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Pesqueeb

Pesqueeb

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rockofullr said:
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There is some indication that BP might have helped free the guy convicted of the bombing in order to free up relations with Libya so they could begin exploration and drilling for oil/gas/etc. If you'll recall the bomber, who's name escapes me right now, was freed under the pretense of being on his death bed. He in fact seems to have made quite the remarkable recovery back home and now that Libya and Britain are tight again BP wants in on the goods.

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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128566936
 
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rockofullr

rockofullr

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Pesqueeb said:
There is some indication that BP might have helped free the guy convicted of the bombing in order to free up relations with Libya so they could begin exploration and drilling for oil/gas/etc. If you'll recall the bomber, who's name escapes me right now, was freed under the pretense of being on his death bed. He in fact seems to have made quite the remarkable recovery back home and now that Libya and Britain are tight again BP wants in on the goods.

*edit. Read more here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128566936
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:eek:

Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez, are trying to tie the Lockerbie issue to the Gulf oil spill, arguing that evidence suggests the company put profit ahead of people.
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Profit ahead of people... surly not BP
 
Pesqueeb

Pesqueeb

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Looks like another one in the works.
The U.S. Coast Guard is currently investigating reports of a potentially massive oil sheen about 20 miles away from the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion last April.

According to Paul Barnard, operations controller for the USCG in Louisiana, a helicopter crew has been dispatched to the site of the Matterhorn SeaStar oil rig, owned by W&T Offshore, Inc.

Multiple reports have come in of a sheen nearly 100 miles long and 12 miles wide originating near the site.

Independent pilots, including John Wathen of the Waterkeeper Alliance, and Bonnie Schumaker with Wings of Care, are currently flying out to investigate the spill. Schumaker reports having seen the sheen on Friday, March 18, and confirms that it is rapidly expanding.

A Louisiana fisherman, who has chosen to remain anonymous at this time, also reports fresh oil coming ashore near South Pass, LA, and that cleanup crews are laying new boom near the beach.

The site of the sheen, near Mississippi Canyon 243, lies 30 miles from the Louisiana coastline. The Matterhorn field, at a depth of 2,789 feet (850 meters) of water, was discovered in 1999, leased and permitted in July 2001, and came into production in November 2003. It is located 30 miles SE of the mouth of the Mississippi River.

According to W&T, the field has produced an average rate of 5,200 barrels of oil per day, and has production capacities of 35,000 barrels of oil per day.
http://www.examiner.com/environmental-news-in-tallahassee/potential-new-deep-water-oil-spill-gulf-of-mexico-100-mile-sheen-reported
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Pesqueeb

Pesqueeb

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Prosecute baby, prosecute?

"U.S. prosecutors are preparing what would be the first criminal charges against BP PLC employees stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident, which killed 11 workers and caused the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history," The Wall Street Journal reports this morning, citing "people familiar with the matter."

According to the Journal, the prosecutors are focusing on evidence that some BP engineers and supervisors may have given regulators false information about the risks associated with the drilling.

The Journal (longer excerpt posted here, by Fox News; both news outlets are owned by News Corp.) says that "a Justice Department spokesman declined to comment." That version of the Journal report also notes that "Justice still could decide not to bring charges against the individuals, people familiar with the situation said. It's not unusual for prosecutors to use the threat of charges to pressure people to cooperate in investigations."

Bloomberg Businessweek says that "Scott Dean, a spokesman for BP in Chicago, and David Nicholas, a London-based spokesman for the company, declined to comment on the report." It adds that:

"BP faces at least 350 lawsuits by thousands of coastal property owners and businesses claiming damages from the more than 4.1 million barrels of oil that gushed from its well off the Louisiana coast."

As we've reported, all the companies involved in the spill have been trading accusations about which was most responsible.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/12/29/144421391/report-criminal-charges-being-prepared-against-bp-for-gulf-oil-spill
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jimmydean

jimmydean

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If only. i have a feeling it will get swept under the rug after everyone feels good about the IDEA of them being punished.
 
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