Louisiana shrimpers sue BP over oil spill (Transocean and Halliburton also defendants)

[Lone_Star_Dem]

Source: Reuters

HOUSTON, April 29 (Reuters) - Louisiana shrimpers have filed a class-action lawsuit against oil giant BP Plc (BP.L) and owners of the oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, marking the first claim for economic losses stemming from the disaster.

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The suit names as defendants BP, which holds the lease to the offshore well; Swiss-based Transocean Ltd (RIGN.S) (RIG.N), owner of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform that exploded in flames on April 20 and collapsed two days later; and Halliburton Energy Services Inc (HAL.N), which the suit says was engaging in cementing operations of the well and well cap.

The complaint says Halliburton "improperly and negligently performed these duties, increasing the pressure at the well and contributing to the fire, explosion and resulting oil spill."

The suit also names Cameron International Corp (CAM.N), which supplied the rig's blow-out prevention equipment "that failed to operate upon the explosion (and) should have prevented the oil spill."

There was no immediate comment about the lawsuit from any of the companies.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2917899720100429?type=marketsNews

[Ian David]

1. Petroleum Shrimp, Oil Shrimp, Sludge Shrimp, Slime Shrimp, Crude Shrimp...

[nyc 4 Biden]

3. damn you're fast! eom

[DoBotherMe]

13. Shrimf

My son loves to repeat that dialogue, makes me laugh so hard I can't breathe. Dana ; )

[roguevalley]

32. good luck with that. exxon put off paying even the pittance they

did for twenty years. half the people died and they wrote it off on their taxes. such is life in Amerikkka.

[Ian David]

2. Legal Seafood is selling oysters now for only $6 for 6 oysters.

I think they're dredging them up as fast as they can before the spill hits, whether the oysters are ready or not.

[superconnected]

39. Don't eat oysters. Every oyster that's been tested in the US for the last 6 years, has been toxic.

[Ian David]

42. You have a link to that? n/t

[superconnected]

49. I looked and there are so many links on oysters and toxic that I couldn't narrow it down.

I read it in a an article in news though where a scientist was testing oysters and explaining that all oysters are toxic and have been for 6 years now. Since I've seen that come up on other news articles. You may want to pay attention, it will come by again. Meanwhile, help yourself to all the oysters you want.

[Ian David]

50. Thanks. Here's what I've googled...

Results 1 - 2 of 2 for "all oysters are toxic". (0.34 seconds)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=&q=%22all+oysters+are+toxic%22&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS334US334&ie=UTF-8

Results 1 - 9 of 9 for "oysters are toxic". (0.22 seconds)
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22oysters+are+toxic%22&btnG=Search&hl=en&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS334US334&sa=2

Information No results found for "oysters have been toxic".
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS334US334&q=%22oysters+have+been+toxic%22&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

Results 1 - 10 of about 223,000 for all oysters have been toxic for past six years. (0.30 seconds)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS334US334&q=all+oysters+have+been+toxic+for+past+six+years&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=


Results 1 - 10 of about 1,720,000 for every oyster tested has been toxic. (0.34 seconds)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS334US334&q=every+oyster+tested+has+been+toxic&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=


Can't find anything in there.

[DatManFromNawlins]

53. Apparently you failed to read them

[Dappleganger]

4. Good for them.

And fuck BP for destroying the environment and taking away a working man's livelihood.

[ingac70]

5. Sue, Baby, Sue. n/t

[proudohioan]

6. You got to that one before me!

[ingac70]

7. great minds.... n/t

[crazylikafox]

8. Haliburton negligent..... why am I not supprised?

[BrklynLiberal]

11. right... Kind of like that bear in the woods....

[BrklynLiberal]

9. Criminal negligence...by one and all.

They all figured safety was too expensive..and now they are going to have to pay for their greediness...literally!!

[barbtries]

10. good

i hope somehow they don't have to come to ruin behind this.

eta they=the shrimpers. fuck the oil companies and especially fuck halliburton.

[MadMaddie]

12. I totally support the fisherman on this!

Early reports are that BP went cheap on some of it's repairs. This was going to be a great year for the fisherman and now it's shot to hell. I hope they take BP to the bank....

[nolabear]

14. HELL yeah. Sue the ever-loving Brooks Brothers suit pants off of 'em!

This has to stop.

[Feron]

15. I wish the shrimpers the best of luck.

Louisiana seafood is the best and I'm going to miss it. :(

[glinda]

33. We just bought some Louisiana shrimp knowing it will be some of the last.

[revolution breeze]

40. And oysters.

It will take the oyster beds years to recover.

[nealmhughes]

16. This is only the warm up, you ain't seen nothing yet.

Wait until the oil/sludge gets into the waters of Texas, MS, AL, and FL and possibly Mexico and the Bahamas and Turks and
Caicos and Cuba.

