Gulf oil spill News
Judge Refuses to Fire Gulf Oil Spill Claims Admin
A federal judge has rejected a call from BP to fire the administrator of damage claims arising from a settlement that followed the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier ...
BP to Appeal Oil Spill Claims Settlement to Supreme Court
BP Plc, seeking to avoid paying what it says would be billions of dollars in unjustified claims, will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a court order on a settlement tied to its 2010 Gulf of ...Appeals Court to Fast-Track BP’s Bid to Halt Gulf Oil Spill Payments
BP Plc's bid to block economic-loss payments tied to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill unless the claims can be directly linked to the disaster won fast-track consideration by an appeals court. The ...BP, U.S. Government Spar Over Size of Gulf Oil Spill
Lawyers for BP Plc and the federal government sparred on Monday over the methods competing teams of scientists used to estimate the size of the company's 2010 oil spill in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. ...
Halliburton Pleads Guilty to Destroying Gulf Oil Spill Evidence
Halliburton Co. has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday. The government said Halliburton's ...