Offshore operator agrees settlement in GoM oil spill case
The U.S. Department of Justice reports that Taylor Energy Company LLC. a Louisiana oil and gas company, has agreed to liquidate and turn over all its remaining assets to the United States
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Kirby agrees to pay $15.3 million damages in oil spill case
In a case relating to a 2014 incident, Houston-based Kirby Inland Marine LP has agreed to pay $15.3 million in damages and assessment costs under the Oil Pollution Act. Doing so resolves
VIDEO: Mauritius oil spill clean up continues
Video posted today by Le Mauricien newspaper showed continuing efforts by Mauritians — many of them volunteers — to clean up oil spilled from the Capesize bulker Wakashio, which grounded off the
Slurry oil spill causes Mississippi River closure
SEPTEMBER 4, 2015 —The Mississippi River yesterday remained closed to all traffic except response vessels between mile markers 939-922. A queue was in place, six up bound and nine down bound. In
WCMRC christens its newest oil spill response vessel
SEPTEMBER 2, 2015 — Vancouver, British Columbia, based Western Canada Marine Response Corporation (WCMRC) christened its newest oil spill response vessel yesterday in Burrard Inlet. The $4.5 million G.M. Penman is a
Oil spill closes 15 mile stretch of Ohio River
AUGUST 19, 2014 — The Coast Guard, EPA and Ohio and Kentucky officials are responding to a reported 8,000 gallon diesel spill from the Duke Energy W.C. Beckjord Power Station near Cincinnati,
Coast Guard continues response to barge oil spill
DECEMBER 18, 2012—The U.S. Coast Guard continues to respond to a fuel spill from a barge on the Kill van Kull Waterway at May’s Ship Repair Inc. near Mariner’s Harbor, Staten Island,
USCG completes Arctic oil spill recovery exercise
AUGUST 3, 2012 —U.S. Coast Guard and Department of Defense crews yesterday completed a three-day oil spill recovery equipment exercise off the coast of Barrow, Alaska, by deploying a DESMI Polar Bear
Silver Ships to build oil spill service boats for Saudi Aramco
JULY 3, 2012 — Saudi Aramco has awarded Theodore, Alabama, based Silver Ships, Inc. a contract for the construction of two oil spill service boats to operate at its facilities in Saudi
VIDEO: Kuwait Oil takes delivery of multipurpose spill responder
Recently delivered to Kuwait Oil Company by Uzmar Shipyard, the 60-meter RAmpage 6000-ZM vessel Koc Al Zour, is the largest Robert Allan Ltd. design ever built in Turkey. She is designed and