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Federal Board Questions Gulf Oil Rig Blowout Preventer's Design
Posted on 11 Apr 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

METAIRIE, La. - (AP) A senior official for the maker of the blowout preventer that failed to stop last year's Gulf oil spill said Friday the device hadn't been tested to see if it could cut through a bent drill pipe. The firm hired by the government... Read More

Tags: Oil Pollution Act , Gulf Oil spill , Jim Hood , Kenneth Feinberg , Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation and Enforcement , Transocean , Litigation , Coast Guard , blowout preventer , Cameron , BP

Oil Rig Alarm System Partly Disabled At Time Of Blast
Posted on 26 Jul 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

KENNER, La. - (AP) An alarm system was partially shut down the day the ill-fated oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and setting off the massive spill, an electronics technician who was aboard told an investigative... Read More

Tags: Mike Williams , Marine Accident Investigation , oil spill , oil rig , Deepwater Horizon , Minerals Management Service , Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation and Enforcement , House Energy and Commerce Committee , Transocean , Litigation , Coast Guard , lawsuit , BP , Gulf of Mexico

BP Report Blames Itself, Others For Oil Spill
Posted on 8 Sep 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

NEW ORLEANS - (AP) In an internal report released Wednesday, BP blames itself, other companies' workers and a complex series of failures for the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill and the drilling rig explosion that preceded it. The 193-page report... Read More

Tags: Bob Dudley , Gulf Oil spill , Halliburton , drilling , Tony Hayward , House Committee on Energy and Commerce , oil spill , NASA , Deepwater Horizon , Justice Department , Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation and Enforcement , well , Transocean , Louisiana , Litigation , Coast Guard , lawsuit , blowout preventer , BP oil spill , BP , Gulf of Mexico , methane

Tests Performed On Gulf Oil Rig's Blowout Preventer Defended
Posted on 5 Apr 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

METAIRIE, La. - (AP) An investigator who examined the safety device that failed to prevent last year's BP oil spill said Monday his firm did not skip critical tests under pressure to meet a deadline to file a report on what caused the contraption... Read More

Tags: Det Norske Veritas , Gulf Oil spill , Halliburton , U.S. Coast Guard , Neil Thompson , Waxman , DeGette , U.S. Chemical Safety Board , DNV , Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation and Enforcement , Transocean , Louisiana , Litigation , blowout preventer , Cameron , BP oil spill , BP , Gulf of Mexico