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Experts: BP ignored warning signs on doomed well

admin — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:25:49 +0000

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.
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Experts: BP ignored warning signs on doomed well

admin — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:24:55 +0000

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.
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Experts: BP ignored warning signs on doomed well

admin — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 08:26:17 +0000

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.
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BP manoeuvring cap over well

admin — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 04:24:39 +0000

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.
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BP places cap over well

admin — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 04:25:50 +0000

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.
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BP: Failed blowout preventer removed from well

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:24:39 +0000

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.
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Risks remain with Gulf well cap coming off

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:24:12 +0000

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.
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Panhandle firm sues Gulf oil well fluids company

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:28:35 +0000

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.
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BP exec avoids question on relief well completion

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:23:58 +0000

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.
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Well under control, but BP shares continue slide

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:24:15 +0000

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.
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