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Between 2005 and 2007, Transocean was the owner of 30% of oil rigs active in the Gulf, and 33% of the incidents that triggered a Minerals Management Service (MMS) investigation took place on Transocean rigs. However, in the 3 years from 2008 to February 15, 2010, Transocean was the owner of 42% of rigs active in the Gulf but was responsible for ...
The oil leak was discovered on the afternoon of 22 April 2010 when a large oil slick began to spread at the former rig site. [41] The oil flowed for 87 days. BP originally estimated a flow rate of 1,000 to 5,000 barrels per day [bbl/d] (160 to 790 m 3 /d).
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]
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 ...
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 recent fire at a Mariner Energy (ME) oil production platform off Louisiana sent shock waves through Gulf Coast residents and others still dealing with the aftermath of April's deadly explosion ...
January 24, 2018 - An explosion & fire at an oil rig injures 1, in Karnes County. [192] Feb. 25, 2018 - A lightning strike caused an explosion & fire, at an oil storage facility in Gonzales County. [193] April 3, 2018 - A tank battery fire caught fire from a lightning strike, in Rusk County. [194]
The Mariner Energy Resources (ME) oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico Thursday ripped open the debate again over whether a six-month moratorium on deepwater oil drilling should be extended and ...