BP, the oil giant operating the drilling rig that blew up and created a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, has officially taken responsibility for the accident. But it may actually be able to spread the blame. According to federal law, WASHINGTON — Federal investigators on Wednesday heaped the lion's share of blame for the country's biggest oil spill on BP. The explosion. The Deepwater Horizon rig, owned and operated by offshore-oil-drilling company Transocean and leased by oil company BP, was situated in the Macondo oil prospect in the Mississippi Canyon, a valley in the continental shelf. The oil well over which it was positioned was located on the seabed 4,993 feet (1,522 metres) The rig, owned by the Switzerland-based Transocean Ltd., and its veteran crew were some of the best in the business. (BP, the world’s sixth largest oil company at the time, was leasing the rig, a bit the way a rich sportsman might a charter fishing boat and crew.) Barbier attributed 67% of the fault to BP, 30% to Transocean, which owned the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, and 3% to Halliburton, the cement contractor. The judge essentially divided blame among the three companies involved in the spill, ruling that BP bears 67% of the blame; Swiss-based drilling rig owner Transocean Ltd takes 30%; and Houston-based cement contractor Halliburton Energy Service takes 3%. In his 153-page ruling,
Of the 143 cases, 108 were of workers who were helping with the major clean-up efforts. Louisiana residents reported an additional 35 cases from merely being. 4 Sep 2014 Earlier this week Halliburton, the company in charge of sealing the completed Deepwater Horizon well that spewed millions of gallons of oil into
29 Sep 2016 The Gulf oil spill: Why it'll happen again. For most viewers, this will likely be the first glimpse of the extraordinary drilling operations that are at 4 Sep 2014 The judge ruled that BP was responsible for 67 percent of the blowout, explosion and subsequent oil spill, while Transocean was at fault for 30
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20 Apr 2015 “I don't have any doubt it's safer than before, but you can't eliminate risks in operations like this,” says Michael Bromwich, who led the Interior 2 Jun 2010 The lack of such plans is the fault of BP, rig owner Transocean Ltd. and the officials at the Minerals Management Service who approved the 28 May 2010 Like the banking crisis, the oil disaster will see in a new age of state intervention, says Jeremy Warner. Of the 143 cases, 108 were of workers who were helping with the major clean-up efforts. Louisiana residents reported an additional 35 cases from merely being. 4 Sep 2014 Earlier this week Halliburton, the company in charge of sealing the completed Deepwater Horizon well that spewed millions of gallons of oil into 14 May 2010 BP Oil Spill Is George W. Bush's Fault. The GOP rushed to brand the Gulf Coast disaster "Obama's Katrina." But new reports make clear the 2 Oct 2015 BP Oil Spill and if the BP Oil Spill had happened in India and of oil pollution damage(incident has occurred as a result of the actual fault or