
BP in $18.5 billion Deepwater Horizon settlement
JULY 2, 2015 — Five Gulf Coast states and the federal government have reached a tentative settlement with BP that will see the oil company $18.5 billion over 18 years, in compensation
JULY 2, 2015 — Five Gulf Coast states and the federal government have reached a tentative settlement with BP that will see the oil company $18.5 billion over 18 years, in compensation
JULY 1, 2015 — Former BP engineer Kurt Mix, who was convicted of obstruction of justice in the Deepwater Horizon case after he allegedly deleted multiple e-mails, has had his conviction dismissed
MAY 21, 2015 — Both Transocean (NYSE: RIG) and Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) reported yesterday that they had reached significant settlements in relation to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. Transocean Ltd. said it
JANUARY 19, 2015 —The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana ruled last week on the issues raised in the Phase 2 trial of the Deepwater Horizon case: the
OCTOBER 5, 2014—The City of Pensacola on the west part of Florida’s panhandle will develop a new ferry service between its downtown, Pensacola Beach, and Fort Pickens on Santa Rosa Island. The
SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 — BP was grossly negligent in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier ruled yesterday in New Orleans. The finding of gross negligence rather than simple
SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 — Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) announced yesterday that it had reached an agreement to settle a substantial majority of the plaintiffs’ class claims asserted against the company as a result
MARCH 20, 2014 — BP was the high bidder on 24 tracts in yesterday’s Central Gulf of Mexico lease sales with bids for $41.6 million. BP was back in the arena within
MARCH 4, 2014 — In an all hands email to DHS personnel last week, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said that President Obama plans to nominate Vice Adm. Paul F.
DECEMBER 18, 2013 — Kurt Mix, a former engineer for BP plc, was convicted today of intentionally destroying evidence requested by federal criminal authorities investigating the April 20, 2010, Deepwater Horizon disaster.