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Inquiries into gulf well blowout, oil spill take shape

05/10/2010
By Nick Snow
Congressional responses to the gulf drilling rig accident and subsequent crude oil spill took sharper focus last week as a US Senate committee prepared to consider broader policy implications, while a US House subcommittee concentrated on the accident's possible causes.The House Energy and Commerce Committee's Oversight and Investigations Committee will hold a hearing May 12 to examine the adequacy of the companies' safety measures and emergency response to the Apr. 20 accident and the status of recovery efforts.Transocean Ltd.'s Deepwater Horizon semisubmersible rig drilled the Macondo well for BP Exploration & Production Inc. about 52 miles southeast of Venice, La., in 4,992 ft of w...
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