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Court: Chemical Safety Board can investigate offshore spills

In a case with potentially far-reaching consequences, a federal appeals court has again found that the U.S. Chemical Safety Board has the authority to investigate the causes of offshore oil spills. The board has been looking into the catastrophic blowout of a BP PLC well five years ago in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 people and caused the nation's worst offshore oil spill. The ruling - ...

Mar. 13, 2015

By Associated Press

DESMI enters partnership agreements in Ghana

Seaweld Engineering Ltd - Will be taking the lead role and partnering DESMI to offer equipment, training, after sales & spares for the DESMI range of Industry, Marine & Offshore, Oil Spill and Fuelling products. FlatC Marine & Offshore – Who operate a fleet of offshore supply vessels has agreed a collaboration with DESMI to offer oil spill response services to the expanding oil ...

Feb. 2, 2017

By DESMI A/S

DESMI’s New Step into Poland

To strengthen our local presence in Poland we established a company in Warsaw on 1 September 2015. Poland is a very important growth market to DESMI in all business segments, i.e. marine & offshore, industry, oil spill response, defence & fuel, and utility. “We have done business in Poland for many years, and by setting up a DESMI entity in Poland we are able to offer direct local ...

Sep. 18, 2015

By DESMI A/S

DESMI`s New Step into Poland

To strengthen our local presence in Poland we established a company in Warsaw on 1 September 2015. Poland is a very important growth market to DESMI in all business segments, i.e. marine & offshore, industry, oil spill response, defence & fuel, and utility. “We have done business in Poland for many years, and by setting up a DESMI entity in Poland we are able to offer direct local ...

Oct. 29, 2015

By DESMI A/S

Trial opens for ex-BP engineer who deleted texts

A federal prosecutor vowed Tuesday to prove that a former BP drilling engineer was trying to destroy evidence when he deleted hundreds of text messages from a cellphone after the company's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But a lawyer for Kurt Mix told jurors that he deleted the texts from his iPhone "for the most innocent of reasons" and didn't hide anything from a grand jury probing the ...

Dec. 3, 2013

By Associated Press

Ex-Halliburton manager pleads guilty

A former Halliburton manager pleaded guilty Tuesday to destroying evidence in the aftermath of the deadly rig explosion that spawned BP's massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Anthony Badalamenti, 62, of Katy, Texas, faces a maximum sentence of 1 year in prison and a $100,000 fine after his guilty plea in U.S. District Court to one misdemeanor count of destruction of evidence. His ...

Oct. 15, 2013

By Associated Press

UK oil and gas regime has high standards but can still improve

An independent review commissioned by ministers in March 2011 has acknowledged the strengths of the UK’s offshore oil and gas safety and environmental protection regime, and identified several key ways in which it could be further improved. A panel of experts headed by Professor Geoffrey Maitland of Imperial College, London, also recognised the positive steps taken by industry and ...

Dec. 14, 2011

By Department of Energy and Climate Change

$18.7B deal clears path for BP to close books on Gulf spill

Trying to close the books on the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, BP agreed Thursday to provide billions of dollars in new money to five Gulf Coast states in a deal the company said would bring its full obligations to an estimated $53.8 billion. Federal and state government officials touted the record-breaking $18.7 billion agreement as a historic milestone in the Gulf Coast's recovery. ...

Jul. 2, 2015

By Associated Press

Chevron using espionage against lawyers who won $18 billion verdict in Ecuador

Facing increased financial risk in Latin America, Chevron has launched a corporate espionage campaign designed to intimidate and track the whereabouts of the lead lawyers who recently won an $18 billion judgment for environmental damage against the oil giant in Ecuador's courts, said the Amazon Defense Coalition. The purpose of the espionage campaign -- being carried out by at least four ...

Mar. 15, 2012

By CSRwire - Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire

Richard Lazarus named as executive director of national commission on the BP deepwater horizon oil spill and offshore drilling

The co-chairs of the bipartisan National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling have selected a highly regarded Georgetown University law professor to serve as the commission"s executive director. Richard Lazarus, the Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., Professor of Law at Georgetown, will lead the staff of the commission and work at the direction of co-chairs - ...

