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say geologists. It was the consequence of mining activities conducted by
the oil and gas service company, Texas Brine.
Texas Brine tackles hydrogen sulfide issue
Texas Brine Co. LLC installed equipment Wednesday designed to
restart collection of crude oil and gas from a failed company salt cavern in
the Bayou Corne area and to prevent the release of potentially dangerous
hydrogen sulfide gas in the process, company officials said.
Restoration Panel Plans to Split BP Settlement
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council has announced plans
to split civil penalties from BP’s upcoming federal court trial.
Al.com reports the council is unsure of how much money they’ll have
to work with. Officials say 80 percent of civil penalties from the 2010
Deepwater Horizon oil spill will be split among five Gulf Coast states.
Some rig workers’ kin to oppose BP plea deal in Gulf disaster
Relatives of some of the 11 men killed in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico rig
explosion want a federal judge to reject British oil giant BP’s multibilliondollar
settlement of criminal charges stemming from the disaster.
The dissent is unlikely to block the deal, but it could prompt the
judge to modify the terms, a legal expert says.
Gulf oil spill: BP rig supervisors seek trial delay
Two BP rig supervisors have asked a federal judge to postpone their
trial on manslaughter charges in the April 2010 deaths of 11 workers.
Their trial is set to begin Feb. 5. In a court filing Tuesday, attorneys
for BP well site leaders Robert Kaluza and Donald Vidrine ask for more
time to prepare. The defense lawyers say Justice Department prosecutors
aren’t opposed to a delay.
BP cleanup at Seashore winding down
Dan Brown, Gulf Islands National Seashore superintendent, says BP
oil spill cleanup could wrap up in the seashore by spring, nearly three
years after the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster.
NOAA chief says she will leave in February