A BP-owned rig operating in the Gulf of Mexico had two back-to-back blowouts in 2002, government reports show, causing $2 million in fire damage to the rig and twice forcing its evacuation.
A BP spokesman in London denied that what happened in 2002 was a precursor to the ongoing accident with the TransOcean Deepwater Horizon. That explosion sank the rig, left 11 men missing and presumed dead, and left an undersea well leaking an estimated 200,000 gallons of oil daily.
Both 2002 incidents were documented in Minerals Management Service investigative reports obtained by Clean Skies News. According to the reports, the BP-owned rig, the Ocean King, operated by Diamond...
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