The blowout preventer that failed to stop the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig is removed from the stricken Gulf of Mexico oil well by BP. The 300-ton device will be examined as part of the ...
Transocean, the company that owned the oil rig, alleged that BP is refusing to hand over information it needs about the explosion. The claim is made in a letter from one of Transocean's lawyers ...
Deepwater Damage When the BP oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, it killed 11 people, injured 17, and spewed oil from its wellhead on the ocean floor for four months before being capped.
BP has reached an $18.7 billion settlement with the federal government and five states, effectively ending litigation stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and subsequent oil spill.
Deepwater Horizon — an ultra-deepwater drilling platform that BP leased from ... fire that sank the rig and claimed 11 lives. Since then, substantial quantities of oil and gas have leaked ...