BP Oil Spill

A company hired by Gov. bobby Jindal to help Louisiana deal with the BP disaster may have over billed the state.

Transocean Limited, the company that owned the drilling rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico last year, is arguing that its contract with BP shields it from having to pay for the largest offshore spill in the nation's history.

Rules have been changed to make more generous payouts to Louisiana Shrimpers. Ken Feinberg, administrator of the 20-billion dollar fund to compensate businesses and individuals hurt by the BP oil spill, has been under fire from seafood producers in Louisiana for denying many claims and for the slow pace of payments.

Federal regulators have given their permission to BP to start drilling a new deepwater well in the Gulf of Mexico. This is the first permit given to BP since last year's Deepwater Horizon disaster.

The head of the offshore drilling safety agency is telling Congress current fines for offshore violations need to be much stiffer.

Oysters may take a bit more time to be on the menu.

How will the money be divided up?

A key federal report blames poor management, key missteps and a faulty cement job by BP and others for the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history and the deaths of 11 rig workers.

Officals are blaming the BP oil spill and the resulting six-month moratorium for falling property value assessments in Iberia Parish.

Researchers at Universities in Louisiana, Texas, Florida and Mississippi will be getting over $100 million to study BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

A recent poll shows Americans overwhelmingly in favor of the federal government investing money to restore the Gulf Coast.

An energy research group says an increase in drilling activity in the Gulf could create 230,000 jobs and add $44 billion to the economy next year.

It's been almost 15 months since the BP oil spill, and Louisiana still has oil staining hundreds of miles  of its shoreline.

One year after the Deepwater Horizon oil well was capped, the fishing industry in Louisiana is still far from back to normal.

Governor Bobby Jindal says the state will seek approval for more than a half billion dollars in projects to restore coastal areas and fisheries that were affected by last years BP oil spill.

The governors of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama are asking a federal appeals court to uphold an Obama administration approval for a Shell drilling plan in the Gulf of Mexico.

It's been over a year since the BP oil spill repelled tourists from coastal areas, but this holiday weekend was a big one for Grand Isle.

According to newly released documents, former BP chief Tony Hayward fought off accusations that he  tried to prop up the company's falling stock price by using his subordinates' daily media briefings on the Gulf oil spill.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A panel set up to look at how to restore the Gulf of Mexico from last year's massive BP oil spill is meeting in Texas on Monday for the lastest of a series of meetings it has held on the Gulf Coast.

A study is underway to determine the long-term effects that oil and the dispersants used to clean it up have had on workers involved in the BP oil spill clean up.