Deepwater blowout exercise to be conducted this summer in GOM

MAY 25, 2012—This summer, the Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC), Houston, TX, will conduct a live drill to deploy its new capping stack well control equipment in the Gulf of Mexico as

BOEM announces first GoM lease sale since Deepwater Horizon incident

Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Tommy P. Beaudreau today announced that BOEM will hold the first oil and natural gas lease sale

BSEE issues violations in Deepwater Horizon case

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) last week issued the initial group of violations resulting from the findings of the Joint Investigation on the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill.

Joint Investigation Team issues Deepwater Horizon report

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE)/U.S. Coast Guard Joint Investigation Team (JIT) today released its final investigative report on the April 20, 2010, Deepwater Horizon explosion, loss of

Aker Solutions to provide subsea equipment for expanded MWCC containment system

Aker Solutions reports that it has been selected for the design, procurement, and fabrication of the subsea containment and diverter assembly for the expanded containment system being developed by Marine Well Containment