Transocean, Halliburton blast BP report on cause of blowout, oil spill Christian Science Monitor Transocean and Halliburtion, BP's partners on the blown-out well that led to the massive Gulf oil spill, reject findings in a new BP report that finds their … Gulf oil spill: BP report spreads blame for Deepwater Horizon disasterLos Angeles Times (blog) Book Discusses BP Report on Causes of Gulf Oil Spill: VideoBloomberg BP: 'Sequence of failures' caused Gulf oil spillUSA Today The Guardian –DailyFinance –Tampabay.com all 4,967 news articles »
Gulf oil disaster: BP admits missing warning signs hours before blast The Guardian A 234-page report described eight main causes for the blast, which killed 11 men and created an environmental disaster. But BP was accused of attempting to … Gulf oil spill: BP report spreads blame for Deepwater Horizon disasterLos Angeles Times (blog) Highlights of the BP report on causes of the Gulf oil disasterCNN (blog) BP Issues Report On Gulf Oil Spill DisasterNPR USA Today –DailyFinance –Trade Only Today all 4,895 news articles »
Expert: Latest Gulf fire different from Deepwater Horizon blast KENS 5 TV HOUSTON — Thursday's Mariner Platform fire in the Gulf came less than five months after the Deepwater Horizon explosion. … What makes the 2 Gulf oil explosions different?The Associated Press Scientists predict how oil from Deepwater Horizon spill will spreadOneindia BP has removed capping stack, blowout preventer nextMiamiHerald.com Houston Chronicle –Chicago Tribune –LiveScience.com all 7,623 news articles »
Blast on gulf oil rig injures 1 worker Washington Post An offshore oil rig exploded Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico, injuring at least one worker, the US Coast Guard said. … Coast Guard: Offshore oil rig explodes in Gulf of Mexico west of BP oil spill siteal.com (blog) AP Top News at 11:50 am EDTThe Associated Press Explosion on Gulf of Mexico rigBBC News KTUL (blog) –Asheville Citizen-Times –One News Page all 670 news articles »
Deepwater Horizon blast survivor: Safety may have been compromised KENS 5 TV He was working for Halliburton that night, on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, when it exploded. Haire said he was in his living quarters when he heard … For BP, Failure Was the Only OptionFOXNews Transocean (RIG) butterfly spread crosses ahead of earningsONN.tv Criminal probe of oil spill to focus on 3 firms and their ties to regulatorsWashington Post MarketWatch –Santa Maria Times –World Socialist Web Site all 40 news articles »
Automatic Alarm System Was Disabled Before Deepwater Horizon Blast BloggingStocks (blog) Michael Williams, a rig worker on the Deepwater Horizon, filed suit against Transocean in federal court in New Orleans, April 29. … BP-leased Deepwater Horizon rig did not have alarm fully activated at time of …New York Daily News Technician for Deepwater Horizon testifies that warning system disabledWashington Post Alarms, detectors disabled so top rig officials could sleepLos Angeles Times New York Times –Bizjournals.com –BBC News all 871 news articles »
On Tuesday, May 3, World Socialist Web Site reporter Andre Damon interviewed Jeff Seely, a maritime injury lawyer with Gordon, Ellias, and Seely. This firm represents the family of Karl Kleppinger, one of the 11 workers killed in the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. Video Rating: 4 / 5
Even with more than 200000 gallons of oil being pumped directly into the Gulf of Mexico everyday (thanks to BP’s negligence on the Deepwater Horizon well,) right wing wackos are still clinging to their “drill baby, drill” mantra. We’re being told that yes, this is an atrocity, but we still need that oil at the bottom of the sea floor. Mike Papantonio appears on The Randi Rhodes Show to take on the offshore drilling cheerleaders, as well as explain the basics of his class action suit against BP.
BP Used Riskier Method to Seal Oil Well Before Blast
Days before the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, BP officials chose a type of casing that it knew was the riskier of two options, a BP document showed. Read more on International Herald Tribune
Transocean’s Biggest Investor Dumps Stock After Blast (Update1)
May 12 (Bloomberg) — Transocean Ltd. ’s largest investor at the end of 2009, Marsico Capital Management LLC, liquidated its entire holding in the world’s biggest oil driller partly because of a fatal rig blast that triggered a Gulf of Mexico spill.