BP Complaints

US Lawmaker: Blown-out Oil Well Relied on Faulty Device
Henry Waxman says oil rig’s so-called fail-safe system was leaking fluid in hours before well exploded

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Oil execs quizzed on safety, BP tries new well fix
By Tom Doggett and Steve Gorman

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BP works to cap oil well
BP Plc. engineers using undersea robots moved a massive metal chamber to within 75 metres of a gushing ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico Friday, working to contain a leak that threatens an environmental catastrophe on U.S.[…]

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Join award-winning conservation biologist Dr Reese Halter live as MSNBCs morning anchor Tamron Hall asks about capping the BP oil well, one mile beneath the surface with a 134-ton rocket-shaped structure.

BP has oil-containment dome 200ft above well head
BP workers are using remote controlled submersibles to slowly lower an oil-containment dome down to the ocean floor of the Gulf of Mexico to seal a leak that has been emitting over 200,000 gallons of oil per day.

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Chevron Commences Drilling Deepest Oil Well
Chevron Canada Ltd. has begun drilling the country’s deepest offshore oil well, as the firm sought to soothe fears over a repeat of the massive oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico.

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BP Stopped One Leak From Gulf of Mexico Oil Well (Update3)
May 5 (Bloomberg) — BP Plc stopped one of three oil leaks from its well in the Gulf of Mexico, advancing efforts to end a spill after a drilling rig sank last month, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

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BP Stopped One Leak From Gulf of Mexico Oil Well (Correct)
BP Plc has stopped one of three oil leaks from its well in the Gulf of Mexico, advancing efforts to end a spill after a drilling rig sank last month, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

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BP Chamber Clogged, Removed From Leaking Gulf Well
Gas hydrates like ice crystals formed inside the steel chamber it’s trying to use to capture leaking oil from a Gulf of Mexico well, forcing the company to move the structure aside

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