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Halliburton In Settlement Talks To Control Its Macondo Cement Liabilities

Susan Buchanan | Posted 04.27.2013 | Green
Read More: Sanctions, Timothy Quirk, Judge Carl Barbier, Cement, Bp, Broussard Lab, President Barack Obama, Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, Kodiak Well, Halliburton, Donald Godwin, John Guide, Dave Lesar, Smith Stag LLC, Eastern District of Louisiana, Clean Water Act, U.S. Justice Department, Offshore Drilling, United States District Court in New Orleans, Transocean, Jesse Gagliano, Mark McCollum, Manslaughter, U.S. Congress, Deepwater Horizon, Gross Negligence, Bill Ambrose, Macondo Well, Centralizers, Gulf Coast, Stuart Smith, Green News
Susan Buchanan

(This article is published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the April 29, 2013 edition.) Houston-based Halliburton Co. is in talks to settle private clai...

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Gulf Spill Trial's First Act Ends As BP Rests Its Case

Susan Buchanan | Posted 04.20.2013 | Green
Read More: Cement, David Muth, John Guide, Donald Vidrine, Clean Water Act, Offshore Drilling, Billy Nungesser, United States District Court in New Orleans, Transocean, Jesse Gagliano, Curt Kuchta, Mark Hafle, Deepwater Horizon, National Wildlife Federation, Mike Brock, Macondo Well, Patrick O?Bryan, Judge Carl Barbier, Bp, International Safety Management Code, Safety, Halliburton, Plaquemines Parish, Eastern District of Louisiana, Drilling Margins, Damon Bankston, Blowout Preventers, David Sims, Brian Morel, Andrew Mitchell, Jimmy Harrell, Coastal Restoration, Centralizers, Robert Kaluza, Gulf Coast, Green News
Susan Buchanan

(This article is published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the April 22, 2013 edition.) Last week, BP called its final witnesses in the first phase of ...

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BP defends its well-safety record at Gulf spill trial

Susan Buchanan | Posted 04.15.2013 | Green
Read More: Kurt Mix, Adam ?€œTed? Bourgoyne, Judge Carl Barbier, Arthur Zatarain, Steve Robinson, Neil Shaw, Bp, Morten Emilsen, Alan Huffman, Safety, Halliburton, Add Wellflow, Eastern District of Louisiana, Donald Vidrine, Clean Water Act, Offshore Drilling, Drilling Margins, United States District Court in New Orleans, Transocean, Mark Bly, Blowout Preventers, Deepwater Horizon, Cameron, Robert Kaluza, Macondo Well, Coastal Restoration, Gulf Coast, Green News
Susan Buchanan

(This article is published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the April 15, 2013 edition.) Last week, BP executives and others testifying at U.S. District ...

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Halliburton Rests Its Case In Gulf Spill Trial After Cement Work Testimony

Susan Buchanan | Posted 04.08.2013 | Green
Read More: Judge Carl Barbier, Cement, Witnesses, Bp, Louisiana, Broussard Lab, Kodiak Well, Safety, Halliburton, Foam Cement, Glen Stevick, Negative Pressure Test, Clean Water Act, Transocean, Jesse Gagliano, Channeling, Defoamers, Gulf of Mexico Spill, Blowout Preventers, Deepwater Horizon, Gross Negligence, Bill Ambrose, Drilling Mud, U.S. District Court in New Orleans, Macondo Well, Centralizers, Frederick Beck, Green News
Susan Buchanan

(This article was published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the April 8, 2013 edition.) At the spill trial last week, Halliburton staffer Jesse Gaglian...

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Transocean Denies Skimping On Deepwater Horizon Maintenance

Susan Buchanan | Posted 03.31.2013 | Green
Read More: Richard Strickland, Galina Skripnikova, Judge Carl Barbier, David Young, Cement, Witnesses, Bp, Louisiana, Safety, Halliburton, Alarms, Strickland Group, Broussard, Captain Curt Kuchta, Transocean Ceo Steven Newman, Nathaniel Chaisson, Transocean, Spare Parts, Channeling, Damon Bankston, Jesse Gagliano, Gulf of Mexico Spill, U.S. Coast Guard, Minerals Management Service, Deepwater Horizon, Geoffrey Webster, Bill Ambrose, U.S. District Court in New Orleans, Macondo Well, Centralizers, Hydrocarbon-Bearing Zones, Green News
Susan Buchanan

(This article is published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the April 1, 2013 edition.) At the Gulf spill trial last week, a Transocean executive and a c...

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Halliburton Stays In Spill Trial's Glare As Two Other Firms Escape Blame

Susan Buchanan | Posted 03.23.2013 | Green
Read More: Kurt Mix, Timothy Quirk, Ronnie Faul, Judge Carl Barbier, Cement, Bp, Louisiana, M-I Swaco, Broussard Lab, Kodiak Well, Gulf of Mexico, Halliburton, Pressure Tests, Mineral Management Service, Maintenance, Donald Godwin, Transocean, Calvin Barnhill, Schlumberger, M-I LLC, Geoff Webster, Blowout Preventers, Transocean President Steve Newman, Deepwater Horizon, Lloyd's Register Group, Cameron International, Gross Negligence, U.S. District Court in New Orleans, Macondo Well, Tony Angelle, Green News
Susan Buchanan

(This article is published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the March 24, 2013 edition.) In the fourth week of the 2010 Gulf spill trial, U.S. District J...

