Contractors indicted over oil leaks from platforms off Louisiana

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Two supervisors with a Houston-based oil company are facing federal charges after federal prosecutors said they knowingly allowed oil to leak from their platforms off Louisiana’s shores, bypassing safety and environmental protocols meant to prevent such leaks, NOLA.com reports. Both served in leadership positions for Fieldwood Energy, working on different rigs located on the continental

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