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The tricky process of sealing an offshore oil well with cement — suspected as a major contributor to the Gulf of Mexico disaster — has failed dozens of times in the past, according to an Associated ...

An AP review of federal accident and incident reports on offshore wells shows that the cementing process has been implicated at least 34 times since 1978. Many of the reports, available from the U.S.

The tricky process of sealing an offshore oil well with cement -- suspected as a major contributor to the Gulf of Mexico disaster -- has failed dozens of times in the past, according to an Associated ...

WASHINGTON – An inadequate underwater cement job during the deepwater drilling process is emerging as a potential cause of the devastating oil spill off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico.

The tricky process of sealing an offshore oil well with cement — suspected as a major contributor to the Gulf of Mexico disaster — has failed dozens of times in the past, according to an Associated ...

While the chain of failures on Deepwater Horizon is under investigation, rig owner Transocean has singled out cement work as one likely fundamental cause of the blowout. Even before Transocean pointed ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Halliburton, the oil field services giant that provided the cement for BP’s Macondo ...

The tricky process of sealing an offshore oil well with cement - suspected as a major contributor to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster - has failed dozens of times in the past, according to an ...

The tricky process of sealing an offshore oil well with cement -- suspected as a major contributor to the Gulf of Mexico disaster -- has failed dozens of times in the past, according to an Associated ...