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Capping a major oil leak off NZ coast could take 14 days - Shell
Auckland :: New Zealand | 26 days ago
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Shell said it would take the company about 14 days to respond to a major deepwater drilling accident off the New Zealand coast. Rob Jager, who is chairman of the Shell companies in New Zealand, told the Advantage NZ Petroleum Conference that the
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This Day in History: The Deepwater Horizon Disaster and Reagan's Social Security Rescue
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 1 month ago
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A thick, black cloud of smoke rose from the Gulf of Mexico on the evening of April 20, 2010. A fierce explosion had ripped through the Deepwater Horizon oil rig parked near the Mississippi River Delta, engulfing the rig in a fireball seen 35 miles
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BP executive: Safety was top priority before blast
Mexico City :: Mexico | 1 month ago
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The Associated Press The Associated Press 1 hour ago Associated Press A BP executive who oversaw the company's Gulf of Mexico operations says he led a push to improve safety when he started the job more than two years before an April 2010 rig
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BP to call 1st witness at trial over Gulf spill
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | 1 month ago
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BP's first witness at a trial over the deadly Deepwater Horizon disaster says the company safely drilled its Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico before an April 2010 blowout triggered the nation's worst offshore oil spill. More News Retired LSU
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Defense starts for companies in Gulf spill trial
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | 2 months ago
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The owner of the drilling rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 has started to present its defense at a trial designed to determine the causes of the deadly disaster and assign fault to the companies involved. Transocean Ltd. called its
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BP contractor finds cement samples midtrial
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | 2 months ago
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A lawyer for the cement contractor on the Deepwater Horizon drilling project says the company has found cement samples possibly associated with BP's Macondo well that weren't turned over to the Justice Department for testing...District Judge Carl
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Ex-BP rig supervisor testifies at Gulf spill trial
Mexico City :: Mexico | 3 months ago
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BP employee who supervised drilling operations on the rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico says he never felt pressure to sacrifice safety to save money, even though the project was behind schedule and over budget. Former BP PLC well site leader
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BP spill report ignored phone call on key test: Lawyer
Mexico City :: Mexico | 3 months ago
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BP's own investigation of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill ignored a phone call between BP supervisors about a critical pressure test that was misinterpreted with deadly consequences, a lawyer for rig owner Transocean Ltd contended in aggressive
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Expert: BP drilled in area hit by 2006 earthquake
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | 3 months ago
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An expert witness at the trial over the Deepwater Horizon disaster says BP drilled its ill-fated Macondo well in an area where a magnitude 6 earthquake had struck four years before the blowout. Andrew Hurst is a geoscience professor at the University
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BP touted safety before 2010 oil disaster
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | 3 months ago
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A lawyer working for BP said the company touted its safety record in statements five days before the 2010 oil platform explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. A trial is under way in federal court in New Orleans to determine Clean Water Act violations and
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