A confidential survey of workers on the Deepwater Horizon before the oil rig exploded showed that many of them feared reprisals if they reported mistakes or other problems.

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BP, the company that owned the Louisiana oil rig that exploded last week, spent years battling federal regulators over how many layers of safeguards would be needed to prevent a deepwater well ...

So imagine my surprise when I first visited a state with no stickers and found it has no safety inspection! In fact, eleven states have no inspections whatsoever.

The Deepwater Horizon well team leader denied that a potentially risky type of well casing was chosen over more traditional equipment to save $7 million to $10 million.

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The Biden administration has tightened offshore oil drilling safety regulations, including rules regarding the use of “blowout preventer” devices on offshore oil and gas drilling rigs.

According to Virginia State Police, vehicles in Virginia that have passed safety inspections will now receive a new safety inspection sticker with the changeover in the calendar year from 2024 to ...

Federal investigators painted a picture Thursday that suggested BP and oil-rig owner Transocean cut corners aboard the doomed Deepwater Horizon, which exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, causing the ...

The Biden administration on Tuesday finalized tighter rules for complex devices meant to prevent catastrophic blowouts on offshore oil and gas drilling rigs.