House Panel Focuses on Equipment Failures, Testing in Probe of Gulf Oil Rig Accident

摘要

Documents obtained by a House subcommittee suggest that multiple problems with a blowout preventer should have been apparent to companies involved in the April 20 explosion and oil spill on thernDeepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, the subcommittee chairman said at a May 12 hearing.rnThe House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations delved for almost six hours into the technical aspects of drilling procedures with executives of four companies that had key roles in drilling an offshore well in 5,000 feet of water that has leaked an estimated 5,000 barrels per day since April 20 and threatens the coastline from Louisiana to Florida.