BP Complaints

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.
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Transocean Stops India Well on Safety Concern After BP Spill
May 26 (Bloomberg) — Transocean Ltd. , the operator of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded last month and triggered a leak at a BP Plc well in the Gulf of Mexico, suspended drilling at a site in India because of safety concerns.
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A sense of doom settled over the American coastline from Louisiana to Florida on Saturday as a massive oil slick spewing from a ruptured well kept growing, and experts warned that an uncontrolled gusher could create a nightmare scenario if the Gulf Stream carries it toward the Atlantic.

Gulf of Mexico response

Documents show BP chose a less-expensive, less-reliable method for completing well in Gulf oil spill
Oil company BP used a cheaper, quicker but potentially less dependable method to complete the drilling of the Deepwater Horizon well, according to several experts and documents obtained by the Orlando Sentinel .
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Different Camera than the previous NOAA robotcam footage I uploaded.
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BP Moves Closer to ‘Top Kill’ of Leaking Oil Well (Update3)
BP Plc took steps toward attempting to cap its leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday as it increased the amount of crude it’s capturing and thick oil began to appear in Louisiana’s wetlands.
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BP Moves Closer to ‘Top Kill’ Solution to Close Off Oil Well
May 20 (Bloomberg) — BP Plc took steps toward its next attempt at capping its leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday as it increased the amount of oil it is capturing.
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BP Increases Capture Rate From Leaking Gulf Oil Well (Update2)
May 19 (Bloomberg) — BP Plc is funneling 3,000 barrels of oil a day to a ship above its leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico, a 50 percent increase from the rate it reported yesterday.
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BP Official: Leaking Gulf Oil Well to Be Shut ‘Hopefully Within a Week’
In a newsmaker interview, Jeffrey Brown talks to BP Managing Director Robert Dudley about the gulf oil leak, as lawmakers point blame at the company, nearly a month after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico.
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