chris Welty

  MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - A new study being conducted by the U.S. Fishand Wildlife Service aims to determine how many birds may have diedduring the Gulf oil spill last year. The Press-Register in Mobile (http://bit.ly/qD83rW ) reportsthat in the "Carcass Drift Study" funded by (More)

  
  

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  Special master sought to oversee oil spill claims

  

  Posted 11:26 AM 7/25/2011 by The Associated Press

  The attorneys for people and businesses suing BP over last year's Gulf oil spill want a federal judge to appoint a special master to oversee the claims process. They say in court papers Monday that administrator Kenneth Feinberg has been too slow to process interim payments from the (More)

  
  

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  Feds: Gulf disaster final report delayed slightly

  

  Posted 11:41 AM 7/22/2011 by AP

  ATLANTA (AP) - A joint final report by the U.S. Coast Guard and the federal agency that regulates offshore drilling on what caused last year's Gulf of Mexico disaster will be delayed again. Following several extensions, the Coast Guard and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation (More)

  
  

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  Hood hoping for fed claims audit truly independent

  

  Posted 12:38 PM 7/21/2011 by AP

  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says he hopes an audit to be performed on the $20 billion fund set up to compensate victims of last year's BP oil spill is in the best interests of Gulf Coast residents. Hood's comment came Thursday, one day after U.S. (More)

  
  

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  Gulf spill claims fund to be audited to speed work

  

  Posted 2:28 PM 7/20/2011 by The Associated Press

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Eric Holder says an independent audit will be performed on the $20 billion fund set up to compensate victims of the BP oil spill. In a letter Wednesday to the fund's administrator, Kenneth Feinberg, the attorney general says resolving claims quickly (More)

  
  

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  BP seeks White House emails on spill response

  

  Posted 12:19 PM 7/20/2011 by The Associated Press

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - BP PLC is seeking a court order compelling the White House to turn over emails by a former top adviser to President Barack Obama about the administration's response to last summer's massive Gulf oil spill. The company says in a court filing Wednesday in New Orleans (More)

  
  

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  Eds: Updates throughout with further quotes from scientists and

  Posted 1:16 PM 7/16/2011 by AP

  CAMINADA HEADLAND, La. (AP) - Cleanup after the BP oil spill hasturned up dozens of sites where archaeologists are finding humanand animal bones, pottery and primitive weapons left behind bypre-historic Indian settlements - a trove of new clues about theGulf Coast's mound (More)

  
  

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  Judge tosses RICO claims against BP for oil spill

  Posted 1:03 PM 7/15/2011 by The Associated Press

  ATLANTA (AP) - A federal judge has thrown out racketeering claims by the lead plaintiffs suing BP over last year's oil spill. Gulf residents and businesses alleged that BP defrauded regulators in connection with the safety of its drilling operations, its ability to respond to any oil (More)

  
  

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  Miss. AG sues administrator of BP oil spill fund

  Posted 8:12 AM 7/13/2011 by Lauren Wilson & AP

  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi's attorney general has sued the administrator of BP's $20 billion oil spill fund to get access to claims filed by coastal residents. Jim Hood said Tuesday that he has tried to negotiate with the fund's administrator, Washington lawyer Kenneth Feinberg. He (More)

  
  

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  Dispute continues over BP's $20B oil spill fund

  

  Posted 3:27 PM 7/12/2011 by The Associated Press

  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi's attorney general is suing the administrator of BP's $20 billion oil spill fund to get access to claims filed by coastal residents. Jim Hood said Tuesday that he has tried to negotiate with the fund's administrator, Washington lawyer Kenneth (More)

  
  

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  Montana questions Exxon's estimate of oil spilled

  

  Posted 10:45 AM 7/12/2011 by The Associated Press

  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Montana regulators are asking Exxon Mobil to justify its estimate for how much oil spilled into the Yellowstone River, citing the company's changing timeline on how long it took to stop a leaking pipeline. The Texas-based company estimates between 31,500 and (More)

  
  

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  State seeks half billion in BP-funded projects

  

  Posted 4:03 PM 7/11/2011 by The Associated Press

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Gov. Bobby Jindal says the state will seek approval for more than a half billion dollars in projects to restore coastal areas and fisheries affected by last year's huge BP oil spill. The money would come from $1 billion that BP agreed to spend in April in a pact (More)