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Globe and Mail

Initial loss of well control doomed Deepwater Horizon Washington Post It was the mystery that wouldn't go away after the oil stopped gushing: Why did the blowout preventer of the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon fail to prevent the blowout of April 20, … Gulf oil spill: failure of blowout preventer traced to bent drill pipeChristian Science Monitor Stuck Pipe Kept Shear Rams From Sealing BP Well, Report SaysBloomberg Off-center pipe blamed for spillSan Antonio Express Financial Times –Bizjournals.com –Houston Chronicle all 661 news articles »

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Reuters

Staff on doomed oil rig 'failed to show engineer test results' Press and Journal In an expanded report on the causes of the drilling disaster in the Gulf of Mexico last year, the commission released new details about events that preceded the accident. Investigators said BP workers failed to ask a knowledgeable company engineer who … Spill-response plan in place, but now what?Daily Comet BP knew of problems, but left them unattended before Gulf oil well blowout …NOLA.com Our View: BP blew it, and so did federal regulatorsAlexandria Town Talk Bayside News –Bloomberg –Newser all 389 news articles »

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Fox News

Viewpoint: Learn from oil spills or be doomed to repeat them Pensacola News Journal BP has another deepwater rig, Atlantis, in even deeper water than the Deepwater Horizon, with a similar record. Just short of six months after the BP oil … Lawsuit Seeks to Revive Deepwater Drilling BanABC News Don't let Big Oil's influence defang oversight BRADENTON HERALD EDITORIAL …Bradenton Herald More time for Deepwater Horizon reportHouston Chronicle Leesville Daily Leader –Houma Courier –Public News Service all 239 news articles »

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Kansas City Star

Gulf oil spill: Doomed rig had good reputation, BP executive testifies Los Angeles Times (blog) The Deepwater Horizon, which exploded April 20 in the Gulf of Mexico, was considered one of the most efficient and safest mobile floating rigs in the … Preventing the Next Oil Spill: Do Consumers Hold the Key?Huffington Post (blog) Did Transocean's Neglect of Deepwater Horizon Rig Maintenance Cause Gulf Oil …DailyFinance Berkeley's Answer to Gulf Oil Spill MysteryNBC Bay Area PNW Local News –Bloomberg –Maroon all 554 news articles »

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BP engineer called doomed rig a ‘nightmare well’
BP took measures to cut costs in the weeks before the catastrophic blowout in the Gulf of Mexico as it dealt with one problem after another, prompting a BP engineer…
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Another Safety Failure Asserted On Doomed Rig
For months, talk has centered on a blowout preventer failing to stop powerful gases from surging up a well and sparking explosions aboard the Deepwater Horizon. Now crew members who survived the blasts said another critical safety device also failed.
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Deepwater Horizon Inspections: MMS Skipped Monthly Inspections On Doomed Rig
What’s Your Reaction? LOS ANGELES — The federal agency responsible for ensuring that an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was operating safely before it exploded last month fell well short of its own policy that inspections be done at least once per month, an Associated Press investigation shows.
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