gulf spill trial contractor finds cement samples

Since the spill was capped, less than 2 percent of almost 18,000 water samples and a similar proportion of more than 8,000 sediment samples have exceeded Environmental Protection Agency ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Gulf of Mexico rig explosion that killed 11 workers and unleashed the nation's worst offshore oil spill also led to criminal charges against four BP employees, who faced ...

Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill floats on the water as the sky is reflected in sheen on Barataria Bay, off the coast of Louisiana. A highstakes Gulf oil spill trial to assign blame and help ...

Jul 12, 2010· BP's Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: The explosion on April 20, 2010, of energy giant BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, coupled with its sinking on April 22, led to the largest accidental marine oil spill in history.

The trial, in New Orleans, will determine liability for the spill. BP could face a huge fine, despite agreeing in 2012 to pay (£) to settle criminal charges.

BP has accused Halliburton of destroying damaging evidence relating to last year's Gulf of Mexico oil spill.. In a court filing, BP has alleged that the US oil services firm of intentionally ...

2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill; Expert testifies BP should have halted cement job, as Gulf oil spill trial continues ... Benge testified that he relied on the company's cement contractor to ...

In the days after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, BP lied about how much oil was leaking from its Macondo well and took too long to cap it, plaintiffs' lawyers said Monday at the opening of the second phase of the company's trial.

In a highstakes court filing today, BP accused Halliburton of destroying damaging evidence about the quality of its cement slurry that went into drilling the Gulf of Mexico oil well that blew out ...

Apr 21, 2011· BP claims in lawsuits filed yesterday that three contractors are responsible for the costs of the Gulf oil spill that has cost the company 40 billion in estimated expenses.

The accusation comes in court papers filed by BP Monday in federal court in New Orleans as part of a lawsuit for sanctions on Halliburton, a contractor for BP on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig.

NEW ORLEANS A trial over BP's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has resumed with a federal judge hearing claims that the company misled federal officials and withheld information about the ...

Halliburton Energy Services has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence in connection with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, the Department of Justice said Thursday, making the company the third to admit wrongdoing in the largest offshore oil spill in history.

The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was the largest ever in waters, eclipsing the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in terms of the sheer quantity of oil released and the scale and scope of activities impacted.

BP's cement contractor on the drilling rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 says its recent discovery of missing cement samples was the result of a "simple misunderstanding," not an ...