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Blowout Preventer

September 07, 2010 Video-Link TV Failed BP Blow Out Preventer Surfaces Posted by Marianne Puni On Saturday the a damaged Blow Out Preventer (BOP), along with the Lower Marine Riser Package (LMRP) Cap, were removed from the Gulf of Mexico. The BOP is considered evidentiary material, and is now under the supervision of the [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 05, 2010 New Blowout Preventer Placed On Gulf Well ? CNN | Nowcosm Send by Edna Moneycontrol.comNew blowout preventer placed on Gulf wellCNN(CNN) -- A blowout preventer that may hold important forensic evidence as to why it failed, tri [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 26, 2010 BP To Bring In Blowout Preventer As It Awaits US Orders On Macondo ... Send by Typed ROBIN BP to Bring in Blowout Preventer as It Awaits US Orders on Macondo Well. Transocean Ltd.'s Development Driller III rig works to drill the primary relief [...] Bloomberg ( 8/18/2010 10:22:46 AM -08:00 ) [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 05, 2010 Delay In Pulling Out BP Blowout Preventer | Green Agenda Posted by Marianne Puni NEW ORLEANS ? Crews are having to wait to raise the device that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico. Darin Hilton, the captain of the Helix Q4000 vessel that's lifting the 300-ton blowout preventer to the surface, [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 04, 2010 Failed Blowout Preventer Removed From Well Posted by Marianne Puni BP PLC said the blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico was removed from the company?s well on Friday afternoon. [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 27, 2010 Gulf Oil Spill: Employee Blames Transocean For Poor Maintenance Of ... Send by Melly Alazraki The Financial Times reports that one Transocean employee said Transocean failed to comply with recertification maintenance rules for the Deepwater Horizon's blowout preventer: According to his testimony, the rig's blowout preventer, [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 04, 2010 Blowout Preventer Replaced On BP Well Send by www.2theadvocate.com BP installed a ?fully functioning and tested? blowout preventer on the wellhead that ruptured below the Deepwater Horizon in April, National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen said in a statement late Friday night. [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 04, 2010 BP Removes Failed Blowout Preventer From Damaged Gulf Well ... Posted by Marianne Puni Joint investigation teams, engineers and the Department of Justice are closely monitoring the status of the blowout preventer, as it may hold important forensic evidence as to why it failed on April 20, triggering the world's largest [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 05, 2010 BP: Failed Blowout Preventer Removed From Well News Wire: 2010 ... Send by news-editor BP: Failed blowout preventer removed from well. BP PLC said the blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico was removed from the company's well on this afternoon. Click Here to Continue [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 26, 2010 BP To Remove Failed Blowout Preventer, Delaying Final Bottom-kill ... Posted by Marianne Puni The infamous blowout preventer that failed to prevent the Deepwater Horizon blowout will be removed from the top of the well in the Gulf of Mexico ? if, that is, BP can assure the government that it can retrieve the massive, [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 05, 2010 A New Blowout Preventer Has Been Placed On The Capped Well ? CNN ... Posted by Marianne Puni msnbc.com A new blowout preventer has been placed on the capped well CNN (CNN) -- A blowout preventer that may hold important forensic evidence as to why [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 05, 2010 Community Portal | Local: News & Information Posted by Marianne Puni A blowout preventer is intended to shut off a well if oil or gas uncontrollably [...] The failed blowout preventer is critical evidence in various investigations into [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 07, 2010 12:12: BP Raises Blowout Preventer, Key Evidence In Probe Send by vijaysuperstar BP Raises Blowout Preventer, Key Evidence in Probe. Posted in | at 7:58 AM. BP crews formed Saturday to boring accession the 300-ton blast preventer that bootless to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, accurate not to [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 04, 2010 BP Removes Blowout Preventer | NOLA.com Send by Jaquetta White, The Times-Pica The blowout preventer will be brought to shore and replaced with a stronger blowout preventer, capable of handling an increase in pressure when the well is sealed with mud and cement via a relief well later this month. [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 04, 2010 BP: Failed Blowout Preventer Removed From Well Posted by Marianne Puni BP PLC said the blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico was removed from the company?s well on Friday afternoon. [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 06, 2010 Blowout Preventer Reaches Gulf Surface | TuscaloosaNews.com Posted by Marianne Puni [...] Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, giving investigators their first chance to personally scrutinize the blowout preventer, the massive piece of equipment [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 05, 2010 New Blowout Preventer Placed On Gulf Well | Trendy Topics Send by CNN.com Recently Published/Upd STORY HIGHLIGHTS A new blowout preventer is placed on capped well Its failed predecessor is being brought slowly to surface BP will continue work on Gulf relief well (CNN) -- A new blowout preventer was installed atop BP's plugged well [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 06, 2010 US Authorities Seize BP's Blowout Preventer Send by MM There was a touch of legal drama in the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster yesterday. The 350 tonne, 50 feet high blowout preventer that should have prevented the explosion in the BP oil well, was effectively placed under ?arrest? by US [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 04, 2010 ALL EYES ON OBAMA: Oil Rig Explodes Off The Louisiana Coast Send by MAG In the email, the Coast Guard said that Mariner Energy told them the platform did not have a "standard" blowout preventer. In a press conference Thursday afternoon, Gov. Jindal said it was possible that some type of "nonstandard" [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 27, 2010 Transocean Accused Over Maintenance | Www.bullfax.com Send by marketmaker Transocean failed to meet 'recertification' maintenance deadlines for the Deepwater Horizon's blowout preventer, the key instrument that failed in the Macondo well explosion, a company employee testified [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 05, 2010 BP Replaces Failed Blowout Preventer On Gulf Well Send by [email protected] (R BP Plc successfully replaced a failed blowout preventer from atop its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well late on Friday, the top US official overseeing the spill response said. [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 06, 2010 Free Email, Unlimited Storage, Anti-Virus & Spam Protection And ... Posted by Marianne Puni BP raises blowout preventer, key evidence in probe. AP - By HARRY R. WEBER. BP raises blowout preventer, key evidence in probe Photo By AP. Share This : Facebook; Buzz; StumbleUpon. Save This : Twitter; Reddit; Digg. Email It; Print It [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 04, 2010 BP Begins Effort To Remove Failed Blowout Preventer | Gaithersburg.Net Posted by Marianne Puni BP began operations to remove its failed blowout preventer from atop its well deep below the Gulf of Mexico, the company said Friday. [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

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