Oil giant BP has pledged one billion dollars to "accelerate the work of coastal restoration" of the Gulf of Mexico soiled by the spill, announced Thursday, April 21 the Department of Justice U.S.. "The agreement will not affect the final bill that BP will settle" after the court process, the ministry said.
This unprecedented agreement, concluded after the first anniversary of the explosion of the platform Deepwater Horizon is a first step towards "the complete rehabilitation of natural resources" by BP, the ministry said. "This agreement will allow light to launch the coastal restoration, wetlands and wildlife across the Gulf damaged by the spill," said Interior Secretary, Ken Salazar.
"BP believes in the benefits of early rehabilitation on wildlife, its habitat and all the tourist infrastructure, said Lamar McKay, president of BP America. Our voluntary commitment in this process is the best way to achieve this. " "This agreement that we had voluntarily based on a consultation process that led BP since the accident, with local communities and regulators to assess the likely potential harm to natural resources," he added.
More than 1 700 km of wetlands and beaches have been polluted and more than 6,000 birds died, according to the American Council for the Defence of natural resources. A year later, some 2,000 people are still participating in the cleanup operations. And, as the governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, nearly 500 km of coastline are still stained with oil.
The group also filed charges Wednesday against three of its subcontractors, he feels partly responsible for the catastrophe that followed the explosion of the oil rig Deepwater Horizon, there is just one year. The action taken by the British group seeks companies Halliburton, Transocean and Cameron International.
He accuses them of negligence and asks for damages for the costs it is liable to pay the face of "myriad" of complaints it been since the sinking of the platform in the Gulf of Mexico, April 22, 2010, which resulted in the largest oil spill ever known in the United States. BP considers that the failure of Halliburton played a "crucial role" in the disaster.
BP had asked the U.S. to realize the shuttering of cement wells drilled in the platform. The group argues that its complaint is based on a formal report (. PDF) on the causes of the spill, which "concluded that the cement designed, developed and pumped by Halliburton was defective." He is also accused the U.S.
group for not having warned in time that the cement was defective. Workers employed by Halliburton would not caught in time "signs that oil escaped into the well." In its complaint against Cameron International, BP said that the subcontractor was responsible for a system to prevent explosion and to ensure maintenance and repairs that it works.
This "negligent driving" is a "cause partial or total explosion of the oil spill," said BP, which said that he had "suffered and continues to incur substantial costs" to "contain and clean up the spill and defend themselves against the myriad of complaints and charges against him. " Transocean oil group accuses of negligence, saying the drilling platform was "not appropriate" in any activity at sea hoping to force him to "be accountable for causing the explosion, fire, death and injury and ensuing oil spill ".
Transocean called the lawsuit "desperate attempt" to return to BP on a contract under which the oil company must assume full responsibility for the pollution. "The complaint is specious and excessive," said Transocean in a statement. The title of the Swiss group fell sharply on Thursday on the Swiss Exchange.
These complaints are part of a general complaint about the explosion of the Deepwater platform, involving many parties and registered in a federal court in New Orleans. Wednesday was the last day of filing of their complaints by different parties. The explosion, April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon platform, some 80 kilometers off New Orleans, had eleven dead and poured hundreds of millions of gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico up 'closing the wells, four months later.
BP is facing numerous complaints and sold for $ 24 billion of assets last year to be closer to its goal to establish a "pool" of 30 billion dollars before the end of this year to meet its expenditure legal aspects related to the spill. 
This unprecedented agreement, concluded after the first anniversary of the explosion of the platform Deepwater Horizon is a first step towards "the complete rehabilitation of natural resources" by BP, the ministry said. "This agreement will allow light to launch the coastal restoration, wetlands and wildlife across the Gulf damaged by the spill," said Interior Secretary, Ken Salazar.
"BP believes in the benefits of early rehabilitation on wildlife, its habitat and all the tourist infrastructure, said Lamar McKay, president of BP America. Our voluntary commitment in this process is the best way to achieve this. " "This agreement that we had voluntarily based on a consultation process that led BP since the accident, with local communities and regulators to assess the likely potential harm to natural resources," he added.
More than 1 700 km of wetlands and beaches have been polluted and more than 6,000 birds died, according to the American Council for the Defence of natural resources. A year later, some 2,000 people are still participating in the cleanup operations. And, as the governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, nearly 500 km of coastline are still stained with oil.
The group also filed charges Wednesday against three of its subcontractors, he feels partly responsible for the catastrophe that followed the explosion of the oil rig Deepwater Horizon, there is just one year. The action taken by the British group seeks companies Halliburton, Transocean and Cameron International.
He accuses them of negligence and asks for damages for the costs it is liable to pay the face of "myriad" of complaints it been since the sinking of the platform in the Gulf of Mexico, April 22, 2010, which resulted in the largest oil spill ever known in the United States. BP considers that the failure of Halliburton played a "crucial role" in the disaster.
BP had asked the U.S. to realize the shuttering of cement wells drilled in the platform. The group argues that its complaint is based on a formal report (. PDF) on the causes of the spill, which "concluded that the cement designed, developed and pumped by Halliburton was defective." He is also accused the U.S.
group for not having warned in time that the cement was defective. Workers employed by Halliburton would not caught in time "signs that oil escaped into the well." In its complaint against Cameron International, BP said that the subcontractor was responsible for a system to prevent explosion and to ensure maintenance and repairs that it works.
This "negligent driving" is a "cause partial or total explosion of the oil spill," said BP, which said that he had "suffered and continues to incur substantial costs" to "contain and clean up the spill and defend themselves against the myriad of complaints and charges against him. " Transocean oil group accuses of negligence, saying the drilling platform was "not appropriate" in any activity at sea hoping to force him to "be accountable for causing the explosion, fire, death and injury and ensuing oil spill ".
Transocean called the lawsuit "desperate attempt" to return to BP on a contract under which the oil company must assume full responsibility for the pollution. "The complaint is specious and excessive," said Transocean in a statement. The title of the Swiss group fell sharply on Thursday on the Swiss Exchange.
These complaints are part of a general complaint about the explosion of the Deepwater platform, involving many parties and registered in a federal court in New Orleans. Wednesday was the last day of filing of their complaints by different parties. The explosion, April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon platform, some 80 kilometers off New Orleans, had eleven dead and poured hundreds of millions of gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico up 'closing the wells, four months later.
BP is facing numerous complaints and sold for $ 24 billion of assets last year to be closer to its goal to establish a "pool" of 30 billion dollars before the end of this year to meet its expenditure legal aspects related to the spill.
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