British Petroleum sues Halliburton for $42billion!
#1
British Petroleum sues Halliburton for $42billion!
BP is claiming this sum as the cost they incurred in cleanup, loss of revenue and the $20 billion set aside for claims.
Well well well....., BP is not some banana republic or powerless native tribe for US multinationals to run rough shod, and same applies to BP's actions towards Halliburton. Will be interesting to see how the US and UK governments approach this.
Oh and Halliburton is headquartered in the UAE, like Xe services aka Blackwater yet Halliburton will want the US gov. to use it's resources to back up Halliburton.
http://ca.reuters.com/article/busine...80200S20120103
Last year BP accused Halliburton of destroying incriminating evidence such as test results for the cement used in plugging the well,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...xico-oil-spill
Halliburton is suing BP for defamation.
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-...05-713928.html
Well well well....., BP is not some banana republic or powerless native tribe for US multinationals to run rough shod, and same applies to BP's actions towards Halliburton. Will be interesting to see how the US and UK governments approach this.
Oh and Halliburton is headquartered in the UAE, like Xe services aka Blackwater yet Halliburton will want the US gov. to use it's resources to back up Halliburton.
http://ca.reuters.com/article/busine...80200S20120103
Last year BP accused Halliburton of destroying incriminating evidence such as test results for the cement used in plugging the well,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...xico-oil-spill
Halliburton is suing BP for defamation.
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-...05-713928.html
Last edited by Boomhauer; Jan 3rd 2012 at 1:59 pm.
#2
Re: British Petroleum sues Halliburton for $42billion!
BP is claiming this sum as the cost they incurred in cleanup, loss of revenue and the $20 billion set aside for claims.
Well well well....., BP is not some banana republic or powerless native tribe for US multinationals to run rough shod, and same applies to BP's actions towards Halliburton. Will be interesting to see how the US and UK governments approach this.
Oh and Halliburton is headquartered in the UAE, like Xe services aka Blackwater yet Halliburton will want the US gov. to use it's resources to back up Halliburton.
http://ca.reuters.com/article/busine...80200S20120103
Last year BP accused Halliburton of destroying incriminating evidence such as test results for the cement used in plugging the well,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...xico-oil-spill
Halliburton is suing BP for defamation.
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-...05-713928.html
Well well well....., BP is not some banana republic or powerless native tribe for US multinationals to run rough shod, and same applies to BP's actions towards Halliburton. Will be interesting to see how the US and UK governments approach this.
Oh and Halliburton is headquartered in the UAE, like Xe services aka Blackwater yet Halliburton will want the US gov. to use it's resources to back up Halliburton.
http://ca.reuters.com/article/busine...80200S20120103
Last year BP accused Halliburton of destroying incriminating evidence such as test results for the cement used in plugging the well,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...xico-oil-spill
Halliburton is suing BP for defamation.
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-...05-713928.html
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#3
Re: British Petroleum sues Halliburton for $42billion!
It's just a pissing contest which will also involve Hess (one of the other operator partners), Transocean (the rig owner) and perhaps a few more besides.
The blame lies almost entirely with BP themselves, who failed in their duty as the operator to heed the advice from HalCo that procedures were not being followed correctly. The string of emails confirming BP's screw up with the cement job has already been made public.
The only people who will come out of this favourably (in financial terms, at least), will be the lawyers.
The blame lies almost entirely with BP themselves, who failed in their duty as the operator to heed the advice from HalCo that procedures were not being followed correctly. The string of emails confirming BP's screw up with the cement job has already been made public.
The only people who will come out of this favourably (in financial terms, at least), will be the lawyers.
#4
Re: British Petroleum sues Halliburton for $42billion!
BP won that $250M settlement against the company who produced the safety blower, jobby...for the nice technical term...
So they might be in for some more monies....sure they were ultimately at fault and would probably lose against the Rig owners, but Halliburton are as dodgy and as despised as anything...still, not making much news over here though.
So they might be in for some more monies....sure they were ultimately at fault and would probably lose against the Rig owners, but Halliburton are as dodgy and as despised as anything...still, not making much news over here though.
#5
Re: British Petroleum sues Halliburton for $42billion!
BP won that $250M settlement against the company who produced the safety blower, jobby...for the nice technical term...
So they might be in for some more monies....sure they were ultimately at fault and would probably lose against the Rig owners, but Halliburton are as dodgy and as despised as anything...still, not making much news over here though.
So they might be in for some more monies....sure they were ultimately at fault and would probably lose against the Rig owners, but Halliburton are as dodgy and as despised as anything...still, not making much news over here though.
$250,000 is chump change in this mess but what it does is give BP is some ground to claim "Not our fault, and heres the verdict to prove it"
What do you think of the notion that Halliburton moved their HQ to Dubai not just for tax purposes but also to better shield themselves from litigation, pesky investigative journalists and media, US government's ability to investigate and secure evidence/data and ofcourse public pressure???
Dubai authorities will shield Halliburton from local and international journalists and critics to a degree that would not be possible in the US.
