Hydrostatic pressure testing equipment is used to ensure pipes, hoses, and tubes are suited to tolerate predetermined pressures. Hydrostatic pressure testing equipment is normally comprised of pumps, ...

According to ODS-Petrodata, the cost of operating a highly automated rig in the Gulf of Mexico has almost tripled in the last four years. Accordingly, the Minerals Management Service (MMS) recently ...

More than seven weeks after BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig caught fire and sank, causing the worst environmental disaster in US history, what exactly happened during its final hours remains murky.

WASHINGTON, May 26 (Reuters) - Workers on the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon rig misinterpreted a key test indicating a critical problem with the operation in the hours before the explosion that led to ...