Gulf Oil Spill News

(Corrects time elapsed since oil spill in first paragraph.) BP Plc (BP/) , the second-largest European oil company , is safer and stronger more than two years after a blowout at a Gulf of Mexico oil well caused the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, the company’s chief executive officer said.

A Transocean employee who survived the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion testified at the Gulf oil spill trial Tuesday that a subordinate killed in the blast was one of the workers who apparently missed signs that BP's well was about to blow out.

Separate trial underway to assign blame for spill A U.S. civil trial has been set for Aug. 25, 2014, regarding accusations that BP Plc committed fraud by misleading shareholders before and after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill about its ability to respond to the accident.

A Transocean employee who survived the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion testified at the Gulf oil spill trial Tuesday that a subordinate killed in the blast was one of the workers who apparently missed ...

A Transocean employee who survived the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion testified at the Gulf oil spill trial Tuesday that a subordinate killed in the blast was one of the workers who apparently missed ...

NEW ORLEANS - A Transocean employee who survived the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion testified at the Gulf oil spill trial Tuesday that a subordinate killed in the blast was one of the workers who apparently ...

Judge in Gulf oil spill trial hears from worker who survived Deepwater Horizon rig explosion

NEW ORLEANS — A Transocean employee who survived the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion testified at the Gulf oil spill trial today that a subordinate killed in the blast was one of the workers who apparently missed signs that BP's well was about to blow out.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Transocean employee who survived the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion testified at the Gulf oil spill trial Tuesday that a subordinate killed in the blast was one of the workers who apparently missed signs the well was about to blow out. Randy Ezell, the first rig worker to testify in person at a trial designed to assign blame for the 2010 disaster, said Jason Anderson was a ...

The BP executive who led the company's probe of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion denied Monday that his investigators narrowly focused on rig workers' actions to spare onshore engineers and managers from blame for the disaster.

By Stephanie Grace NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - BP's internal investigation of the company's Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010 ignored a telephone call between BP supervisors about a critical pressure test that was misinterpreted with deadly consequences, a lawyer contended in aggressive questioning on Monday. Transocean Ltd lawyer Brad Brian pushed BP's global head of safety and operational risk on ...

The BP executive who led the company's probe of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion denied Monday that his investigators narrowly focused on rig workers' actions to spare onshore engineers and managers ...

The BP executive who led the company's probe of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion denied Monday that his investigators narrowly focused on rig workers' actions to spare onshore engineers and managers ...

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - BP's internal investigation of the company's Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010 ignored a telephone call between BP supervisors about a critical pressure test that was misinterpreted ...

In Gulf Oil Spill Trial, Testimony Cites Series Of Missteps By Debbie Elliott, NPR. March 2, 2013. "And in another courtroom this week, a picture emerged of a tragic offshore accident that could have been prevented. It was the first week of testimony in a civil case to assign blame and financial liability for the 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. NPR's Debbie Elliott ...

The BP executive who led the company's probe of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion defended the contents of his team's report on the disaster in his testimony Monday for a trial over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

NEW ORLEANS — The BP executive who led the company's probe of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion defended the contents of his team's report on the disaster in his testimony today for a trial over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. A lawyer for rig owner Transocean Ltd. asked the BP executive, Mark Bly, why the report doesn't mention a call from BP rig supervisor Donald Vidrine to an ...

NEW ORLEANS — The BP executive who led the company's probe of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion defended the contents of his team's report on the disaster in his testimony today for a trial over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

By Allen Johnson Jr. & Jef Feeley - 2013-03-04T17:15:58Z BP Plc (BP/) ’s report about its investigation of an oil spill that fouled the Gulf of Mexico didn’t mention a conversation between two company officials about a key safety test the night of the blast, an executive testified.

NEW ORLEANS—The BP executive who led the company's probe of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion defended the contents of his team's report on