#6
Re: British Petroleum sues Halliburton for $42billion!
What do you think of the notion that Halliburton moved their HQ to Dubai not just for tax purposes but also to better shield themselves from litigation, pesky investigative journalists and media, US government's ability to investigate and secure evidence/data and ofcourse public pressure???
Halliburton moved their HQ to Dubai years ago, but long before the GOM disaster. Same as Transocean, who went to Switzerland.
How come Schlumberger have managed to avoid the flack, despite having a huge operation in Iran?
#7
Re: British Petroleum sues Halliburton for $42billion!
Maybee Schlumberger has very powerfull friends in high places forcing their critics to self censor themselves to an extent that would not normally not be afforded to lesser companies??? It kinda reminds me of how Anti Defamation League's Abe Foxman was cautiously critical of Obama and Sarkozy for Sarko's private comments on Netanyahu BUT Foxman didn't dare call Obama or Sarkozy anti Semitic cause Obama and Sarkozy are not your average celeb/prominent figure.
Last edited by Boomhauer; Jan 3rd 2012 at 7:16 pm.
#8
Re: British Petroleum sues Halliburton for $42billion!
Oh, the tangled web we weave when we don't have all the facts...
Halliburtons HQ is STILL Based in Houston, TX. Their Eastern Hemisphere Operations HQ is based in Dubai.
The creation of the office was solely based on ensuring they had a sizable footprint within the EH.
2007 announcement
The only way that Halliburton is allowed to bid on any of the contracts mentioned is due to the fact that there HQ is based stateside. If it weren't, they would not be allowed to bid on any US government contract. With the farming off of KBR, that requirement is not as important as it was before, but yet HAL is still willing to base itself in the US, having to pay US taxes etc, whilst their competitors base themselves offshore.. (Weatherford etc)
I cannot remember all of the conjecture spouted on the earlier posts, so will post this and have another read....
And, yes, I do work for the despised Halliburton...
Halliburtons HQ is STILL Based in Houston, TX. Their Eastern Hemisphere Operations HQ is based in Dubai.
The creation of the office was solely based on ensuring they had a sizable footprint within the EH.
2007 announcement
The only way that Halliburton is allowed to bid on any of the contracts mentioned is due to the fact that there HQ is based stateside. If it weren't, they would not be allowed to bid on any US government contract. With the farming off of KBR, that requirement is not as important as it was before, but yet HAL is still willing to base itself in the US, having to pay US taxes etc, whilst their competitors base themselves offshore.. (Weatherford etc)
I cannot remember all of the conjecture spouted on the earlier posts, so will post this and have another read....
And, yes, I do work for the despised Halliburton...
#9
Re: British Petroleum sues Halliburton for $42billion!
Oh, the tangled web we weave when we don't have all the facts...
Halliburtons HQ is STILL Based in Houston, TX. Their Eastern Hemisphere Operations HQ is based in Dubai.
The creation of the office was solely based on ensuring they had a sizable footprint within the EH.
2007 announcement
The only way that Halliburton is allowed to bid on any of the contracts mentioned is due to the fact that there HQ is based stateside. If it weren't, they would not be allowed to bid on any US government contract. With the farming off of KBR, that requirement is not as important as it was before, but yet HAL is still willing to base itself in the US, having to pay US taxes etc, whilst their competitors base themselves offshore.. (Weatherford etc)
I cannot remember all of the conjecture spouted on the earlier posts, so will post this and have another read....
And, yes, I do work for the despised Halliburton...
Halliburtons HQ is STILL Based in Houston, TX. Their Eastern Hemisphere Operations HQ is based in Dubai.
The creation of the office was solely based on ensuring they had a sizable footprint within the EH.
2007 announcement
The only way that Halliburton is allowed to bid on any of the contracts mentioned is due to the fact that there HQ is based stateside. If it weren't, they would not be allowed to bid on any US government contract. With the farming off of KBR, that requirement is not as important as it was before, but yet HAL is still willing to base itself in the US, having to pay US taxes etc, whilst their competitors base themselves offshore.. (Weatherford etc)
I cannot remember all of the conjecture spouted on the earlier posts, so will post this and have another read....
And, yes, I do work for the despised Halliburton...
While I think Halliburton leadership/board are dispicable (not unlike some other corps), I know the rank and file employees aren't calling the shots. My dad was an M. Engineer at ADNOC and on behalf of ADNOC went to Houston to consult with Halliburton. He had considered working for them in the US but couldn't be arsed to move.
Halliburton Co., currently the largest military contractor in Iraq with billions of dollars in Pentagon contracts, announced Sunday that it was planning to move its CEO and corporate headquarters from Houston to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.
I am usually quite cynical and skeptical on news reports but some stuff like this just flies under the radar. The ABC audio report (included in the above link) also claims that HQ is moving from Houston to Dubai, NY Senator Schumer claimed as much. When I typed the previous responses, I was working on recollection of older news reports like the above one.