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NOAA launches website Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill dataset with millions of chemical analyses dataset

Guilty to Destruction of Evidence Halliburton Energy Services Inc. has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence in connection with the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the US Department of Justice announced.According to court documents, on April 20, 2010, while stationed at the Macondo well site in the Gulf of Mexico, the Deepwater Horizon rig experienced an uncontrolled blowout and related explosions and fire, which resulted in the deaths of 11 rig workers and the largest oil spill in U.S. history. Following the blowout, Halliburton conducted its own review of various technical aspects of the well's design and construction.On May 3, 2010, Halliburton established an internal working group to examine the Macondo well blowout, including whether the number of centralizers used on the final production casing could have contributed to the blowout. A production casing is a long, heavy metal pipe set across the area of the oil and natural gas reservoir.Centralizers are protruding metal collars affixed at various intervals on the outside of the casing. Use of centralizers can help keep the casing centered in the wellbore away from the surrounding walls as it is lowered and placed in the well.Centralization can be significant to the quality of subsequent cementing around ...

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Lessons learnt following Macondo

BP Completes Gulf Clean Up in 3 States

BP Executive Testifies In Gulf Oil Spill Trial

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BP Executive Defends Report On Gulf Oil Spill During Testimony

BP trial over Gulf oil spill begins