The legal swings and roundabouts surrounding the US Administrations efforts to maintain its deepwater oil and gas drilling moratorium took another twist and turn.
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Posted September 3rd, 2010 by michael
Posted August 13th, 2010 by michael
A rather interesting case emerged from the United States Fifth Circuit recently, as the rule that crew members are not entitled to a salvage award for assistance rendered to their own vessel was reaffirmed.Â
Posted August 5th, 2010 by michael
Fears of sweeping reform to America’s offshore oil industry were allayed after Democrats in Senate had to put proposed legislation on hold.
Posted July 19th, 2010 by michael
Given that the first attempt at a deepwater drilling ban was thrown out, the United State’s Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has issued new suspensions on deepwater drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Read the rest of this entry
Posted July 16th, 2010 by michael
President Barack Obama’s administration has sucessfully issued a new six-month moratorium on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, replacing an earlier ban that had been struck down by U.S. courts as being too broad.
Posted May 25th, 2010 by michael
The U.S. Congress is turning its focus this week to the federal government’s response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but the offshore oil drilling industry is far from off the hook.
Posted May 19th, 2010 by michael
Regulations for offshore drilling rigs largely date to 1978 and have not kept pace with technological advances, Coast Guard inspectors have told a federal inquiry into the Deepwater Horizon accident.
Posted August 16th, 2009 by michael
The current status of new class rules and complementary solutions for safer operation of offshore service vessels (OSVs) were presented by Germanischer Lloyd’s Helge Rathje at the 3rd International Conference on Technology & Operation of Offshore Support Vessels in Singapore. Read the rest of this entry