effectively ending litigation stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and subsequent oil spill. Former BP executive David Rainey was acquitted on charges of lying to congressional ...

On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon ... You are the lead trial lawyer for British Petroleum (“BP”) in the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Phase One Liability Trial.

On April 20, 2010, a blowout caused a huge explosion on the offshore drilling ... An estimated 5% of the BP oil spill was burnt off the surface. Burning requires concentrating the oil on the ...

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010 caused extensive environmental and economic damage, emphasizing the need for better ...

As far as British oil giant BP is concerned, the catastrophic oil spill that tainted Louisiana’s shores more than a decade ago didn’t take place in the Gulf of Mexico. It took place in the ...

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Here’s a look at oil spill disasters. Spill estimates vary by source. Ten Largest Oil Spills 1. January 1991 – During the Gulf War, Iraqi forces intentionally release 252-336 million gallons of oil ...

Fatal explosion probe continues The oil spill at Braeburn Alloy Steel came two weeks after a fatal explosion there. On Jan. 22, a 20-year-old Tarentum man died and two other workers were hurt ...

2010: The Gulf Spill BP’s long decline was precipitated by the explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in 2010, which killed 11 people and triggered the worst offshore oil spill in ...

US examines blowout preventer in BP oil spill The failure of the underwater blowout preventer that led to the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was caused by the inability of attached ...