Tag: BP
Orange Beach gets $15 million BP settlement
Patience paid off for the City of Orange Beach, Ala. Last Friday, the city and BP finalized $15 million settlement over its economic loss claim…
Olson talks about airport annexation, Government Street pond, BP funds and MWBE
City Administrator Eric Olson gave his monthly report at the Pensacola City Council meeting on June 16. His five-minute report covered the Airport Commerce Park,…
Corcoran: Panhandle will get $300M of first BP settlement tranche [podcast]
The incoming Speaker of the House, Rep. Richard Corcoran (R-Pasco County), said yesterday on “Pensacola Speaks†that Northwest Florida can expect to receive 75-percent of…
Breaking News: Judge approves $20B settlement in BP oil spill
Federal Judge Carl Barbier has granted final approval of the estimated $20 billion settlement over the 2010 BP Deep Horizon oil spill. The settlement covers…
Trial attorney buys Powerball tickets for BP execs
Yesterday, Texas trial attorney Brent Coon purchased and mailed each of the individuals of the British Petroleum (BP) senior management team a U.S. lottery ticket…
BP files Deepwater Horizon settlement agreement today
BP will file today its The $18.7 billion settlement agreement between the U.S. government, five states and BP over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil…
Nelson has concerns with BP settlement
FYI – U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) has said he has concerns with the government’s proposed settlement with BP. He raised those concerns in a…
Escambia County to receive $58 million from BP settlement
Press Release: The federal government and five Gulf Coast states have reached a tentative settlement with BP for approximately $18.7 billion for the environmental and…
BP agrees to pay $18.7 billion to settle all federal and state claims.
This morning BP announced that it has agreed to pay $18.7 billion over 18 years to settle all federal and state claims arising from the…
Yikes, BP terminates contracts offshore rigs
Coming the heels of City COO Tamara Fountain’ announcement that DeepFlex has suspended construction at its facility at the Port of Pensacola. Reuters reports BP…
BP spin machine called out
In a news statement released yesterday, BP claims that the “…Gulf environment (is) returning to pre-spill conditions†although the Deepwater Horizon oil spill Natural Resource…
BP drops attempt to fire claim administrator
NOLA.com is reporting that BP said today that it will drop its bid to oust oil spill claims administrator Patrick Juneau “in recognition of improvement…
Ohio sues BP for $33.3 million
Ohio State Attorney General Mike DeWine and the Ohio Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Release Compensation Board file a lawsuit on March 2 against BP –…
Supreme Court rejects BP appeal
Reuters reports that the U.S. Supreme Court today rejected BP’s challenge to its multibillion-dollar settlement agreement over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The…
BP seeks reduction in oil spill fines #nosurprise
BP asked Federal Judge Carl Barbier on Friday to cap its potential oil-spill pollution fines at a maximum of $12.3 billion. Prosecutors have said BP…
Court rules BP still liable for damages
The three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected arguments made by BP that there were errors in the June 4 ruling…
BP announces big discovery in Gulf
BP announced yesterday an oil discovery at the Guadalupe prospect in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The discovery well, on Keathley Canyon Block 10,…
Here we go again: BP asks judge to reconsider ruling
Yesterday BP was back in federal court asking that it reconsider the September ruling of Judge Carl Barbier that found the company “grossly negligent” for…
BP can not force settlement dollars be returned
U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier ruled on Wednesday the Gulf Coast businesses won’t have to payback the claims BP paid them as the result of…
BP is not happy
From its website: BP strongly disagrees with the decision issued today by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana and will…
