BP Oil Spill

By SABRINA CANFIELD NEW ORLEANS (CN) – U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier ruled Friday that Transocean cannot sue the U.S. government for fault in the Deepwater Horizon blowout, as Uncle Sam has sovereign immunity. During a status conference before the oral arguments, BP attorney Andrew Langan said the Department of Justice supports a continuing Gulf [...]

By HARRY R. WEBER – Associated Press The administrator of the $20 billion fund set up by BP to compensate individuals and businesses hurt by last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill said Thursday new rules are being formulated to make payouts more generous for hard-hit shrimpers. Washington attorney Kenneth Feinberg told a House Committee [...]