Companies soon will be required to submit the results of these audits to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement as a part of the overhaul of safety regulation in the Gulf of Mexico.  More »

Three years after the deadly Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and Gulf of Mexico oil spill, it’s BP’s voice that is heard most often. The company’s ads, executive speeches, press statements and social media remind Americans of what the British oil giant is doing to restore the water and beaches.  More »

A presidential commission that investigated the Gulf oil spill released a scorecard today giving Congress a D+ on heeding its recommendations for improving the safety of offshore drilling after the Deepwater Horizon accident.  More »

Houston City Council on Wednesday will decide whether to sue BP for more than $23 million in connection with the 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig and resulting oil spill.  More »

John Guide, a BP team leader who supervised managers on the rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, says he was frustrated by last-minute changes to the drilling project but didn’t have any safety concerns before the deadly blast.  More »

A federal court on Monday rejected Transocean’s request to dismiss subpoenas for records tied to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.  More »

A Transocean employee who served as chief mate on the Deepwater Horizon testified Monday that he believes the rig crew’s emergency training saved lives following the 2010 explosion that killed 11 workers and triggered the nation’s worst offshore oil spill.  More »

Choking back tears on the witness stand, Deepwater Horizon rig worker Joseph Keith said he doesn’t have any regrets about his actions the night of the explosion. He said a flurry of activity on the rig hindered his ability to monitor BP’s well for signs of trouble before the fatal explosion.  More »

Testimony from the Deepwater Horizon trial raises questions once again about how seriously BP has taken its commitments, at least as they relate to management’s accountability.  More »

BP’s Bob Dudley told energy faithful at CERAWeek that he has a vision for a safer BP in the future. But Houston Chronicle columnist Loren Steffy notes that there’s a powerful technique in storytelling: show don’t tell.  More »

Will BP ever examine the cultural causes of its operating failures, or will management continue to get a pass? How it address that issue has a lot to do with the credibility of BP’s story going forward.  More »

BP is keen to resume its role as one of the most intrepid exploration companies in the business, chastened by its past, BP CEO Bob Dudley told a crowded audience of top energy executives and leading minds in a Tuesday morning address at IHS CERA week.  More »