Preventer

Cameron Settles Macondo Case with BP

Houston-based Cameron International Corp., which manufactured the blowout preventer used for the doomed deepwater Macondo oil well, on Friday agreed to pay operator BP plc $250 million to settle claims relating to the disaster.

December 19, 2011

BP: New Well Cap to Be Installed Soon

Over the weekend BP plc began replacing the lower marine riser package (LMRP) containment cap over the Deepwater Horizon’s failed blowout preventer with a new sealing cap assembly. On Monday COO Doug Suttles said the company expected to install the new cap later in the day.

July 13, 2010