oil spill

"Seems like this whole exercise is a belt-and-suspenders operation...There's no subtlety here. You're trying to get this issue to the 5th Circuit." - U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier

BP contends that the claims administrator made decisions earlier this year that expose the company to fictitious losses outside the intended terms of the settlement.

A federal appeals court in New Orleans has refused to overturn a ruling that compels a BP rig supervisor to submit to a medical exam.

The Associated Press reports officials are still unable to identify the source of a persistent oil sheen on the Gulf of Mexico.  Tuesday's report confirms the Macondo well is not the source of the oil, and it's not leaking. The well blew out on the night of April 20th, 2010, causing the worst offshore oil spill in US history, and killing 11 workers...

BP announced today an agreement to sell its refinery in Carson, California and Arco retail outlets in southern California, Arizona and Nevada to Tesoro Corp.

Hydraulic Fracturing, or 'fracking', is a process in which pressurized liquids are used to cause channels (or cracks) in rocks underground, which allows petroleum (gases) to escape and be harvested. The woman featured in this video lives in Pennsylvania, near a 'fracking' site.

A federal panel has issued a report on it's invsetigation into the Deepwater Horizon Diasater. AP reports the panel places the blame squarely on the shoulders of decision makers with BP.