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Halliburton Officers, Others Testify In 2010 Gulf Spill Trial

Susan Buchanan | Posted 05.16.2013 | Green
Read More: New Orleans, Tom Roth, Judge Carl Barbier, Cement, Bp, M-I Swaco, Louisiana, Kodiak Well, Gulf of Mexico, Halliburton, Joe Keith, Donald Godwin, Crude Oil, Offshore Drilling, Acoustic Triggers, Transocean, NASA-Michoud, Damon Bankston, Jesse Gagliano, Gregg Perkin, Mark Hafle, Geoff Webster, Blowout Preventers, Tim Probert, Brian Morel, Deepwater Horizon, North Sea, Rory Davis, Cameron, Houston, U.S. District Court in New Orleans, Macondo Well, Green News
Susan Buchanan

(This article is published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the March 18, 2013 edition.) Week three of the Gulf oil spill trial under Judge Carl Barbier...

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Oil Executives, Experts Testify As 2010 Spill Trial Continues

Susan Buchanan | Posted 05.09.2013 | Green
Read More: Cement, Glen Benge, Jason Anderson, Mississippi Submarine Canyon, John Guide, Transocean, Buddy Trahan, Mark Hafle, Earthquakes, Mark Bly, Miles Ezell, Deepwater Horizon, Don Vidrine, Andrew Hurst, Rory Davis, Richard Heenan, Cameron, U.S. District Court in New Orleans, Macondo Well, Wyman Wheeler, Eastern District Court, Judge Carl Barbier, Bp, Greg Walz, Louisiana, M-I Swaco, Safety, Halliburton, Ronny Sepulvado, Statoil, Damon Bankston, Golden Zone, Deepwater Drilling, Blowout Preventers, Brian Morel, Centralizers, Gulf Coast, Green News
Susan Buchanan

(This article is published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the March 11, 2013 edition.) In the second week of a milestone spill trial at U.S. District ...

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New Orleans-Based Trial Assesses 2010 Gulf Spill Blame

Susan Buchanan | Posted 05.02.2013 | Green
Read More: Cost Cutting, Tony Hayward, Judge Carl Barbier, Fatalities, Lamar McKay, Bp, M-I Swaco, Alan Huffman, Robert Bea, Safety, Halliburton, Alabama, Blowout Preventer, Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell, United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, Clean Water Act, Offshore Drilling, Transocean, James Roy, Minerals Management Service, Mark Bly, Deepwater Horizon, Oil Pollution Act, Cameron, U.S. Dept. Of Justice, Coastal Restoration, Macondo Well, Wildlife, Green News
Susan Buchanan

(This article is published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the March 4, 2013 edition.) A landmark environmental trial kicked off last week at United Sta...

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Federal Judge Urged To Approve BP Settlement

AP | By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN | Posted 11.08.2012 | Green
Read More: Judge Carl Barbier, Carl Barbier, Oil Spill Lawsuit, Oil Spill Settlement, BP Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill, Bp Oil Spill Settlement, Video, Green News

NEW ORLEANS -- BP and attorneys for businesses and people who lost money in the Gulf oil spill urged a federal judge Thursday to give his final approv...

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BP Asks Judge To Dismiss Oil Spill Claims

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Bp, Judge Carl Barbier, Deepwater Drilling, Oil-Pollution-Act-of-1990, Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum, Gulf Oil Spill, Transocean, Deepwater Horizon Explosion, Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Disaster, Green News

NEW ORLEANS — BP and other companies sued over the massive Gulf oil spill are asking a federal judge to dismiss many of the claims filed by business...

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US District Court Finds Feinberg/GCCF NOT Independent of BP

Jerry Cope | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Smith Stag, Judge Carl Barbier, BP Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill, Gulf Coast Claims Facility, Kenneth Feinberg, Stuart Smith, Green News
Jerry Cope

The ruling casts in doubt a large number of claims that have been signed off on by claimants as final settlements in which they agreed not to pursue further litigation in exchange for quick payments.

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Judge Orders Oil Spill Rig Owner To Turn Over Safety Records

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Transocean Safety Records, Transocean Gulf Oil Spill, Carl Barbier Transocean, Transocean Investigation, Transocean Deepwater Horizon, Transocean Carl Barbier, Transocean Spill Panel, Gulf Oil Spill, Transocean Safety, Judge Carl Barbier, Transocean, Transocean Oil Spill, Green News

NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge has ordered Transocean Ltd. to turn over a batch of safety records to a government panel probing the deadly rig ex...

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Judge Who Owned Bonds In Gulf Oil Spill Companies Will Handle Most Spill Lawsuits

AP | MICHAEL KUNZELMAN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Judge Carl Barbier, BP Oil Spill, Carl Barbier Transocean, Carl Barbier, Oil Spill Claims, Carl Barbier Halliburton, Halliburton, Carl Barbier Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill, Transocean, Oil Spill, Oil Spill Lawsuits, Oil, Green News

NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in New Orleans was picked Tuesday to preside over more than 300 lawsuits filed against BP PLC and other companies ...

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