The failure of a blowout preventer contributed to ... harsh environment semi-submersible rig ~125 miles west of the Shetland ...

A critical piece of equipment, the “hot line” that connects the rig to the blowout preventer ... potential risks and benefits of expanding offshore drilling. The report, 219 pages long ...

Firefighters arrive as quickly as possible and use machinery to remove the damaged rig and associated debris ... capping the well with a new blowout preventer, or "BOP." BOPs are essentially ...

Operator Premier Oil has suspended operations on the 4/20-1 (Isobel Deep) well, following a problem detected on the drilling rig blowout preventer, BOP, according to partner Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd.

“Offshore safety and environmental ... as part of the high standard of safety required, Ocean Rig identified a fault with the blow-out preventer which meant that some of the built-in redundancy ...

Petroleum Oil Tools remanufactures and rebuilds blowout preventer stacks for oil and gas drilling rigs. Each oil well BOP stack is remanufactured to the variety of style, size, and pressure ...

WASHINGTON June 26 (Reuters) -New U.S. oil rigs and wells would face strict new ... for drilling and operating new “high-risk” wells -- offshore or on land -- and aims to prevent future disasters.Oil ...

To deploy it, Guzzo and colleague Shaopeng Liu flew in a helicopter to a deep-water drilling rig located south of Louisiana's Port Fourchon - the historic land base for offshore oil services.