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Deepwater Horizon drilling rig before the explosion. In February 2009, BP filed a 52-page exploration and environmental impact plan for the Macondo well with the Minerals Management Service (MMS), an arm of the United States Department of the Interior that oversees offshore drilling.
Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, semi-submersible offshore drilling rig [7] owned by Transocean and operated by the BP company. On 20 April 2010, while drilling in the Gulf of Mexico at the Macondo Prospect, a blowout caused an explosion on the rig that killed 11 crewmen and ignited a fireball visible from 40 miles (64 km) away. [8]
When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of ...
Still reeling from the devastation caused by the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon rig, the U.S. got another scare Thursday as the Coast Guard responded to another rig explosion in the Gulf of ...
[342] [343] The DOJ also said Transocean, the owner and operator of the Deepwater Horizon rig, was guilty of gross negligence as well. [342] [344] On 14 November 2012, BP and the US Department of Justice reached a settlement. BP will pay $4.5 billion in fines and other payments, the largest of its kind in US history.
An ill-advised attempt to evade environmental laws may have been the major cause of BP's (BP) Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion, testimony before a government panel revealed on Monday. The ...
The barrels contain samples from the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Dylan Boigris, a Coconut Grove trial attorney, holds a sample from the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill that is being ...
Among the provisions are repeal of limitations and responsible parties from using the bankruptcy courts as a subterfuge to leave victims without adequate legal recourse. [157] June 24; Donald Vidrine, BP site leader aboard the Deepwater Horizon, confirms he has been on administrative leave since the incident. [158]