ExxonMobil Sued Over Arkansas Pipeline Spill
Two Arkansas residents have filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil. They’re seeking $5 million in damages, claiming a pipeline spill has caused a permanent drop in property values.
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Huge Mich. Oil Spill Caused by Corporate Neglect, Inaction
Federal investigators say Canadian company Enbridge's neglect of cracks in one of its oil pipelines and its slow response to a 2010 rupture in southwestern Michigan caused the most expensive onshore spill in U.S. history.
U.S. Approves First Deepwater Drilling Permit in Gulf Since BP Oil Spill
The U.S. has approved the first permit to resume deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico since the BP oil spill a year ago. The Noble Energy project, 70 miles southeast of Venice, La., is slated to be deeper than the blown out BP well.
Costner Hit With Lawsuit Over Oil-Spill Cleaning Device
Stephen Baldwin has sued fellow actor Kevin Costner over the sale of technology used to help clean the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Baldwin says Costner owes him a share of an $18 million deposit that BP made as part of a larger purchase.
Obama Temporarily Bans Some New Offshore Drilling
The Obama administration will temporarily ban the sale of new offshore oil drilling leases in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and off the Atlantic coast, Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar said Wednesday, a policy change made in response to lessons learned from BP's horrific Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Did the Obama Administration Misstate Scientists' Views on Oil Drilling?
The U.S. Interior Department has accused the White House of misrepresenting scientists' views to imply they were in favor of an oil-drilling ban. In actuality, the scientists hadn't been asked for their opinions on whether the ban would do any good, according to a department report.
Oil Spill Investigator Says No Corners Cut
The lead investigator for the presidential panel's investigation of April's Deepwater Horizon oil-spill disaster that killed 11 workers refuted previous reports that the rig's majority owner BP Plc and contractor Halliburton Co. compromised safety by cutting corners during the rig's construction, the New York Times reported.
Shell, Panalpina and 5 Others Fined $236.5 Million for Bribes
Seven companies involved in the oil and gas industries will pay the U.S. government a total of $236.5 million to settle corruption charges. An investigation by the SEC and the Justice Department alleges that the companies bribed overseas officials to lower customs duties, extend drilling contacts and streamline the permit process for oil drilling.
How Impartial Is BP's Report on Gulf of Mexico Explosion?
The role of BP lawyers in the company's report on the explosion in the Gulf of Mexico is casting doubts on the impartiality of the study.
Rig Fire Shows Gulf Oil Spill's Lessons Are Being Ignored
No one died in the second major Gulf of Mexico oil rig mishap this year, and the fire aboard the Mariner Energy platform didn't lead to a spill. But that doesn't make it a win for America: More like a wake-up call that safety is still being given short shrift by the oil industry.
BP Removes Deepwater Horizon's Failed Blowout Preventer
BP said Friday that the Deepwater Horizon rig's blowout preventer, which failed to prevent oil from the Macondo well from flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, has been removed from atop the well.