April 12, 2011
In the year since the Gulf oil spill, officials along the coast have gone on a spending spree with BP money, dropping tens of millions of dollars on gadgets, vehicles and gear — much of which had little to do …
March 30, 2011
BP Plc has so far spent $19 billion on last year’s disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill and believes the uncertainty over the ultimate total has decreased, a company executive said Tuesday. BP, operator of the Macondo well, which ruptured …
March 10, 2011
The man in charge of paying BP claims for the Gulf oil spill will soon face a Florida legislative committee to answer questions about how the compensation scheme is going. Kenneth Feinberg, the lawyer who is overseeing the Gulf Coast …
March 3, 2011
The vice chairman of a task force set up by President Barack Obama to restore the Gulf Coast criticized BP PLC this week for what he described as the oil company’s increasing reluctance to repair the damage inflicted by last …
February 22, 2011
The administrator of BP’s $20 billion Gulf oil spill fund announced new rules on how final payments will be determined in the highly criticized claims process, but the central payment formula remained unchanged from a proposal released earlier this month. …
February 18, 2011
BP had workers on the doomed Deepwater Horizon rig who could have prevented the missteps that led to the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but they were not consulted, the White House oil spill commission said on Thursday. In …
February 16, 2011
A former official with BP’s drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico resigned just months before last year’s oil spill because of disagreements with the oil giant over its commitment to safety, according to a class-action federal lawsuit related to …
February 11, 2011
Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater is asking the state’s business community and BP oil spill claimants for their input regarding the claims handling process of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility. Specifically, Atwater wants to hear suggestions or concerns about …
February 2, 2011
BP’s compensation fund for Gulf oil spill victims has issued a final settlement payment to just one of the thousands of people and businesses waiting for checks, records show, and that $10 million payout went to a company after the …
February 2, 2011
U.S. courts must compel the administrator of BP’s $20 billion oil spill fund to meet his legal obligations and stop short-changing victims of the Gulf of Mexico disaster, Mississippi said on Tuesday. Until now, ‘sweeping deficiencies and violations of law” …