BP Plc filed a lawsuit for more than $42 billion against Halliburton, which cemented the blown-out well which caused the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, after claiming a similar sum from rig owner Transocean. Analysts said BP had little chance …
On the first anniversary of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, BP Plc sued Transocean , seeking at least $40 billion in damages and other costs from the owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig. London-based BP also sued Cameron International …
Louisiana will divide a $30 million BP grant for tourism marketing among all of the state’s parishes and will use a small slice to help fund an out-of-state spring tourism ad campaign sought by Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne. Dardenne, who …
The Gulf of Mexico should recover from the massive BP oil spill by the end of 2012, the administrator of the $20 billion victims compensation fund said. By that time, most of the harmful effect of the worst offshore oil …
The administrator of BP Plc’s $20 billion fund to compensate victims of the Gulf oil spill is not independent and the oil company must refrain from calling him “neutral,” a federal judge ruled on Wednesday. Judge Carl Barbier also ruled …
U.S. Democrats Wednesday pressed for new legislation aimed at preventing a repeat of last year’s massive BP oil spill, as Republicans warned that the disaster should not be used to hamper offshore oil and natural gas production. The renewed push …
Florida’s attorney general said this week that she wants more responsiveness from the administrator handling a $20 billion Gulf oil spill claims fund. Republican Pam Bondi told journalists at The Associated Press’ annual legislative meeting that eliminating delays in responses …
