Partner Eileen O’Neill assisted National Oilwell Varco in reaching favorable settlement of claim in excess of $10 million for damages to offshore oil and gas platform.

Eileen O’Neill acted as co-counsel representing a group of National Oilwell Varco companies against a suit where a group of BP entities and their insurance company claimed they suffered in excess of $10 million as a result of the loss of the drilling rig on the Mad Dog Spar located on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico during Hurricane Ike. The case was favorably settled during discovery pursuant to a confidential agreement.