http://www.mail.com/companies/14470-transocean.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/companies/14470-transocean.html http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2053146-bp-q1-profits-surge-russian-joint-venture-sale.html LONDON (AP) — BP's sale of its Russian joint venture helped it more than triple first-quarter profits, the oil company said Tuesday in a further sign that its disposal program in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster is on track. It said its replacement cost profits rose to $16.5 billion from the $4.7 billion for the same period last year, lar... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:12:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2053146-bp-q1-profits-surge-russian-joint-venture-sale.html 2013-04-30T11:12:06Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2036842-halliburton-seeking-settlement-gulf-oil-spill.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP's cement contractor on the drilling rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 announced Monday that it is trying to negotiate a settlement over its role in the disaster, a focus of trial testimony that ended last week. Halliburton Chief Financial Officer Mark McCollum said during a conference call to discuss first-quarter earni... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 02:24:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2036842-halliburton-seeking-settlement-gulf-oil-spill.html 2013-04-23T02:24:38Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2036180-halliburton-posts-1q-loss-litigation-charges.html DALLAS (AP) — Halliburton Co. said Monday that it lost money in the first quarter after adding $637 million to the reserve it has to cover litigation over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. It's also in talks to settle most claims related to the spill. The Houston company lost $18 million in the first quarter, or 2 cents per share. Excluding the money set... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:21:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2036180-halliburton-posts-1q-loss-litigation-charges.html 2013-04-22T21:21:51Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2030626-3-years-later-oil-spill-cleanup-study-carries.html BAY JIMMY, La. (AP) — At first glance, the marshy, muddy coastline of Bay Jimmy in southeast Louisiana appears healthy three years after the nation's worst offshore oil spill. Brown pelicans and seagulls cruise the shoreline, plucking fish and crabs from the water. Snails hold firm to tall blades of marsh grass. Underneath the surface, environmentalists a... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:33:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2030626-3-years-later-oil-spill-cleanup-study-carries.html 2013-04-19T20:33:28Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2026320-testimony-ends-1st-phase-bp-oil-spill-trial.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Testimony concluded Wednesday for the first phase of a high-stakes trial over the deadly 2010 rig explosion that led to the nation's worst offshore oil spill, but the presiding judge didn't immediately rule in the case. After BP PLC wrapped up its defense on the trial's 29th day, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier announced he would give ... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:23:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2026320-testimony-ends-1st-phase-bp-oil-spill-trial.html 2013-04-17T23:23:10Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2021218-bp-manager-testifies-trial-gulf-oil-spill.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A BP team leader who supervised managers on the oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 testified Monday that he was frustrated by last-minute changes to the drilling project, but didn't have any safety concerns before the deadly blast. John Guide was BP's wells team leader for the Deepwater Horizon project and supervised tw... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:45:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2021218-bp-manager-testifies-trial-gulf-oil-spill.html 2013-04-15T21:45:21Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1968124-claims-bp-contractors-dismissed-trial.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge conducting a trial to assign fault for the nation's worst offshore oil spill dismissed claims Wednesday against a BP contractor and the company that made a key safety device on the drilling rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, triggering the disaster. After plaintiffs' attorneys rested their case Wednesday, U.S. Dist... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:05:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1968124-claims-bp-contractors-dismissed-trial.html 2013-03-20T22:05:45Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1965766-transocean-ceo-rig-workers.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Transocean employees should have done more to detect signs of trouble before the company's drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, killing 11 workers and triggering the nation's worst offshore oil spill, the company's chief executive testified Tuesday. But the Swiss-based drilling company's own investigation of the disaster... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:01:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1965766-transocean-ceo-rig-workers.html 2013-03-19T22:01:22Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1962416-companies-defense-gulf-oil-spill-trial.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Workers on the drilling rig that exploded at the outset of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill catastrophe were "trying to get it right" as they monitored BP's well for signs of trouble before the blast, an expert witness for the company that owned the rig testified Monday. "They just misinterpreted what they were seeing," well control ex... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:26:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1962416-companies-defense-gulf-oil-spill-trial.html 2013-03-18T21:26:02Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1952866-worker-rig-was-bustling-bp-well-blowout.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A worker who survived the deadly explosion on the Deepwater Horizon testified Wednesday that a flurry of activity on the drilling rig hindered his ability to monitor BP's well for signs of trouble before the April 2010 blowout. Joseph Keith, the second blast survivor to testify in person at a federal trial over the disaster, said he nev... