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Deep water may be too much for blowout preventers Greater Baton Rouge Business Report … of a technical forensic report about the BP oil spill last year has potentially troubling implications for the future of deepwater oil drilling. In short, the blowout preventer on the Deepwater Horizon rig simply might not have been up to the task. Offshore Safety Advisory Panel Meeting April 18Occupational Health & Safety BOEMRE Approves Drilling for Eighth Deepwater WellKATC Lafayette News Feds grant new drilling permitNOLA.com PennEnergy- Energy News (press release) –The Ledger –The Daily Advertiser all 10 news articles »

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The lessons of the blowout preventer's failure at the Deepwater Horizon: An … NOLA.com By Editorial page staff, The Times-Picayune BP, Transocean and other companies connected to the Deepwater Horizon disaster are likely to haggle over the results of an autopsy of the Macondo well's blowout preventer. After all, the BOP's role in last … Initial loss of well control doomed Deepwater HorizonWashington Post DNV issues final report on Macondo blow-outOffshore Oil and Gas Magazine Buckled pipe prevented BOP from protecting Deepwater Horizon rigThe Engineer Oil & Gas Journal –Bizjournals.com –San Antonio Express all 27 news articles »

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Studies suggest MMS knew blowout preventers had ‘critical’ flaws
The federal agency charged with setting safety standards for offshore oil exploration failed to act on at least four warnings about vulnerabilities in subsea blowout preventers, the critical safety device that failed to shut down the Gulf oil spill when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded April 20.
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