Jun. 23, 2010

By US Department of Energy

Board: Oil Drilling Risks Remain from Device Woes

The key last-ditch safety device that failed to prevent the 2010 BP oil spill remains a potentially catastrophic problem today for some offshore drilling, according to a federal safety board investigation. The report issued Thursday by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board details the multiple failures and improper testing of the blowout preventer and blames bad management and operations for the ...

Jun. 5, 2014

By Associated Press

Ivey takes innovation to a global client base

George “Bud ” Ivey is flying to Australia later in the day and he’s interrupted several times as he responds to questions about his environmental remediation technology business, Ivey International Inc. He puts off the interruptions, explaining to the callers that he’s doing an interview for a magazine article, until there’s a call he can’t postpone. A ...

Oct. 13, 2017

By Ivey International Inc.

Latest BP Oil Disaster Report Reinforces Need for Stronger Safety Standards

Report Justifies September Interior Dept. Drilling, Workplace Safety Rules Washington, DC — An interim engineering report of preliminary findings about the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico reinforces the need for stronger deepwater drilling safety standards, according to Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). The numerous technical and operational breakdowns that contributed to the ...

Nov. 18, 2010

By Environmental Defense Fund

NRDC: Blowout means we must cut risk, improve safety on offshore rigs

A natural gas platform was on fire Wednesday in the Gulf of Mexico, a day after a blow-out forced the rig's 44 workers to be evacuated. Natural Resources Defense Council President Frances Beinecke made the following statement: “This blowout reminds us, once again, of the hazards of offshore energy development and the necessity of doing everything we can to reduce the risks to our workers, ...

Jul. 24, 2013

By Natural Resources Defense Council

Aqua-Guard invited as keynote speaker of the Canadian Institute of Marine Engineers monthly meeting

On March 20th, 2013, Aqua-Guard Spill Response Inc was invited to be the keynote speaker at the monthly dinner meeting of the Canadian Institute of Marine Engineers (CIMarE) Vancouver Branch. The topic of the evening was Aqua-Guard’s “Customized Oil Spill Response Solutions for Offshore Support Vessels (OSV’s)”. Nigel Bennett, Co-Founder of Aqua-Guard spoke on: ...

Apr. 3, 2013

By Aqua-Guard Spill Response Inc.

Norway opens Arctic border area to oil drilling

Norway's Parliament has opened up a new area on the fringe of the Arctic Ocean to offshore oil drilling despite protests from opponents who fear catastrophic oil spills in the remote and icy region. Most of the Norwegian sector of the Barents Sea, which the Nordic country shares with Russia, is already open to petroleum activities. But environmentalists and some opposition lawmakers say the ...

Jun. 21, 2013

By Associated Press

Feds eye oil, gas drilling off East Coast, Alaska, Gulf

Environmentalists say allowing offshore drilling along the U.S. East Coast from northern Virginia to the Georgia-Florida border could lead to a catastrophic oil spill devastating to the crucial tourism industry. But business and petroleum groups say they want to be able to explore whether significant oil and gas reserves exist that could stabilize energy prices and help the economy overall. ...

Mar. 18, 2015

By Associated Press

Canada`s resource boom is outpacing environmental safeguards says environment commissioner

Outgoing Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development Scott Vaughan released his Fall 2012 report, which was tabled in Parliament today. The report examines several environmental programs and activities intended to support sustainable natural resource development, many of which require urgent attention notes the Commissioner. "Given the central role of natural resources ...

Feb. 5, 2013

By GLOBE SERIES

International Association of Drilling Contractors to Host Conference Addressing Environmental Impact

Improving environmental performance and the impact of shale gas exploration, along with other environmentally relevant topics to the oil and gas industry, will be discussed at IADC’s annual Environmental Conference and Exhibition, 8-9 April in New York City. A lineup of industry speakers will address new technologies and advances in emissions controls, water recycling and drilling waste ...

Mar. 29, 2013

By International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC)

$140M in conservation work proposed for Gulf of Mexico

Ten watersheds around the rim of the Gulf of Mexico - from Florida to Texas - are being looked at as sites for $140 million in proposed conservation projects under a plan to restore the Gulf from BP's catastrophic 2010 oil spill. On Thursday the Gulf Coast Restoration Council, a body set up by Congress to handle money derived from fines from the spill, released a list of the projects it wants to ...

Aug. 13, 2015

By Associated Press

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