Few technical devices in oil and gas drilling may be as famous — or infamous — as the “blowout preventer.” As the name suggests, a blowout preventer is designed to seal off a well in an emergency so ...

The United States Department of the Interior published the final well control rule on Aug. 22 from the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE). The rule clarifies blowout preventer (BOP) ...

A mobile offshore drilling unit holds position directly over the damaged Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer in 2010, as part of efforts to contain the oil spill. A controversial U.S. Dept. of the ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. In the ongoing hearing looking into the Deepwater Horizon oil rig ...

Bad wiring and a leak in what's supposed to be a "blowout preventer." Sealing problems that may have allowed a methane eruption. Even a dead battery, of all things. New disclosures yesterday revealed ...

The London-based risk management company says its new application BOP Monitor will help reduce the risks for what is one of the offshore oil industry’s most safety-critical pieces of equipment. Under ...