As the BP oil spill fouled the Gulf, Mobile native Rick Kuykendall emerged as a leading claims attorney while BP agreed to fund a $15 million closing of Katrina Cut to shield Dauphin Island.
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Baldwin County
Mobile Lawyer Leads Oil Spill Claims Fight as Justice Department Opens Criminal Probe
Class action attorney Rick Kuykendall, a Mobile native, drew national notice for his work on Deepwater Horizon claims, as federal prosecutors opened a criminal investigation and BP agreed to fund the closing of Katrina Cut.
Baldwin County
Oil Spill, Day 50: Containment Cap Pulls Thousands of Barrels a Day
Fifty days into the Gulf disaster, the cap fitted over the failed blowout preventer was recovering more than 10,000 barrels a day, but engineers were still venting oil into the sea to keep ice from clogging the pipe.
Baldwin County
BP Engineers Race to Fit a Cap Over the Blown-Out Gulf Well
With oil still pouring into the Gulf of Mexico, engineers worked to shear off a broken riser pipe a mile below the surface and seat a containment cap over the failed blowout preventer.
Baldwin County
Inside the Blowout: What It Would Take to Stop the Oil a Mile Beneath the Gulf
A plain-language guide to the Deepwater Horizon spill: why the blowout preventer failed, the three plans to stop the leak, how crude behaves at sea, and how this spill compares to the worst on record.
Baldwin County
Governor Candidate Urges Guard Tankers Be Used to Spray Dispersant on Gulf Slick; State Says No
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Johnson called for mobilizing Alabama’s KC-135 refueling wing to drop chemical dispersant on the Gulf oil slick. A state general dismissed the idea in two words.
Baldwin County
Oil Spill Upends Politics: Byrne Endorsement Rollout in Mobile Postponed
A press conference at which area legislators and council members were to endorse gubernatorial candidate Bradley Byrne was called off as the Gulf oil spill scrambled schedules along the coast.