Those three entities will be eating bread and drinking water. Especially if they sue in the US, Mexico City, Nassau, Havana, and in London. Fishing, death to marine life, pollution ashore making recreation a has been for years . . . ones sees the zeros lining up already. Throw in some state and district courts and who knows what the suits will look like. Frankly, I think if this Swiss contraption is not done soon and in place and works, that about 1/4 people in the US are going to be ready with tar and feathers -- if not rope and a ladder.

[bergie321]

17. Have the Alaskan fisherman

Been paid yet for the Exxon Valdez disaster? Maybe these fisherman's grandchildren might see a few bucks.

[lib2DaBone]

18. God Bless The Shrimp Fishermen....My heart goes out....

they will be destroyed... What will happen to Bobby Jhindal and Sarah Palin and all the Dumb Fucks?

[NBachers]

35. Bobbie's demanding that the "Hands-Off" US Government gets its hands dirty cleaning up their shit

[LarryNM]

19. Take All of the Money Dick Cheney Has Then

Consider the case settled.

[bc3000]

20. How will they ever be able to quantify the lost tourism dollars if this thing spreads?

This could destroy coastal economies.

[MadMaddie]

52. This will destroy those economies

This is going to be bigger than Valdeez.

[Andy823]

21. What I wonder is

If Halliburton was negligent will BP sue them and force them to pay for the clean up? If so this could be the end of Halliburton!

[mbperrin]

22. Sounds like they lost control of annular pressure during the cement job.

Either the cement was too light, or the mud was insufficient to hold pressure while the cement was being squeezed.

And yes, that is negligence, because those measurements are well within the competence of any average driller, pusher, company man, or vendor.

[suffragette]

28. And it looks like this may be the 2nd time in a year Halliburton did this

The 1st time being the Montara spill, which went on for months.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8241751

[lfairban]

30. Halliburton

Isn't this what Halliburton has been doing for about 90 years? It is the company's specialty.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halliburton#1920s

[mbperrin]

34. Yep, but you'll notice in the 90s, they are no longer concentrated on

well services, but on all those no-bid contracts for wars.

Lose your focus, lose your edge.

I was on a location outside McCamey, Texas, on the mountain at McElroy Ranch, in a driving rain where they sent a driver so green that he dug into the mud with his truck in a too-sharp turn and rolled it onto its side going about 2 mph. This was in 1991.

[katandmoon]

23. GO SHRIMPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Selena Harris]

36. SUE,BABY, SUE!!!!!!!!!

[aquart]

24. Good. Hope the lawyers are VERY good.

[Bluebear]

25. Halliburton? Oh, sorry, no prosecution possible .We have to "move forward". nt

[QC]

29. That's the pragmatic thing to do. n/t

[IDemo]

47. In the midst of another preventable oil disaster,

the invasion of Iraq, they would have been awarded a no-bid contract to clean up their own mess, would have quintupled the mess, and given another pallet load of cash to continue the 'work'.

[harun]

26. Halliburton...... nuff said.

[sam sarrha]

27. i hear the Oysters off the coast of Fance still taste like crude oil 32 years later..it'll be hell

when the flaming 3000 square mile slick hits the coast:hide: yea.. let's build some more of those, hundreds of them..!!

[sohndrsmith]

31. every 5 days this goes on = 1 million gallons.

Just because the 200,000 per day amount wasn't the original estimate - doesn't mean that's what it has been since the explosion.

If it has been that much, that would amount to 2 million gallons already. Tomorrow.

damn.

[Seedersandleechers]

37. Halliburton makes a statement

http://www.halliburton.com/public/news/pubsdata/press_release/2010/corpnws_043010.html

[EFerrari]

38. Good. The blows to small business men keep coming.

:(

[Lone_Star_Dem]

43. Small businesses and wildlife are the real losers here

This time of year the sea turtles are migrating through that area of the Gulf to get to their mating grounds further south. The brown pelican was only removed from the endangered species list last year. They should be nesting this time of year. Then there's the otters, poor dears.

I was in an area a couple of weekends ago where the natural beaver population had been destroyed by a human created disaster. There were rumors of repopulation and we were there to check and see. We saw one building a wee lodge, but a lodge all the same. His being there was the result of years of fighting for his habitat and stricter regulations on corporations and their effect on the environment. It was such a high. Then two days later this began. Speak of buzzkill.

[EFerrari]

45. I'm in the East San Jose Foothills and the building moratorium

is eroding fast. That means all these guys -- deer, rabbits, wild turkeys, turkey vultures, bats, coyotes, all kinds of critters are being dislocated. Ground squirrels, quail, turtles. I may need to check out of knowing this soon because it's just too much. :(

[revolution breeze]

41. Wondering about the cruise industry

Carnival Cruise Lines said it will monitor the situation and is currently navigating around the slick but it could affect traffic in and out of the Mississippi River.

[Tx4obama]

44. I believe this is the lawsuit that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. & Water Keepers filed.

CNN was talking about it earlier today.

[glitch]

48. Tx! :) nt

[Tx4obama]

46. Here's a link to a copy of the lawsuit

http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/042810oilspillcomplaint2.pdf

[flamingdem]

51. Haliburton must be dismantled nt