It is unclear why the blowout valves on the Deepwater Horizon didn't stop the April 20 blast that killed 11 workers and has sent millions of gallons of oil spewing into Gulf. Interviews with rig ...

Oil Rig Blowout Preventers Have History Of Breaking Down. May 08, 2010. The Associated Press ... A 2008 federal lawsuit claims its faulty blowout preventers contributed to a well blowout.

WASHINGTON -- A key safety device known as the blowout preventer used in the BP oil rig in the Gulf had a hydraulic leak and other problems that likely prevented it from working as designed ...

HOUSTON (AP) — Cutoff valves like the one that failed to stop the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster have repeatedly broken down at other wells in the years since federal regulators weakened testing re ...

ON THE GULF OF MEXICO -- The deadly blowout of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was triggered by a bubble of methane gas that escaped from the well and shot up the drill column, expanding quickly ...

Transocean officials have said a blowout within a deep oil well was likely to blame for the catastrophic blast late Tuesday night at its Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, but speculation still ...

A buckled section of drill pipe caused the malfunction of supposedly fail-safe equipment when a BP well in the Gulf of Mexico blew out last April 20, killing 11 workers and spewing millions of ...

ON THE GULF OF MEXICO-- The deadly blowout of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was triggered by a bubble of methane gas that escaped from the well and shot up the drill column, ...

Oil Rig Explosion Was Likely a Blowout. By Carl Hoffman Published: Apr 22, 2010 9:26 AM EDT. Media Platforms Design Team. Just after 7 pm on April 20, the offshore oil-drilling platform Deepwater ...

Fixing Oil Rig Blowout No Easy Task Crews are lowering a 100-ton box over a portion of the gushing Deepwater Horizon oil platform in an attempt to capture some of the oil and funnel it to the ...

The deadly blowout of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was triggered by a bubble of methane gas that escaped from the well and shot up the drill column, expanding quickly as it burst through ...

Minutes before the Deepwater Horizon exploded in fire, workers on the deck heard a thump, then a hissing sound. Gas alarms sounded and the rig shook. Seawater and mud containing gas from the well ...