Ken Feinberg expands oil spill claims payments for shrimpers, crabbers NOLA.com By David Hammer, The Times-Picayune In a significant move for the gulf coast fishing industry, Gulf oil spill claims czar Kenneth Feinberg decided Wednesday to double compensation payments for shrimpers and crabbers. Feinberg announced that his Gulf… Countering loss with compassion and moneyLos Angeles Times
Oil spill: BP expands Gulf Coast tourism campaign Pensacola News Journal … head of BP's Gulf Coast Restoration Organization, said he believes the ads contributed to the “record number of visitors in some areas” by getting the word out about that the tourism destinations were open for business following the oil spill. … New BP commercial encourages tourists to bring their families, dollars to Gulf…ABC Action News Winston & Strawn LLP | Gulf Coast Restoration Legislation SurfacesLinex Legal (press release) (registration)
Obama cautiously expands offshore drilling in Alaska and Gulf of Mexico Washington Post (blog) The drilling plans are much narrower in scope than what the administration had said it would consider prior to the Gulf oil spill and what Republicans say is needed to create jobs. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Tuesday the government will hold 15 … Obama Offshore Oil Plan a Disaster for Wildlife, ClimateCenter for Biological Diversity (press release) Obama to expand drilling off Alaska, in GulfThe Associated Press Interior unveils scaled-back offshore drilling planThe Hill (blog)
BP's 0 million rig worker fund expands to other oil spill recovery efforts NOLA.com By David Hammer, The Times-Picayune Rig workers and other offshore laborers affected by last year's Gulf oil spill and drilling moratorium claimed less than a quarter of BP's 0 million grant fund, so a Louisiana foundation began the task Wednesday …
Chevron (CVX) Expands Across the Gulf of Mexico Despite British Petroleum's … InvestorGuide This significant improvement to its pipelines will connect its deepwater fields to its gulf coast facilities. Despite BP's disaster, which was the worst oil…
NOAA Research Ship Expands Spill Mission
The NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter conducting sampling in the Gulf will expand its mission to use its sophisticated sonar equipment and other scientific instruments to help define the subsurface plume near the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill site and adjacent area. Read more on Rigzone
MIAMI (Reuters) – The United States has nearly doubled the no-fishing zone in the Gulf of Mexico because of the spread of oil leaking from the ruptured BP well, a federal official said on Tuesday.
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