BP trial: Transocean comes under fire over poor maintenance record
A maintenance director for Transocean, the company that owned the Deepwater Horizon rig and leased it to BP for exploratory drilling, testified in court Tuesday that the rig was “not flawless” at the time it exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010, but that “overall it was in really good shape.” The testimony was entered in response to assertions made by a plaintiffs’ expert that the Deepwater Horizon was riddled with maintenance issues that rendered it “not seaworthy” and that the Transocean staff running it was “incompetent.” Billy Ambrose, Transocean’s Director of Maintenance and Technical Support ... Read More