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BP paid a steep price for the Gulf oil spill but for the US a decade later, it's business as usual
23 Apr 2020 14:00 GMT
… CONVERSATION) The largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history began … legacy of the Gulf oil spill is more modest than … The 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill helped prompt passage of the … as increasing energy companies’ liability limits for oil spills.
In terms …
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2023 Begins With Increased (or Unlimited) Liability For Vessel Owners
07 Feb 2023 04:23 GMT
… announced1 increases to the liability limits in the Oil Pollution … response to the 1989 oil spill from the EXXON VALDEZ … periodically adjusts OPA’s liability limits to reflect increases in … increases by 7.91% the liability limits for vessels, deepwater ports …
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Flashback in maritime history: Adoption of OPA 90 in USA – 18 August 1990
20 Aug 2022 00:34 GMT
… the grounding of and oil spill from the tanker … higher liability limits, double hulls on oil tankers, and oil spill response … elsewhere to address the oil spill problem.
On 19 November … Final Rule increasing the liability limits for vessels, deepwater ports …
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A Second, Larger Wave of Locusts Invades East Africa Amid Pandemic
13 Apr 2020 20:46 GMT
… quot;_blank">oil spill commission</a… companies' ridiculously low liability limits for oil spills – currently … | Satellites View Growing Gulf Oil Spill<span style="display … the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, a …
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A decade after the Deepwater Horizon explosion, offshore drilling is still unsafe
10 Apr 2020 13:41 GMT
… a member of the oil spill commission appointed by President … regulate it.
As the oil spill commission’s report showed, … energy companies’ ridiculously low liability limits for oil spills – currently … than for any previous oil spill.
A substantial portion of …