British Petroleum, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Macondo Well, New Orleans, Oil Spill

Pots, kettles and oil, all black…

In the latest from the MDL litigation, Transocean, the owner of the Deepwater Horizon, alleged that their contract with British Petroleum, the leaseholder of the Macondo Well, had indemnified them against any liabilities for pollution underneath the surface of the Gulf, and also against any civil penalties under the Clean Water Act or punitive damages from being declared grossly negligent. British Petroleum, of course asserted otherwise, as did … Continue reading Pots, kettles and oil, all black…

Drake ToulouseJanuary 27, 2012January 27, 20121 Comment

British Petroleum, Control the Information, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Ken Feinberg, Oil Spill

Everybody to blame, but me…

So, in determining guilt and any possible fines under the Clean Water Act, welcome to another day in court, another episode of the 3 Stooges, starring BP, Transocean and Anadarko…Please, follow along and keep in mind that of course, no one is to blame except for everybody else. Duh… First, allow me to introduce Department of Justice Senior Attorney Steven O’Rourke who explained how simple this all … Continue reading Everybody to blame, but me…

Drake ToulouseJanuary 21, 2012January 21, 20121 Comment

British Petroleum, Control the Information, Escrow Account, Gulf Coast, Macondo Well, Oil Spill

British Petroleum: (still) encouraging the responsibility of others…

Bob Dudley announced Monday that British Petroleum had come to terms with Anadarko, which has agreed to give up its 25% stake in the Macondo Well and pay British Petroleum $4 billion dollars as its share of damage claims and cleanup costs. “I am very pleased that they stepped in and are now shouldering some of the responsibilities,” BP Chief Executive Bob Dudley said. He … Continue reading British Petroleum: (still) encouraging the responsibility of others…

Drake ToulouseOctober 19, 2011October 19, 2011Leave a comment

British Petroleum, Coast Guard, Control the Information, Gulf Coast, Macondo Well, Oil Spill

I have a sneaking suspicion…

…that this whole Deepwater Horizon thing, the oil spill? Yeah, I think British Petroleum’s to blame. Could be due to the testimony of their own employees: “BP petrophysicist Galina Skripnikova in a closed-door deposition two months ago told attorneys involved in the oil spill litigation that there appeared to be a zone of gas more than 300 feet above where BP told its contractors and … Continue reading I have a sneaking suspicion…

Drake ToulouseSeptember 15, 2011September 15, 20112 Comments

Barack Obama, British Petroleum, Disenfranchised, Escrow Account, Gulf Coast, Ken Feinberg, Macondo Well, Oil Spill

One more try for the Gulf Coast, Barbier sets trial date…

After the Deepwater Horizon exploded 16 months ago, the people of the Gulf Coast were made a successive series of promises by the government, by British Petroleum and then by the administrator of the GCCF, Ken Feinberg. In their own ways, each entity promised to make the Gulf Coast whole again…first through clean-up, then through reparations and ultimately by claiming precautions and new guidelines would be … Continue reading One more try for the Gulf Coast, Barbier sets trial date…

Drake ToulouseAugust 13, 2011Leave a comment

British Petroleum, Coast Guard, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Ken Feinberg, Macondo Well, New Orleans, Oil Spill

Here come the lawyers…a day in Judge Barbier’s court…

Okay, so first we acknowledge the obvious: Lawyers being lawyers, and British Petroleum having long since given up that whole “making things right,” and “actions, not words” schtick – at least in reality – of course BP is going to try to use every legal maneuver to pay as little as possible to anyone. Their company’s in trouble now that the Rosneft deal looks blown so yeah, … Continue reading Here come the lawyers…a day in Judge Barbier’s court…

Drake ToulouseMay 27, 2011May 27, 20111 Comment

Barack Obama, British Petroleum, Class War, Coast Guard, Control the Information, Escrow Account, Gulf Coast, Ken Feinberg, Macondo Well, New Orleans, Oil Spill, Supression of Science

Who do you trust?

Who do you trust? Who do you believe? Who’s looking out for you and who is not? Such are the questions in the Gulf Coast, about the claims process and the safety of Gulf seafood. In the federal version, the seafood is fine, the FDA is doing their testing and everything is coming up aces while Feinberg is doing his best as a neutral arbitrator … Continue reading Who do you trust?

Drake ToulouseDecember 29, 2010December 29, 20101 Comment

British Petroleum, Control the Information, Escrow Account, Gulf Coast, Ken Feinberg, Oil Spill

BP, Feinberg and $4 Billion Dollars

As a result of the Federal lawsuit against British Petroleum for violations of the Clean Water Act and Oil Pollution Act, estimates are the resulting fine for British Petroleum could be between $5 and $20 billion dollars, depending primarily upon whether BP is found grossly negligent in the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon. Though these numbers have been written about for months, according to an … Continue reading BP, Feinberg and $4 Billion Dollars

Drake ToulouseDecember 18, 2010December 18, 20105 Comments

British Petroleum, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Macondo Well, Oil Spill

The Prestige Study…Why Feinberg Should Drop the “No Sue” Clause for Final Payments

Is Feinberg reconsidering the no-sue clause? Perhaps so, and maybe because of new information such as this: In the journal, Annals of Internal Medicine, a new study reveals the longer term health effects for cleanup workers exposed to spilled oil when the tanker Prestige sank off the coast of Spain. What it shows is the risks to human health go far beyond the damage of … Continue reading The Prestige Study…Why Feinberg Should Drop the “No Sue” Clause for Final Payments

Drake ToulouseAugust 25, 2010August 25, 2010Leave a comment