Oil Spill

The week started on Monday with numerous BP representatives not showing up to the Deepwater Investigation Hearings, listing continued injury and their 5th

Todays hearings commenced with the confirmation that the companymen, BP representatives aboard the Deepwater Horizon, on watch during the incident will not be

When gCaptain interviewed Admiral Thad Allen, then CG Commandant, last year and asked about the increase in the criminalization of mariners, he was quick to

In a heated debate between the lawyers of Captain Curt Kutcha and Jimmy Harrell and the investigation panel, Captain Hung Nguyen, threatened to remove the

Reports are coming in the the flow of oil leaking from the Macondo well has been stopped.  From MSNBC: HOUSTON — For the first time since the Gulf oil

This post comes to gCaptain via OnlineDegreePrograms.com and serves as a great collection of some of the best lectures, broken down by category, about the Gulf

The U.S. Department of Interior today has issued yet another moratorium on deepwater drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), saying that the suspension

Check out this old 70’s board game that has been being autcioned off on eBay.  CNN news blog tells us: A nearly 40-year-old board game is getting a lot

This week, all eyes have been on A-Whale, the 1,100-foot iron-ore and crude carrier that was recently converted into what’s being billed as the

Wait, the oil spill caused by the Deepwater Horizon blowout wasn’t previously the worst oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? That’s right.  As

For those of you that are not familiar with the X Prize Foundation, it is a non-profit organization that aims to foster innovation through competition (and

The NY Times has an interesting article on the depletion of Bluefin Tuna around the world and suggests that the fate of Atlantic TunBluefin’s may be in

AP Photo via telegraph.co.uk BP announced that effective immediately, Bod Dudley, managing director of BP PLC, will manage the company’s long-term

A federal judge in New Orleans, Louisiana, has blocked a six-month federal moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf. Several dozen plaintiffs had sued

Questions remain on integrity of well WASHINGTON (June 20, 2010) — Today Representative Ed Markey (D-Mass.) released an internal BP document showing that

For the past few days in internet forums and chat rooms an email has been circulating that’s being dubbed “The Doomsday Scenario“. Doug R,

The research team led by James Cameron released their proposal to stop the flow of oil today. gCaptain was surprised to discover a few good ideas that have

We will be live blogging the hearing officially titled “Foreign Vessel Operations in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone” which can be watched live

A number of the primary players in the Deepwater Horizon incident submitted their internal investigation reports to congress yesterday. While they are all more

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