| BP: blame shared in Macondo blowout by jws01us |
| An internal investigation by BP found that 'a sequence of failures involving a number of different parties' contributed to the Deepwater Horizon blowout and spill, BP said Wednesday, 8 September 2010 ... |
| BP to release spill investigation results by jenpallanich |
| BP this week will release the results of an internal investigation into the causes of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill ... |
| BP spill costs top $8 billion by jws01us |
| BP has spent more than $8 billion so far in expenses related to the deepwater Gulf of Mexico Macondo well blowout and spill, the company reported 3 September 2010 ... |
| Feds investigate Mariner fire by jws01us |
| The Bureau of Ocean Energy, Management, Regulation and Enforcement has launched an investigation into the cause of the Mariner Energy platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico ... |
| 13 escape Mariner GoM platform fire by jws01us |
| The US Coast Guard confirmed Thursday, 2 September 2010 that it was responding to a fire at a Mariner Energy-operated production platform in Vermilion block 380 off the coast of Louisiana ... |
| Judge upholds drill ban challenge by jws01us |
| A federal judge in New Orleans on Wednesday 1 September 2010 refused the Obama administration's request to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling imposed after the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico ... |
| Macondo work to resume by jws01us |
| Calmer seas could allow BP to begin the process of swapping out blowout preventers at the deepwater Gulf of Mexico Macondo well as early as Thursday, the federal official in charge of spill operations said Wednesday, 1 September 2010 |
| Weather delays Macondo ops by jws01us |
| High seas in the Gulf of Mexico will set back BP's plans to permanently plug the deepwater Macondo well by about three days, the federal official in charge of spill response operations said Monday, 30 August 2010 ... |
| BP calls off Macondo fishing by jws01us |
| BP was scheduled to replace the blowout preventer at the deepwater Gulf of Mexico Macondo well this week as the company prepares for an early September relief well bottom kill ... |
| Reworking offshore regulations by jws01us |
| Addressing an audience on 26 August 2010, Houston Chronicle business columnist Loren Steffy called for replacing the current popular debate about whether the country needs offshore drilling with a focus on what changes can be made for offshore drilling to be safely carried out ... |
| Hydrates delay BP pipe removal by jws01us |
| Efforts to remove sections of pipe from the deepwater Gulf of Mexico Macondo well were pushed back 24-36 hours following the unscheduled removal of hydrate deposits in the well's capping stack ... |
| Macondo fishing catches pipe sections by jws01us |
| BP will remove two short sections of pipe found inside the deepwater Gulf of Mexico Macondo well but has not yet determined if the well's main drill pipe can be extracted ... |
| Macondo fishing begins by jws01us |
| Over the weekend, national incident commander Adm. Thad Allen authorized BP to begin an open water fishing operation to pull out drillpipe from the Macondo blow out preventer ... |
| BP eyes September well kill by jws01us |
| BP has pushed back the date it expects a relief well to intersect the deepwater Gulf of Mexico Macondo well to early September, the federal official in charge of spill operations said Thursday, 19 August 2010 ... |
| BP begins final pressure test by jws01us |
| BP began operations to flush drilling mud and hydrocarbons from the sealing cap and blowout preventer at the deepwater Gulf of Mexico Macondo well in preparation for another round of pressure tests that will determine how the company proceeds with a relief well bottom kill ... |
| BP awaits relief well OK by jws01us |
| The federal official in overseeing efforts to kill the deepwater Gulf of Mexico Macondo well will likely issue an order this week allowing BP to begin the final stages of a relief well and bottom kill procedure ... |
| BP relief well on hold by jws01us |
| The US government ordered BP to proceed with a relief well and bottom kill at the deepwater Gulf of Mexico Macondo well but delayed the restart of drilling operations until BP provides a detailed analysis of the operation's potential risks ... |
| Seawell in bid for Allis-Chalmers by jws01us |
| Seadrill subsidiary Seawell will acquire Houston-based oilfield service company Allis-Chalmers Energy in a stock and cash transaction worth $890 million, Seadrill announced 13 August 2010 ... |
| BP weighs relief well options by jws01us |
| BP engineers and government scientists were analyzing results of ambient pressure tests conducted at the deepwater Gulf of Mexico Macondo well that will determine how the company proceeds with a relief well and bottom kill ... |
| BP relief drill to resume Friday by jws01us |
| The Development Driller III remained on site and connected Thursday, 12 August 2010 but BP's relief well drilling operations were halted as the fifth Atlantic tropical depression brought high seas and rain to the northern central Gulf of Mexico ... |
| Storm delays BP relief well by jws01us |
| A loosely organized tropical storm approaching the northern Central Gulf of Mexico Wednesday, 11 August 2010 was expected to delay drilling of the Macondo relief well two or three days ... |
| Matt Simmons dies at 67 by jws01us |
| Matthew Simmons, an energy investment banker and peak oil alarmist who in recent years was a strong advocate of renewable energy, died Sunday, 8 August 2010 at his home near Rockland, Maine. He was 67 ... |
| BP relief well nears target by jws01us |
| The relief well underway at BP's deepwater Gulf of Mexico spill site is within 40ft of its target and is expected to intercept the Macondo well's annulus later this week, the federal official overseeing the spill response effort said Monday, 9 August 2010 ... |
| DP upgrade for DSV Uncle John by jws01us |
| Converteam has won what the company deemed a 'major contract' to provide Cal Dive International's Uncle John saturation diving vessel with a dynamical position control system, Converteam announced 6 August 2010 ... |
| BP spill exec steps aside by jws01us |
| BP chief operating officer Doug Suttles, the company's lead representative in the response effort following the Deepwater Horizon blowout and oil spill, has stepped down from the post and returned to his former job at the company ... |