Lawsuits Against BP Over Health Impacts of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Stalled April 22, 2025 By Jack Brook Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Gulf Coast, killing 11 and sending 134 million gallons...
Biden Administration Finalizes Stricter Rules to Prevent Offshore Blowouts in Oil and Gas Drilling Rigs August 24, 2023 NEW ORLEANS (AP) – The Biden administration on Tuesday finalized tighter rules for complex devices meant to prevent catastrophic blowouts...
Report: Oil Spills Dropped Dramatically Last Decade September 29, 2022 By Janet McConnaughey Oil and natural gas spills from tankers and pipelines in U.S. waters dropped dramatically from the last decade of the...
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in 2010 Was Bigger Than Satellite Images Showed February 14, 2020 Toxic and invisible oil spread well beyond the known satellite footprint of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, according to...
Environmentalists Sue Over Trump Rollback of Offshore Oil Safety Regulations June 12, 2019 By Valerie Volcovici A coalition of environmental groups on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Interior Department’s rollbacks of safety measures put...
Large Claims Becoming More Expensive, Complex & Global: Allianz April 25, 2017 By L.S. Howard Large liability claims are becoming more expensive, complex and international, with activity increasing outside the United States, according a report...
Negative Outlook for Energy Insurers May Force Sector Exit: Willis Towers Watson April 7, 2016 By L.S. Howard Energy insurers continue to feel the pressure caused by over-supply of capital and falling demand from buyers, which may lead...
BP Settles Gulf Oil Spill Cross Claims with Halliburton, Transocean May 21, 2015 BP Plc has settled with oilfield services provider Halliburton Co. and contract driller Transocean Ltd. cross claims related to the...
Panel Rules BP Spill Claims Don’t Require Direct Harm March 6, 2014 A federal appeals panel ruled that businesses don’t have to prove that they were directly harmed by BP’s 2010 Gulf...
Ex-Halliburton Manager Pleads Guilty in BP Case October 16, 2013 By Michael Kunzelman A former Halliburton manager pleaded guilty on Oct. 15 to destroying evidence in the aftermath of the deadly rig explosion...