Anadarko To BP: We’re Not Paying That Bill
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 11th, 2010 4:45 am by HL
Anadarko To BP: We’re Not Paying That Bill
Anadarko, the Texas-based oil company that has a 25 percent stake in the leaking Gulf oil well, has told BP that it won’t pay its share of the response costs, totaling more than $272 million.
BP – Business – Oil spill – Mitsui – Jim Hackett
Fisheries Plans To Revisit Opinion On Gulf Oil Spill Effects On Endangered Species
We told you yesterday about a 2007 document that shows that the National Marine Fisheries Service drastically underestimated the size of a potential oil spill and its effect on endangered species like sea turtles when they signed off on lease sales for drilling sites in the Gulf. A Fisheries official now tells TPMmuckraker that, once the leak is resolved the agency will revisit the opinion.
National Marine Fisheries Service – Oil spill – Sea turtle – Endangered Species Act – Mineral Management Service
7 Cops And An FBI Agent Charged In Florida Mortgage Fraud Ring
Federal prosecutors in Florida have accused eight current and former law enforcement officers, along with a group of attorneys and mortgage brokers, with falsifying documents to obtain $16.5 million in loans in order to buy and flip real estate, reports the Miami Herald.
Florida – Law – Miami Herald – Federal Bureau of Investigation – Real estate
