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BP oil spill probe 'had limitations'
2013-02-28 23:22:06| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A BP executive admits that the scope of an internal investigation into the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster that he led did not include budget pressures from top management.
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BP oil spill probe did not address cost overruns: executive
2013-02-28 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: BP Plc's investigation of its disastrous 2010 Gulf of Mexico blowout did not address the impact of cost overruns on the well, a BP executive said on Thursday, in the final day of testimony this week in the massive civil trial over the spill. Plaintiffs contend that cost concerns prompted crew members on the doomed Deepwater Horizon rig to rush to wrap up the drilling. The executive who led BP's internal investigation said the company did not focus on that angle. "I don't recall it being part...
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Texas Oil Spill Hits Home for Tar Sands Activists
2013-02-27 23:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Rainforest Action Network: Does the Tar Sands Blockade (TSB) have a crystal ball we didnt know about? Yesterday in Tyler County, TX, a pipeline operated by Sunoco Logistics sprung a leak and spilled 20,000 gallons (or 550 barrels) of oil into local East Texas waterways. Deep East Texas is known for its creeks and lakes, freshwater eco-systems and aquifers that provide water to the eastern part of the state, including mega-cities Dallas and Houston. But oil companies treat these forests and waterways as collateral damage....
BP Seeks to Prove Oil Spill Errors Weren't Grossly Negligent
2013-02-25 14:31:46| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
BP Plc, Transocean Ltd. and Halliburton Co. must convince a federal judge that mistakes that led to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill don't amount to gross negligence if they are to avoid billions of dollars in damages for the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history.
As gulf oil spill trial begins, Dallas lawyer takes center stage
2013-02-25 06:17:33| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Dallas attorney Donald Godwin, founding partner of Godwin Lewis, takes center stage today to defend Halliburton in what is undisputedly the largest environmental litigation ever.
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