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Louisiana officials said an additional $160,000 in fines have been
issued to the company that owns the salt dome near the site of a giant
sinkhole.
BP, Coast Guard say 4-day inspection of Macondo well,
Deepwater Horizon debris turns up no oil
A fourth underwater inspection of the BP Macondo well and the
underwater debris field from the Deepwater Horizon explosion and fire
found no signs of oil, news releases issued Tuesday by BP and the U.S.
Coast Guard say. The four-day survey by remotely operated vehicles of the
sea floor, triggered by repeated sightings of oil sheen on the surface at the
well site 50 miles southeast of Venice, was conducted by contractors for
BP and Transocean, the owner of the Deepwater Horizon drillship, under a
plan approved by the Coast Guard.
Coast Guard: “Unidentified substance” leaking from BP’s
Deepwater Horizon
An “unidentified substance inconsistent with oil” is emitting from several
areas of BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig wreckage, but no sources of leaking
oil were identified. That’s according to the Coast Guard, which oversaw
BP’s recent week-long mission to inspect the undersea wells and wreckage
from the 2010 explosion.
Gulf Oil Spill: Two Years Later, Scientists Still Unsure of Eco-
Impact
Newly published paper concludes a variety of mistakes compounded
health impacts—with much left to learn.
Source of persistent Gulf sheen remains a mystery
Officials say underwater inspections at the site of BP’s Deepwater
Horizon rig disaster have failed to identify the source of a persistent sheen
on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico.
Judge delays BP manslaughter trial
Two BP rig supervisors charged with manslaughter over the death of
11 workers on the Deepwater Horizon will not go on trial until 2014.
US District Judge Stanwood Duval put off the trial of Robert Kaluza
and Donald Vidrine until January 13, 2014.