METAIRIE, La. (AP) - The 300-ton device that failed to stop the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico - considered a key piece of evidence in the investigation into the disaster - has not been ...
WASHINGTON A team of engineers and forensic analysts on Tuesday launched a high-profile autopsy of the blowout preventer from the Deepwater Horizon, as part of a bid to find out why the 50-foot, ...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal investigators are pushing back against criticism they aren't doing enough to keep companies involved in the Gulf oil spill away from any hands-on role in the forensic ...
He said new procedures and rules may be needed, including certifying blowout preventers by an independent group of experts. He also said the agency may revise its peeled-back testing requirement of ...
HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said in a memorandum that problems were identified "in recent weeks" with blowout preventers on BP Plc's relief wells, which are seen as the ...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The blowout preventer that should have stopped the BP oil spill cold failed because of faulty design and a bent piece of pipe, a testing firm hired by the government said Wednesday ...
The blowout preventer that should have stopped the BP oil leak failed because of faulty design and a bent piece of pipe, a testing firm hired by the government said Wednesday in a report that appears ...
These steel monsters known as blowout preventers or BOPs _ sometimes as big as a double-decker bus and weighing up to 640,000 pounds _ guard the mouth of wells. They act as the last defense to choke ...
He said new procedures and rules may be needed, including certifying blowout preventers by an independent group of experts. He also said the agency may revise its peeled-back testing requirement of ...
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