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- BP Faces up to $18 Billion in Fines for Gross Negligence Over Deepwater Horizon Sat, 6 Sep 14, 2:10amBP was yesterday found guilty of being "grossly negligent" and "reckless" in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig blowout. The blowout killed 11 workers and caused the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill that was the worst offshore...
- Federal Government Claims BP Chose Money Over Safety in First Day of BP Oil Spill Trial Tue, 26 Feb 13, 7:30amThis morning the Federal Government kicked off the first day of the BP oil spill trial by stating that the disaster, which caused millions of gallons of oil to spill into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, was caused by the company...
- Transocean Pleads Guilty to Gulf Oil Spill and Agrees to Pay $1.4 Billion in Fines Fri, 4 Jan 13, 7:05amThe US Department of Justice announced today that Swiss company Transocean Ltd, the owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded and sank in 2010, has agreed to pay $1.4 billion for the oil spill that spewed millions...
- Lessons Left Unlearnt From 2003 Gulf of Mexico Near-Spill Fri, 4 Jun 10, 4:59amIn May 2003, the Transocean drillship Discoverer Enterprise, under contract from BP, was getting ready to pull out of a nearly-completed development well for the Thunderhorse project in the Gulf of Mexico, about 40 miles...
- The Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Some Background and What It Means Thu, 29 Apr 10, 12:16amWe have all been reading about the blowout that led to huge fire and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Now there is news that there is a huge oil spill coming from the underground pipe where...
- The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: Some Background; What it Means Thu, 29 Apr 10, 12:16amWe have all been reading about the blowout that led to huge fire and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Now there is news that there is a huge oil spill coming from the underground pipe where...