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On June 15, 2010, they announced plans to move its 350 staff into 38,224 square feet (3,551.1 m 2) of space to downtown New Orleans, Louisiana near the Superdome. [3] The group operated via consensus on managing the spill and making official statements.
Shell Bodo pipeline oil spill Nigeria: 1 August 2008: 1,000: 1,000: Royal Dutch Shell [180] 2008 New Orleans oil spill United States, Mississippi River from New Orleans, Louisiana 100 miles downstream to Head of Passes: 28 July 2008: 8,800: 8,800: American Commercial Barge Line LLC [181] [182] Syros / Seabird collision Uruguay, near the Rio de ...
The SS Puerto Rican, was an American-flagged tanker disabled by an explosion on October 31, 1984. The 20,295 GRT, 632 ft (192.6 m), tanker was owned by Bankers Trust Company and operated by Keystone Shipping Co. of Philadelphia which burned in an explosion with the stern section sinking just hours after leaving San Francisco bound for New Orleans with a cargo of 91,984 barrels of lubricating ...
The spill was discovered Dec. 27 in St. Bernard Parish. Home & Garden. Lighter Side
A severely corroded pipeline ruptured and spilled more than 300,000 gallons (1.1 million liters) of diesel fuel just outside New Orleans after the operator delayed needed repairs, according to ...
According to federal records, a pipeline ruptured and spilled over 300,000 gallons of diesel fuel just outside New Orleans in December. In October, an inspection found that the pipeline was corroded.
On 31 August 2012, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed papers in federal court in New Orleans blaming BP for the Gulf oil spill, describing the spill as an example of "gross negligence and willful misconduct". In their statement the DOJ said that some of BP's arguments were "plainly misleading" and that the court should ignore BP's ...
National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling begins two days of hearings at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside [109] July 15 – BP test cuts off all oil pouring into the Gulf at 2:25 pm. [110] However Thad Allen cautions that it is likely that containment operations will resume following the test. [111]