ID:

503

Date:

2010-05-29

Headline:

Documents Show Early Worries About Safety of Rig

Reporter's name:

Ian Urbina

Delay/denial:

No

Lawsuit:

No

Fees:

No

Media outlet:

The New York Times

City:

Washington, DC

Summary:

Drilling records and well reports, obtained via FOIA, along with internal British Petroleum (BP) documents, reveal warning signs as BP faced problems maintaining control over the Deepwater Horizon well in the months before the April 2010 blowout.

Keywords:

Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum, BP, well control, oil well, Minerals Management Service, MMS, DOI, Interior, blowout

URL:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/us/30rig.html

Agencies:

DOI

States:

DC
LA

Categories:

energy
environment