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Feds probing death of worker on Gulf drillship

Posted by Jennifer A. Dlouhy
|Date: October 20, 2015

Feds probing death of worker on Gulf drillship

The worker on the Pacific Santa Ana was killed as the drillship prepared to bore a well for Chevron, BP a ...

The worker on the Pacific Santa Ana was killed as the drillship prepared to bore a well for Chevron, BP and ConocoPhillips. ...

October 20, 2015
| by Jennifer A. Dlouhy

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Investigation faults slow response and equipment failure in 2013 blowout of Gulf well

Posted by Jennifer A. Dlouhy
|Date: September 10, 2015

Investigation faults slow response and equipment failure in 2013 blowout of Gulf well

Workers reacted too slowly to stop a Gulf of Mexico well blowout that forced the evacuation of 44 people ...

Workers reacted too slowly to stop a Gulf of Mexico well blowout that forced the evacuation of 44 people and ignited a fire that raged for two days in 2013, according to a federal investigation. ...

September 10, 2015
| by Jennifer A. Dlouhy

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Justice Department probes Plains pipeline spill

Posted by Jennifer A. Dlouhy
|Date: August 07, 2015

Justice Department probes Plains pipeline spill

Plains disclosed the ongoing probes and the possibility of civil and criminal charges tied to the inciden ...

Plains disclosed the ongoing probes and the possibility of civil and criminal charges tied to the incident in an earnings filing this week. ...

August 07, 2015
| by Jennifer A. Dlouhy

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Feds rap Shell for poor planning in botched tow of 2012 Arctic drilling rig

Posted by Jennifer A. Dlouhy
|Date: May 28, 2015

Feds rap Shell for poor planning in botched tow of 2012 Arctic drilling rig

The NTSB report comes at a pivotal time for Shell, which has asked federal regulators for permission to r ...

The NTSB report comes at a pivotal time for Shell, which has asked federal regulators for permission to resume exploratory oil drilling in the Chukchi Sea as soon as July. ...

May 28, 2015
| by Jennifer A. Dlouhy

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Fatal explosion came during maintenance work

Posted by Jennifer A. Dlouhy
|Date: November 21, 2014

Fatal explosion came during maintenance work

The fatal explosion came nearly six months after federal drilling regulators warned that the facility had ...

The fatal explosion came nearly six months after federal drilling regulators warned that the facility had failed to maintain all equipment in a safe condition so as to ensure the protection of the lea ...

November 21, 2014
| by Jennifer A. Dlouhy

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Ex-BP exec can be tried for obstructing Congress

Posted by Associated Press
|Date: June 30, 2014

Ex-BP exec can be tried for obstructing Congress

A federal appeals court in New Orleans says a former BP executive can be tried on a charge that he obstru ...

A federal appeals court in New Orleans says a former BP executive can be tried on a charge that he obstructed a Congressional investigation into the 2010 Gulf oil spill. ...

June 30, 2014
| by Associated Press

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Report: Chemical Safety Board in disarray, fostering abusive work environment

Posted by Simone Sebastian
|Date: June 19, 2014

Report: Chemical Safety Board in disarray, fostering abusive work environment

A probe has found that the U.S. Chemical Safety Board is in turmoil and failing to fulfill its investigat ...

A probe has found that the U.S. Chemical Safety Board is in turmoil and failing to fulfill its investigative duties for serious accidents at refineries and chemical plants, according to Reuters. ...

June 19, 2014
| by Simone Sebastian

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Investigators seek breakthrough a year after EU raided Big Oil

Posted by Bloomberg
|Date: May 12, 2014

Investigators seek breakthrough a year after EU raided Big Oil

Twelve months after raiding oil companies and Platts in a hunt for evidence of possible manipulation of p ...

Twelve months after raiding oil companies and Platts in a hunt for evidence of possible manipulation of price benchmarks, European Union officials are looking for a breakthrough. ...

May 12, 2014
| by Bloomberg

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Chronicle investigation: Peril in the oil patch

Posted by Houston Chronicle
|Date: February 24, 2014

Chronicle investigation: Peril in the oil patch

The drilling boom in Texas' oil and natural gas fields has brought jobs and prosperity, but extracted a b ...

The drilling boom in Texas' oil and natural gas fields has brought jobs and prosperity, but extracted a bloody human toll. ...

February 24, 2014
| by Houston Chronicle

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Fracking boom leaves Texans under toxic cloud (video)

Posted by FuelFix.com
|Date: February 21, 2014

Fracking boom leaves Texans under toxic cloud (video)

Texas' air monitoring system is so flawed that the state knows almost nothing about the extent of the pol ...

Texas' air monitoring system is so flawed that the state knows almost nothing about the extent of the pollution in the Eagle Ford and companies that break the law are rarely fined, according to an inv ...

February 21, 2014
| by FuelFix.com

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Investigators delay finalizing report on fatal Tesoro refinery blast

Posted by Associated Press
|Date: January 28, 2014

Investigators delay finalizing report on fatal Tesoro refinery blast

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board has delayed finalizing its investigative report into an April 2010 explosi ...

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board has delayed finalizing its investigative report into an April 2010 explosion that killed seven workers at the Tesoro refinery in Anacortes, prompting criticism from its ...

January 28, 2014
| by Associated Press

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BP asks court to suspend seafood payments for fraud probe

Posted by Bloomberg
|Date: December 17, 2013

BP asks court to suspend seafood payments for fraud probe

BP Plc asked a U.S. judge to stop payments in the $2.3 billion seafood-industry portion of its settlement ...

BP Plc asked a U.S. judge to stop payments in the $2.3 billion seafood-industry portion of its settlement over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, pending an investigation of a fraud claim against a pl ...

December 17, 2013
| by Bloomberg

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