Offshore Accidents: What Caused the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill?
Among the offshore accidents in recent history, the Deepwater Horizon explosion, and the subsequent oil spill, is considered to be…
Looking Back at The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Although it’s been seven years since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the environmental and human devastation may linger for generations….
Debris Cleared From Blown Out Well Off Louisiana Coast
Workers have removed the debris from the wellhead of a gas well that blew out July 23 and spawned a…
BP Requests Review of Judge’s Grossly Negligent Ruling
In September, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier ruled that BP was grossly negligent in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and…
Bill Would Mandate Rescue Vessels Stationed Within 3 Miles of Rigs Offshore
A bill in the U.S. House of Representatives sponsored by Louisiana Rep. Jeff Landry, R-New Iberia, would mandate that rescue…
Oil Exec Apologizes For Blaming Filipino Workers In Louisiana Blast
Black Elk Energy executive John Hoffman apologized last month for blaming Filipino workers in an November explosion on an offshore…
Vermillion Oil Platform 380: Mariner Energy Oil Platform Explosion
The Coast Guard is responding to an offshore oil production platform explosion on the Vermilion Oil production platform 380. At first,…
BP Oil Spill Report Will Share the Blame
This won’t come as much of a surprise. BPs official report into the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in April…