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***UPDATED**** A THIRD OF THE WATERS? Whose SWAT Teams Are On All Gulf Of Mexico Oil Rigs And What The Hell Are They Doing? US Orders Blackout Over Gulf Of Mexico Oil Rig www.wral.com A SECOND OIL DRILLING has overturned near Morgan City, Louisiana, after the oil slick from the first…
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A chronology of oil rig installations in the Gulf of Mexico, showing the increased number of rigs and the greater installation depths over time, ending by displaying the location of BP’s Deepwater Horizon explosion.
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Failure of Rig’s Last Line of Defense Tied to Myriad Factors
THE NEW YORK TIMES The federal agency charged with regulating offshore drilling repeatedly declined to act on advice on how it could minimize the risk of a failure of the device, an examination found.
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-05-28 02:06 CORRECTED-US to halt 33 exploration rigs in deepwater review
By Ayesha Rascoe and Tom Doggett
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Emergency Preparedness Lacking for Deepwater Oil Rigs
Last week, the CEO of BP PLC, Tony Hayward, admitted the oil giant probably didn’t do enough to prepare for a disaster like the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Now it appears that many operators of offshore drilling rigs could say the same. This is a situation that’s existed – and been known about – […]
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-05-12 15:42 House panel says rig’s blowout preventer was faulty
WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) – A U.S. House of Representatives investigation subcommittee said on Wednesday that it had uncovered significant problems with the blowout preventer on BP’s oil well that may have contributed to the rig explosion and oil spill spreading in the Gulf of Mexico. At a hearing on the oil spill, Representative Henry Waxman said the blowout preventer had a leak in its …

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President Obama may change mind about offshore drilling rigs following Gulf of Mexico oil spill
In the wake of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico , President Obama is still committed to domestic energy production – but he may change his mind about new offshore drilling rigs, an official said Tuesday.

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