Taylor Energy Renews Bid for $350 Million for Hurricane Clean Up

The federal government’s denial of Taylor Energy Co. LLC’s “act of God” defense for an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico tied to Hurricane Ivan in 2004 should be reversed and the company awarded more than $350 million in cleanup costs, it told a Washington, D.C., federal court.

The U.S. Coast Guard National Pollution Funds Center based its denial on an “overly restrictive interpretation” of the definition of what falls under the defense, according to the motion for summary judgment filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

The denial was also “replete with blatant errors,” ...