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Transocean Report Blames BP For Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Explosion
by Matthew D. Shaffer on July 01, 2011
Transocean has released its investigative report into the Gulf Of Mexico oil rig explosion last April. Not surprisingly to maritime lawyers, the company has chosen to place the blame for the explosion on BP. According to the Transocean press release, soon after the Deepwater Horizon explosion last year, the company commissioned an internal inv...
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No Injuries Reported aboard Transocean Oil Rig Off Ghana
by Matthew D. Shaffer on July 12, 2011
All crew members on a Transocean semisubmersible rig off Ghana are reported to be uninjured after reports of water on board. The water ingress on the Transocean Marianas came to light when the crew members were getting ready to move location. According to Transocean, the rig was not drilling at the time. However, all 108 nonessential personne...
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Federal Offshore Agency Studies Worker Safety
by Matthew D. Shaffer on August 04, 2011
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement has been strongly focused on increasing offshore worker safety and preventing accidents like the Gulf of Mexico BP explosion last year. The agency has had its work cut out for it, as it struggles to deal with years of ineptitude, negligence and inappropriate relationships between...
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Judge Rules BP Can Be Sued for Punitive Damages
by Dennis M. McElwee on September 23, 2011
A judge has handed plaintiffs, who sustained losses during the BP oil rig explosion last year, a huge victory. He has ruled that BP can indeed be sued for punitive damages. According to Judge Carl Barbier plaintiffs are allowed under maritime law to make a claim for punitive damages. BP, Transocean and other defendants have insisted that puni...
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Federal Report Blames BP, Transocean, Halliburton for Rig Explosion
by Matthew D. Shaffer on October 12, 2011
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement has laid much of the blame for the Gulf of Mexico oil explosion last year on BP. However, Transocean, the owner of the rig, and Halliburton, which did much of the cementing work on the vessel, have not been spared blame either. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation an...
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No Injuries Reported in Transocean Rig-Supply Vessel Collision
by Matthew D. Shaffer on February 27, 2012
No crewmembers have been reported injured in a maritime accident involving a Transocean oil rig and a supply vessel off the coast of Newfoundland. According to offshore safety regulators, the collision involved the offshore drilling rig GSF Grand Banks, owned by Transocean Ltd. and working for Husky Energy Inc., off the Newfoundland coastline. ...
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Victory for BP As Court Disallows References to Previous Accidents
by Dennis M. McElwee on April 02, 2012
BP’s safety record is not exactly a secret to the maritime law lawyers at our firm. However, the company’s less-than-stellar record will not be admitted into court during the Deepwater Horizon trial. The trial will apportion blame for the oil explosion in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010, which killed 11 workers. But, the court has disallowed ...
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Judge Rules Transocean Need Not Pay Pollution-Related Compensatory Damages
by Matthew D. Shaffer on April 12, 2012
Ever since the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, maritime law attorneys have found Transocean and BP battling over liability and damages. A judge has ruled that Transocean, the owner of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, does not have to pay any compensatory damages arising out of the marine pollution that resulted after the disaste...
