All posts tagged "Horizon"

The Wall Street Journal and several other sources are reporting that the Coast Guard is investigating a 100-mile sheen of a substance that may be oil floating on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. Reports began to come in on Saturday morning of a rainbow slick that began off the coast of Grand Isle, Louisiana and extended far out to sea.

Interior halts exemptions from environmental reviews for deepwater drilling

A survey of workers who served on BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig shows that many of them felt safety policies were not being adhered to and feared reprisals if management learned of their concerns.

On May 14, President Barack Obama announced that oil companies would no longer be given license to bypass environmental reviews of their drilling projects.

US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar raised expectations Thursday of what he cast as BP's make-or-break attempt to contain the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill by filling a ruptured well with mud.

Government agency gave safety award to Deepwater Horizon rig in 2009