BP Complaints

Oil spill testimony recalls `skirmish’ on eve of Deepwater explosion
The chief mechanic of the Deepwater Horizon testified Wednesday that a BP representative argued with rig officials the day of the rig explosion. Douglas Brown, a Transocean employee injured during the explosion, indicated that an unnamed BP official, or “company man,” had “a skirmish” with the rig’s driller and offshore installation manager, Jimmy Harrell, during the meeting.
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Rig worker recalls race to trigger emergency system
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A supervisor aboard the doomed Deepwater Horizon drilling rig on Friday recounted a failed attempt to activate a fail-safe system that might have prevented BP Plc’s well from unleashing oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Mexico recalls a similar oil disaster
COATZACOALCOS, Mexico – Here on Mexico’s Gulf Coast, the Deepwater Horizon disaster has revived vivid memories of the world’s worst accidental oil spill, a 1979 blowout that spewed oil for nine months, devastated marine life and covered the Texas and Mexican coasts with gobs of crude.
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Survivor Recalls Deepwater Horizon Blast
Tells 60 Minutes “I Knew Something Bad Was Getting Ready To Happen”
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