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:40:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1952866-worker-rig-was-bustling-bp-well-blowout.html 2013-03-13T23:40:24Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1928122-swiss-voters-approve-tough-limits-bosses-pay.html BERLIN (AP) — Swiss voters voiced their anger at perceived corporate greed Sunday by approving a plan to boost shareholders' say on executive pay. Some 67.9 percent of voters backed the "Rip-Off Initiative," with 32.1 percent against, according to the official count broadcast by Swiss public television station SRF. The outcome of the referendum was consid... Sun, 03 Mar 2013 16:37:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1928122-swiss-voters-approve-tough-limits-bosses-pay.html 2013-03-03T16:37:47Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1921090-bp-probe-gulf-spill-explore-cost-cuts.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An internal BP probe of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico didn't explore whether decisions by upper-level management or cost cuts had a role in causing the disaster because investigators didn't have access to its partners' employees and records, a BP executive testified Thursday at a trial designed to assign blame to the companies. ... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:43:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1921090-bp-probe-gulf-spill-explore-cost-cuts.html 2013-02-28T22:43:33Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1918434-bp-exec-outlines-internal-probe-gulf-spill.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Once the object of ridicule and focus of outrage after the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, former BP chief executive Tony Hayward made a cameo appearance Wednesday in a trial to decide how much blame the company must shoulder for the disaster. Hayward didn't attend in person. Instead, he showed up just briefly on a videotape in wh... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:21:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1918434-bp-exec-outlines-internal-probe-gulf-spill.html 2013-02-28T02:21:52Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1915882-1st-witness-testifies-gulf-oil-spill-trial.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP failed to implement a new safety plan on the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon drilling rig even though the company realized a blowout in the Gulf of Mexico was its greatest danger, an expert witness for people and businesses suing the company testified Tuesday. University of California-Berkeley engineering professor Robert Bea was the fir... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:39:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1915882-1st-witness-testifies-gulf-oil-spill-trial.html 2013-02-26T21:39:33Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1913604-high-stakes-trial-2010-gulf-oil-spill.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP put profits ahead of safety and bears most of the blame for the disastrous 2010 spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a U.S. Justice Department attorney charged Monday at the opening of a trial that could result in the oil company and its partners being forced to pay tens of billions of dollars more in damages. The London-based oil giant ackn... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:49:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1913604-high-stakes-trial-2010-gulf-oil-spill.html 2013-02-26T01:49:10Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1903784-bp-civil-settlement-remains-elusive-trial-nears.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department and the five Gulf coast states affected by a massive oil spill nearly three years ago have indicated they would like to settle their environmental and economic claims with BP PLC ahead of a trial scheduled to start next week. The problem is that they haven't been able to agree on the possible terms of such an... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:47:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1903784-bp-civil-settlement-remains-elusive-trial-nears.html 2013-02-21T00:47:47Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1855678-bp-spill-saga-civil-trial-worth-billions.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Now that a $4 billion plea deal has resolved BP's criminal liability for the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill nearly three years ago, the company will turn its focus to a trial that could potentially cost it billions of dollars more in civil penalties. At the conclusion of a hearing Tuesday that included emotional testimony and a BP exe... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 07:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1855678-bp-spill-saga-civil-trial-worth-billions.html 2013-01-30T07:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1854214-judge-oks-4b-bp-oil-spill-criminal-settlement.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP PLC closed the book on the Justice Department's criminal probe of its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster and Gulf oil spill Tuesday, when a federal judge agreed to let the London-based oil giant plead guilty to manslaughter charges for the deaths of 11 rig workers and pay a record $4 billion in penalties. What the plea deal appro... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1854214-judge-oks-4b-bp-oil-spill-criminal-settlement.html 2013-01-29T20:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1797800-transoceans-14b-oil-spill-deal-will-help-gulf.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A $1.4 billion settlement between the Justice Department and Deepwater Horizon rig owner Transocean Ltd. will pump hundreds of millions of dollars into projects designed to help the Gulf Coast recover from the nation's largest offshore oil spill. Transocean, which owned the rig that sank after an explosion killed 11 workers and spawned ... Fri, 04 Jan 2013 09:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1797800-transoceans-14b-oil-spill-deal-will-help-gulf.html 2013-01-04T09:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1782944-judge-oks-settlement-bp-gulf-class-action-suit.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has given final approval to BP's settlement with a bulk of businesses and individuals who lost money because of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP PLC has estimated it will pay $7.8 billion to resolve economic and medical claims from more than 100,000 businesses and individuals hurt by the nation's worst offsho... Sat, 22 Dec 2012 12:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1782944-judge-oks-settlement-bp-gulf-class-action-suit.html 2012-12-22T12:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1728006-3-bp-employees-arraigned-gulf-oil-spill-charges.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two BP rig supervisors and a former BP executive pleaded not guilty Wednesday to criminal charges stemming from the deadly Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and the company's response to the massive 2010 spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP well site leaders Robert Kaluza and Donald Vidrine, along with former BP vice president of exploration f... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1728006-3-bp-employees-arraigned-gulf-oil-spill-charges.html 2012-11-28T23:45:00Z