The week ending September 11, 2010 marked the beginning of the fifth month after the BP oil spill disaster hit the Gulf of Mexico. Tampa Bay may have been spared the site of black crude washing up over their beaches, but the aftereffects remain shrouded in controversy as the legal battle now begins.
Below are some of the highlight of this weeks headlines on the continuing investigation into the cause of the BP oil spill and related events in the Gulf of Mexico.
Gulf oil spill investigation: Transocean, Halliburton, BP feud over blame
Two weeks after the BP Macondo well began its wild flow into the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, BP officials tried to pin the blame for the initial explosion on rig owner, Transocean, and Halliburton, who was hired for maintenance and to cement the well pipes at BP's direction....
Another Gulf rig explosion: Mariner Energy platform near BP Deepwater Horizon
Another oil rig exploded off the Louisiana coast west of the site where the BP Deepwater Horizon exploded on April 20, 2010. A mile-long oil sheen was spotted on the surface near the oil platform. Professor of Petroleum Geoscience, Don Van...
BP accused by Transocean of withholding evidence in oil spill investigation
Gulf oil spill rig owner Transocean has accused BP of refusing to provide documents that contain critical information that could be used as evidence in the BP oil spill investigation. Lawmakers have also had a hard time getting BP to release...
Transocean, Halliburton deny fault in BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill blame game
A new report on the Gulf oil spill disaster has been released which claims that "Faulty cementing, a misread pressure test and an improperly maintained blowout preventer all contributed to the April 20 explosion that killed 11 workers...
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