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Offshore Accidents: What Caused the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill?

Among the offshore accidents in recent history, the Deepwater Horizon explosion, and the subsequent oil spill, is considered to be…

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Looking Back at The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Although it’s been seven years since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the environmental and human devastation may linger for generations….

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Debris Cleared From Blown Out Well Off Louisiana Coast

Workers have removed the debris from the wellhead of a gas well that blew out July 23 and spawned a…

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BP Requests Review of Judge’s Grossly Negligent Ruling

In September, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier ruled that BP was grossly negligent in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and…

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Bill Would Mandate Rescue Vessels Stationed Within 3 Miles of Rigs Offshore

A bill in the U.S. House of Representatives sponsored by Louisiana Rep. Jeff Landry, R-New Iberia, would mandate that rescue…

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Oil Exec Apologizes For Blaming Filipino Workers In Louisiana Blast

Black Elk Energy executive John Hoffman apologized last month for blaming Filipino workers in an November explosion on an offshore…

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Vermillion Oil Platform 380: Mariner Energy Oil Platform Explosion

The Coast Guard is responding to an offshore oil production platform explosion on the Vermilion Oil production platform 380.  At first,…

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BP Oil Spill Report Will Share the Blame

This won’t come as much of a surprise.  BPs official report into the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in April…

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