The CSB report concluded that the pipe buckling likely occurred during the first minutes of the blowout, as crews desperately sought to regain control of oil and gas surging up from the Macondo well. The meeting will include a detailed staff presentation, Board questions, and public comments, and will be webcast: CDT at the Hilton Americas Hotel, 1600 Lamar St., Houston, TX 77010. The draft report will be considered for approval by the Board at a public meeting scheduled for 4 p.m. The failure of the BOP directly led to the oil spill and contributed to the severity of the incident on the rig. By that time the resulting oil spill was the largest in offshore history. Nearly 100 others escaped from the burning rig, which sank two days later, leaving the Macondo well spewing oil and gas into Gulf waters for a total of 87 days. The blowout caused explosions and a fire on the Deepwater Horizon rig, leading to the deaths of 11 personnel onboard and serious injuries to 17 others. Houston, Texas, June 5, 2014- The blowout preventer (BOP) that was intended to shut off the flow of high-pressure oil and gas from the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico during the disaster on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig on April 20, 2010, failed to seal the well because drill pipe buckled for reasons the offshore drilling industry remains largely unaware of, according to a new two-volume draft investigation report released today by the U.S. Report Says Similar Accident Could Still Occur, Calls for Better Management of Safety-Critical Elements by Offshore Industry, Regulators CSB Process Safety Training Application.

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