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Patrick O'Bryan, BP Vice President of drilling, was on the platform two hours prior to the explosion [35] to celebrate seven years without a "lost-time incident" with the rig's crew. [36] A BP official on board the rig directed the crew to replace the drilling mud with lighter seawater even though the rig's chief driller protested. [26]
March 8 – Target date for the completion of the well which had been budgeted to cost $96 million. [11] March 17 – BP Chief Tony Hayward sells one third of his BP stock (223,288 shares). [16] Closing BP price on March 17 on the New York Stock Exchange is 58.15. March – An accident damages a gasket on the blowout preventer on the rig. [17]
Development Driller III is at 9,967 feet (3,038 m) below the sea floor. The backup relief well Driller II is at 4,500 feet (1,400 m). Asked if the relief wells would stop the flow in mid-July, Allen said that the last portion of the process is very complex and that it could take longer, citing the target date of mid-August. [119]
Location: Macondo Prospect (Mississippi Canyon Block 252), in the North-central Gulf of Mexico, United States (south of Louisiana): Coordinates: 1]: Date: 20 April – 19 September 2010 (4 months, 4 weeks and 2 days): Cause; Cause: Wellhead blowout: Casualties: 11 people killed 17 people injured: Operator: Transocean under contract for BP [2]: Spill characteristics; Volume: 4.9 million barrels ...
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New sealing cap. July 11 Discoverer Inspiration delivers the new cap to the site and Discoverer Enterprise moves off its site above the leak. [56] [57]National Center for Atmospheric Research and University of Hawaii at Manoa release studies saying that if the spill continues to September 17 oil could reach the Carolinas, Georgia and Northern Florida by October 2010.
Workers file $10 billion suit against BP over a Spring 2010 incident in which 500,000 pounds of pollutants, including benzene were released at the Texas City, Texas refinery that was the site of the 2005 Texas City refinery explosion. [22] BP completes cementing of the well from the top at 2:15 p.m. CDT. [23] August 6
June 7, 2018 - Seven people were injured in an explosion, at a two-day-old gas well that had recently started drilling to the deep Marcellus shale formation, in Moundsville. [223] December 8, 2020 - An explosion occurred at a Chemours plant in Belle, West Virginia. A plant worker was tragically killed and 3 other people were injured. [224]