A new report from an independent scientific panel says BP and its contractors missed and ignored key warning signs and failed to fully recognize important risks in the days and hours leading up to the massive Gulf of Mexico oil well blowout. bp – AOL News
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Experts: BP ignored warning signs on doomed well
November 17th, 2010 
admin BP and its contractors missed and ignored warning signs before to the massive oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, showing an “insufficient consideration of risk” and raising questions about the know-how of key personnel, a group of technical experts concluded. bp – AOL News
Experts: BP ignored warning signs on doomed well
November 17th, 2010 admin BP and its contractors missed and ignored warning signs prior to the massive oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, showing an “insufficient consideration of risk” and raising questions about the know-how of key personnel, a group of technical experts concluded. bp – AOL News
BP manoeuvring cap over well
November 16th, 2010 admin BP has begun the difficult procedure of placing a funnel-like cap on the well spewing hundreds of thousands of litres of oil daily into the Gulf of Mexico. bp – AOL News
BP places cap over well
November 15th, 2010 admin BP has placed a funnel-like cap on the well spewing hundreds of thousands of litres of oil daily into the Gulf of Mexico but it’s still too early to determine whether it will slow the flow. bp – AOL News
BP: Failed blowout preventer removed from well
September 3rd, 2010 admin BP PLC said the blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico was removed from the company’s well on Friday afternoon. bp – AOL News
Risks remain with Gulf well cap coming off
September 2nd, 2010 admin The image of thick crude gushing from a blown-out oil well a mile beneath the Gulf of Mexico was turned off when a tightly fitting cap was secured on top a month-and-a-half ago. bp – AOL News
Panhandle firm sues Gulf oil well fluids company
August 27th, 2010 admin The Panhandle’s largest private landowner on Thursday sued a Houston-based company responsible for the drilling fluids including mud that should have controlled the pressure in the well and prevented the blowout of BP’s failed Gulf of Mexico oil well. bp – AOL News
BP exec avoids question on relief well completion
August 26th, 2010 admin A senior BP executive is again avoiding committing the oil giant to using relief wells to seal to the Gulf of Mexico well that blew out in April. bp – AOL News
Well under control, but BP shares continue slide
August 24th, 2010 admin BP’s beleaguered investors can’t catch a break. Weeks after the British oil giant vanquished its busted well, the company’s stock continues to fall. bp – AOL News
