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The 4 Big Things BP Left Out of Its Spill Report

ANALYSIS (Sept. 9) -- So the world now knows what's in BP's much-publicized internal report on what happened on the Deepwater Horizon rig. But what's not in the document? Quite a bit. The report lays out in 193 pages, with a full complement of appendices, eight factors that BP says converged to cause the Gulf of...

BP Says Failed Blowout Preventer Removed From Well

NEW ORLEANS (Sept. 3) - 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. A BP spokesman said in an e-mail to The Associated Press that the 50-foot, 300-ton device was detached from the wellhead at 1:20 p.m CDT. The...

Risk of Leak Remains as BP Prepares to Lift Well Cap

(Sept. 2) -- BP plans to carefully remove the cap from its crippled oil well today in preparation for a procedure it hopes will plug the massive leak in the Gulf of Mexico once and for all. That procedure, known as "bottom kill," has been cited by the government as the only solution to stopping the oil for good. But the...

Report: Oil Rig Workers Scared to Report Safety Problems

(July 22) -- A secret survey conducted aboard the Deepwater Horizon rig in the weeks before it exploded reveals that workers had safety concerns but feared punishment if they reported any problems, The New York Times reports. The rig's owner, Transocean Ltd., commissioned the survey in the weeks before the April 20...

2 Ways Obama's New Drilling Moratorium Is Different Than the Old One

(July 12) -- Today, as BP continued work on a second oil spill cap to try to plug the Deepwater Horizon well, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced that the Obama administration is issuing a new, improved moratorium on offshore drilling that will extend until Nov. 30. The move comes one week after a New Orleans...