Tag Archives: Deepwater Horizon

BP Deepwater Horizon Civil Suit, TV Advertising, and A Third Year of Dead Whales and Dolphins

Posted on March 2, 2013 by

I don’t watch a lot of television, though it seems every time that I turn the set on I see another commercial touting how wonderful things are on the Gulf of Mexico. The sun is shining, the beaches are beautiful, … Continue reading →

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BP Pleads Guilty to 11 Felonies and Agrees to Pay $4.5 Billion to Settle Criminal Case on Deepwater Horizon Tragedy

Posted on November 15, 2012 by

On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 platform workers and resulting in the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. Today BP, the … Continue reading →

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Deepwater Horizon, Two New Reports – BP & Transocean Failure at Spill Prevention & Dead Dolphins

Posted on July 25, 2012 by

Two recent reports look at the actions and inaction of BP and its contractor Transocean before the Deepwater Horizon explosion and the consequences of the resulting spill on the environment.  The explosion on the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon killed 11 and … Continue reading →

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Semi-Submersible Drilling Rig, Transocean Marianas, Evacuated off Ghana

Posted on July 6, 2011 by

The semi-submersible drilling rig, Transocean Marianas, was preparing to move to a new location off the coast of Ghana when the rig developed a serious list and was in danger of sinking.  The rig, under contract to Italian oil company Eni, … Continue reading →

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BP Oil Spill – One Year Later, Some Good News and Lots of Bad

Posted on April 20, 2011 by

There appears to be both good and bad news exactly one year after the explosion and fire that sank the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, killing eleven, and triggering the largest  accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum … Continue reading →

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First Permit to Restart Deep Water Drilling

Posted on March 1, 2011 by

Yesterday we reviewed John Konrad’s new book, Fire on the Horizon:  The Untold Story of the Gulf Oil Disaster, which went on sale in bookstores today.   Coincidentally,  yesterday the Interior Department approved the first new deep water drilling permit in the Gulf … Continue reading →

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BP Kept Drilling Despite Leaks in Blowout Preventer Control Pod & Bypassed Alarms

Posted on July 24, 2010 by

There is reported stonewalling by witnesses who have cancelled their scheduled testimonies at the ongoing investigation of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.  Nevertheless,  startling testimony was presented this Tuesday: A BP official, Ronald Sepulvado, a well-site leader, testified that BP continued drilling for oil … Continue reading →

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Skimmer “A Whale” Fails Second Round of Testing

Posted on July 17, 2010 by

After a second round of testing, the converted O/B/O skimmer A Whale has been judged a failure in skimming oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Giant oil skimmer ‘A Whale’ deemed a bust for Gulf … Continue reading →

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BP Deepwater Horizon – Whales and Dolphins Sick and Dying in the Spill

Posted on June 28, 2010 by

Sobering aerial video of the scope of the ongoing spill.   At around 6:30 there is footage of pods of dead and dying dolphins and  a sperm whale caught in the oil.   Difficult video to watch but important, nevertheless. BP Slick Covers … Continue reading →

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Fire in Tampa, Lightning in the Gulf and the Battleship Texas Still Afloat

Posted on June 16, 2010 by

Busy days in the Gulf of Mexico.  On the surface above the continuing Deepwater Horizon disaster yesterday, a drill  ship attempting to contain the oil was struck by lightning and caught on fire shutting down containment operations.  Reportedly, operations resumed today.   BP: Oil … Continue reading →

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Pelicans, Back From Brink of Extinction, Face Oil Threat

Posted on June 5, 2010 by

Though the pelican is featured on the state flag, by the early 1960s, brown pelicans had been pushed to extinction along the Louisiana Gulf Coast by DDT and other pesticides. In 1968 pelicans were reintroduction to Louisiana from colonies in … Continue reading →

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The Great Unknowns in Gulf Oil Spill

Posted on May 29, 2010 by

We haven’t posted about the Deepwater Horizon blow-out and spill.  The folks over at the Maritime Texas and the gCaptain blogs have been doing a great job of covering the environmental disaster as it continues to unfold and we have had nothing  to … Continue reading →

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