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BP: Series of Calamities Caused Gulf Oil Spill

(Sept. 8) -- BP has concluded that a "sequence of failures" by "multiple companies and work teams" led to the explosion and fire that killed 11 workers and triggered the world's largest accidental oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this year. "No single factor caused the Macondo well tragedy," the oil giant said...

What Exploded Off Vermilion Bay: An Oil Rig or a Platform?

(Sept. 2) -- As news broke on Thursday of yet another explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, several media outlets proclaimed that an "oil rig" had gone up in flames, echoing the devastating accident at BP's Deepwater Horizon rig. But as the story unfolds, the U.S. Coast Guard is taking pains to draw a distinction between oil...

BP Executive Pleads Fifth at Oil Spill Hearing

(Aug. 24) -- Constitutional right though it may be, the pesky Fifth Amendment -- specifically the clause against self-incrimination -- is once again slowing down the process of pinpointing exactly what caused the April 20 explosion that sank the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig. Fortunately, the Web is coming to the...

Drilling on Relief Wells to Continue: 4 Questions Answered

(Aug. 13) -- BP oil spill incident commander Thad Allen announced this afternoon that the relief wells at the Macondo well site will be finished after all. There had been debate over whether or not to proceed after the static kill operation appeared to have succeeded in plugging the leak last week. Below, Surge Desk...

BP Halts Drilling on Relief Well as New Storm Approaches

(Aug. 10) -- An unwelcome visitor making new waves in the Gulf of Mexico has forced BP officials to temporarily abandon the drilling of a relief well meant to permanently halt the world's worst accidental oil spill. According to the National Hurricane Center, a storm that might be named either Danielle or Earl, depending...

Background on macondo well

The Macondo Prospect (Mississippi Canyon Block 252, abbreviated MC252) is an oil and gas prospect in the United States Exclusive Economic Zone of the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana.

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