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NYT spill account to become a movie – The INDsider 0

Posted on March 10, 2011 by bp complaints

NYT spill account to become a movie
The INDsider
A trio of film production companies has purchased the rights to “Deepwater Horizon's Final Hour,” The New York Times' exhaustive account of the BP explosion and spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The April 20, 2010 disaster killed 11 rig workers and
Summit Entertainment acquires rights to "Deepwater Horizon"Entertainment Weekly
'Ninja Assassin' Writer to Tackle Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig DisasterFirst Showing
Summit To Adapt DEEPWATER HORIZON'S FINAL HOURObsessed With Film
Shockya.com –AFP –Ecorazzi
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$20 billion oil spill claims account could cause problems between BP, feds – Press-Register – al.com (blog) 0

Posted on August 30, 2010 by bp complaints

NOLA.com

billion oil spill claims account could cause problems between BP, feds
Press-Register – al.com (blog)
He said that, having been raised in Hattiesburg, Miss., the spill is personal for him. “Most of my growing-up memories of summers were on the Gulf Coast,
BP Assures Governors It Will Restore The GulfNPR
Feinberg: Most spill claims lack documentationMiamiHerald.com
Oil spill aftermath, claims, discussed at Southern Governors' Associational.com (blog)
WBRC –Tuscaloosa News (subscription) –WAAY
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Gulf oil spill: Witness gives harrowing account of escaping Deepwater Horizon … – Los Angeles Times (blog) 0

Posted on July 24, 2010 by bp complaints

Reuters UK

Gulf oil spill: Witness gives harrowing account of escaping Deepwater Horizon
Los Angeles Times (blog)
To Mike Williams, the first clue to the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon was a hiss. Williams, a rig engineer technician, was in an office on the phone
Technician: Deepwater Horizon warning system disabledWashington Post
Deepwater Horizon alarm was 'inhibited,' technician saysBizjournals.com
Deepwater Horizon safety alarm 'shut off' before fireBBC News
CNN International –The Guardian –Huffington Post (blog)
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-06-18 18:31 UPDATE 1-BP escrow account will pay claims fast – Feinberg 0

Posted on June 19, 2010 by bp complaints

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-06-18 18:31 UPDATE 1-BP escrow account will pay claims fast – Feinberg
JACKSON, Miss., June 18 (Reuters) – A billion fund set up by energy giant BP Plc to compensate victims for financial losses due to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill will pay legitimate claims fast, the fund’s administrator said on Friday. The fund would use a “transparent methodology” and there will be prompt payment of new claims while emergency interim payments will continue, said administrator …
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How BP’s Escrow Account Will Work 1

Posted on June 17, 2010 by bp complaints

How BP’s Escrow Account Will Work
As Bryan noted, one of the fruits of President Obama’s meeting with BP officials today is the announcement that the company will sink billion into an escrow account that will be used to pay out costs associated with the Deepwater Horizon disaster. BP will fund the account in installments over the next three and […]
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A New Process and a New Escrow Account for Gulf Oil Spill Claims from BP 0

Posted on June 17, 2010 by bp complaints

Yesterday the President, Vice President, and others met with BP executives to ensure that families and businesses in the Gulf Region are not shortchanged for their losses due to the devastating oil spill off their coast.  A key agreement from the meeting was on the establishment of an independently-run account holding about billion that would handle claims by residents, providing "substantial assurance that the claims people and businesses have will be honored" as the President put it.  Unfortunately, some in Congress have attacked this common sense step, including Congressman Joe Barton who called the agreement "shameful" and a "tragedy," and apologized to BP for it during a Congressional hearing today.  White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs responded:

What is shameful is that Joe Barton seems to have more concern for big corporations that caused this disaster than the fishermen, small business owners and communities whose lives have been devastated by the destruction.  Congressman Barton may think that a fund to compensate these Americans is a ‘tragedy’, but most Americans know that the real tragedy is what the men and women of the Gulf Coast are going through right now.  Members from both parties should repudiate his comments.

Indeed, the new account and the new process will of tremendous benefit to the people of the Gulf Coast, who certainly are the focus of concern at the White House — the fact sheet below issued yesterday lays out the specifics:

FACT SHEET: Claims and Escrow 

INDEPENDENT CLAIMS FACILITY
A new, independent claims process will be created with the mandate to be fairer, faster, and more transparent in paying damage claims by individuals and businesses.

To assure independence, Kenneth Feinberg, who previously administered the September 11th  Victim Compensation Fund, will serve as the independent claims administrator.
The facility will develop standards for recoverable claims that will be published.
A panel of three judges will be available to hear appeals of the administrator’s decisions.
The facility is designed for claims of individuals and businesses who have been harmed by the oil spill; local, state, tribal, and federal government claims will continue to be handled directly by BP.
The facility will decide all claims as expeditiously as possible, and in any event within the existing statutory timeframe.
Dissatisfied claimants maintain all current rights under law, including the right to go to court or to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.
Decisions under current law by the independent claims facility shall be binding on BP. 
All claims adjudicated under this facility have access to the escrow account for payment.

ESCROW ACCOUNT
BP has agreed to contribute billion over a four-year period at a rate of billion per year, including billion within 2010.  BP will provide assurance for these commitments by setting aside billion in U.S. assets.

BP has reaffirmed its commitment to pay all removal costs and damages that it owes as a responsible party.  It will not assert any liability cap under OPA to avoid liability.
The creation of the escrow account will provide assurance to the public that funds will be available to compensate the injured. 
This account is neither a floor nor a ceiling on liability.
The escrow account is to be used to pay claims adjudicated by the independent claims facility, as well as judgments and settlements, natural resource damage costs, and state and local response costs.

VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION FOR RIG WORKERS

BP will contribute to a foundation 0 million to support unemployed oil rig workers.
The Administration’s May legislative proposal would create a new program of unemployment assistance, modeled after the Disaster Unemployment Assistance Program, to provide benefits to workers who lose their jobs as a result of a spill of national significance.

ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH MONITORING

BP has previously committed 0 million for the ten-year Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative to improve understanding of the impacts of and ways to mitigate oil and gas pollution.
As a part of this initiative, BP will work with governors, and state and local environmental and health authorities to design the long-term monitoring program to assure the environmental and public health of the Gulf Region.

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Obama Wants BP to Set Up Escrow Account for Claims (Update1) 0

Posted on June 14, 2010 by bp complaints

Obama Wants BP to Set Up Escrow Account for Claims (Update1)
President Barack Obama wants BP Plc to set up an escrow account to pay the claims for damages caused by its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, White House adviser David Axelrod said.
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Coast Guard account of Deepwater aftermath contradicts White House timeline (The Newsroom) 0

Posted on June 09, 2010 by bp complaints

BP Dead Pelicans Simulus Sousaphones
Deepwater Horizon
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Coast Guard account of Deepwater aftermath contradicts White House timeline (The Newsroom)
The Newsroom – Documents obtained by the Center for Public Integrity — a nonprofit that funds investigative journalism — reveal that the Coast Guard knew from the get-go that the Deepwater Horizon platform explosion was an environmental catastrophe in the making. The newly released Coast Guard log entries — which the center analyzed in conjunction with the New York Times — contradict public …
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BP Establishes $360 Million Escrow Account to Immediately Fund Approved Louisiana 0

Posted on June 04, 2010 by bp complaints

BP press releases.



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