2.28.13
Oil Spill
BP investigators were never given oil well cement test results, samples by
Halliburton
By Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
updated February 27, 2013 at 9:09 PM
A BP team investigating the company's Macondo well blowout that led to the
explosion and fire that sank the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in April
2010 never received the results of tests of a light cement used to plug the
well from cement contractor Halliburton, a senior BP official leading the
investigation said Wednesday.
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2013/02/bp_investigators_never_given_c.html
Former BP executives offer conflicting safety accounts as Gulf oil spill
trial continues
By Richard Thompson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
updated February 27, 2013 at 6:41 PM
Two former high-ranking executives of BP gave conflicting accounts
Wednesday of the London-based oil giant's alleged culture of stressing
costs over safety during the second day of testimony in the civil trial to
determine liability for the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2013/02/former_bp_executives_offer_con.html
BP executive expected back on the stand to testify about company's internal
probe of oil spill
By Associated Press,
NEW ORLEANS — Another BP executive was expected on the witness stand
Thursday to face more questions from attorneys for the U.S. government,
which is trying to prove the oil company is mostly to blame for a deadly
explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig that led to a massive oil spill.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/judge-hears-testimony-from-bp-executive-who-led-companys-internal-probe-of-gulf-oil-spill/2013/02/27/1caba964-813d-11e2-a671-0307392de8de_story.html
Former BP Executive Cites Cost Pressures Before Spill
Wall Street Journal
By TOM FOWLER
NEW ORLEANS—BP PLC's managers were under pressure to cut costs
significantly in the years leading up to the Deepwater Horizon accident,
according to testimony during the federal trial over liability for the
2010 explosion and oil spill.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323978104578330450324876518.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
BP safety expert to return to stand in Gulf oil spill trial
Houston Chronicle
NEW ORLEANS —Testimony in the civil trial over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil
spill will resume Thursday with a BP safety expert returning to the stand
to discuss an internal report he issued months after the disaster on what
the company believed were the causes.
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/02/28/bp-safety-expert-to-return-to-stand-in-gulf-oil-spill-trial/
BP trial a 'bloodbath' that company must stop, say legal experts
By George Talbot | gtalbot@al.com
updated February 27, 2013 at 5:52 PM
NEW ORLEANS - Legal experts said pressure is growing on BP to settle civil
charges brought against the British oil company for its role in the 2010
Gulf oil spill.
http://blog.al.com/wire/2013/02/legal_experts_bp_trial_a_blood.html#incart_river
Witness in Oil Spill Trial Accuses BP of Negligence
NY Times
By CLIFFORD KRAUSS
NEW ORLEANS — The practices of the oil giant BP came under sharp attack on
Wednesday in a courtroom here by an expert witness who said its negligence
caused the 2010 explosion aboard a Gulf of Mexico drilling rig that killed
11 workers and spewed millions of barrels of oil.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/28/business/energy-environment/bp-executive-shares-blame-with-contractors.html?pagewanted=print
UPDATE 1-BP drilled doomed U.S. well despite early problems -expert
Reuters
Wed, Feb 27 2013
By Kristen Hays
NEW ORLEANS, Feb 27 (Reuters) - BP Plc took chances drilling its doomed
Macondo well long before it ruptured in 2010, a well design and pressure
expert said on Wednesday in the second day of testimony in the civil trial
over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/27/bp-spill-trial-idUSL1N0BRDWN20130227
BP Misled Regulators About Macondo Well, Expert Testifies
Bloomberg
By Jef Feeley and Allen Johnson Jr. - Feb 28, 2013
BP Plc (BP/) officials misled federal regulators about conditions at the
Macondo well and forged ahead with "unsafe and dangerous" drilling
operations before the fatal explosion that killed 11 rig workers and sent
oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico, an expert witness said.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-27/bp-misled-regulators-about-macondo-well-expert-testifies.html
Web page set up for RESTORE Act suggestions
WALA
SANTA ROSA CTY., Fla. (WALA) - As they await RESTORE Act funds, Santa Rosa
County has made themselves a guinea pig of sorts, as the first area to
establish a web page planning how the BP fine money could be spent.
http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/local_news/santa_rosa/officials-plan-ahead-for-restore-funds
State News
DEQ has not yet received documents on D'Iberville's $3M BP grant
SunHerald
By MARY PEREZ — meperez@sunherald.com
D'IBERVILLE -- It's been nearly a month since the Mississippi Department of
Environmental Quality issued a stop-work order, preventing D'Iberville from
spending any more of a $3 million BP grant to pay for its share of Ocean
Expo aquarium.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/02/27/4495969/deq-has-not-yet-received-documents.html
Volunteers remove hundreds of derelict crab traps from Mississippi waters
By April M. Havens | gulflive.com
updated February 27, 2013 at 10:36 AM
Volunteers removed nearly 300 crab traps from Mississippi waters during the
Department of Marine Resources Shrimp and Crab Bureau's 2013 Derelict Crab
Trap Cleanup program, DMR announced Wednesday.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2013/02/volunteers_remove_hundreds_of.html#incart_river
Harrison Co. inmates pick up 35 bags of roadside trash a day
WLOX
In the never ending battle against roadside litter, Harrison County
Sheriff's deputies said they're doing the best they can with what they've
got.
http://www.wlox.com/story/21418363/harrison-co-inmates-pick-up-35-bags-of-roadside-trash-a-day
State House approves alternative fuels incentives
by Bobby Harrison
NEMS Daily Journal
02.28.13 - 05:50 am
JACKSON – Mississippians can get a tax break for driving an alternative
energy car or for constructing an alternative energy fueling station if
legislation that passed the state House on Wednesday becomes law.
http://djournal.com/view/full_story/21839463/article-State-House-approves-alternative-fuels-incentives?instance=secondary_stories_left_column
Pascagoula River Audubon Center receives $5,000 Bacot/McCarty grant
By April M. Havens | gulflive.com
updated February 27, 2013 at 3:40 PM
MOSS POINT, Mississippi -- The Pascagoula River Audubon Center in Moss
Point has received a $5,000 contribution from the Bacot/McCarty Foundation
to support conservation and educational programing.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2013/02/pascagoula_river_audubon_cente_1.html#incart_river
National News
Chamber study claims to debunk EPA figures on job-creating regulations
The Hill
By Ben Goad - 02/27/13 05:35 PM ET
The nation's largest business lobby presented new research Wednesday
rebutting claims from the Environmental Protection Agency that federal
regulations create thousands of jobs.
http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/energyenvironment/285359-chamber-study-claims-to-debunk-epas-job-creation-figures
