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Judge denies BP effort to halt Gulf spill claim payouts
2013-07-19 17:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A federal judge denied an attempt by BP Plc to suspend payments to people and businesses claiming damages related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, while an investigator looks into possible misconduct in the payout process. The payments are being made under a program set up under a settlement BP signed last year. Judge Carl Barbier, who is overseeing the consolidated spill-related civil case against BP and its contractors, ruled on Friday that there was nothing to prove the "mass of claims"...
US lawyers urge not to consider BPs plea to halt oil spill payments
2013-07-19 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
A group of plaintiffs lawyers have urged a US federal court judge not to consider BPs proposal to temporarily halt settlement payments to the victims of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, killing 1
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Big plans for Gulf of Mexico as it rebounds from spill
2013-07-18 02:17:16| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The deep-water Gulf of Mexico, where operations were curtailed after the record 2010 BP oil spill, has rebounded to become the fastest growing offshore market in the world.
Big plans for Gulf of Mexico as it rebounds from spill
2013-07-18 02:02:11| Energy - Topix.net
The deep-water Gulf of Mexico, where operations were curtailed after the record 2010 BP oil spill, has rebounded to become the fastest growing offshore market in the world.
BP Asks Court to Suspend Spill Claims Pending Probe
2013-07-17 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fuel Fix: British oil giant BP asked a federal judge late Tuesday to order that all payments from its multibillion dollar Gulf oil spill civil settlement be suspended until an independent investigation of the claims administrators office is concluded. The company said in a filing in federal court in New Orleans that it is seeking an emergency temporary injunction to block further payments from the settlement. So far, claims administrator Patrick Juneau has offered about $4 billion to victims of the...
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