Steven L. Newman

Steven L. Newman

• Claims against BP contractors dismissed at trial

  A federal judge conducting a trial to assign fault for the nation's worst offshore oil spill dismissed claims Wednesday against a BP contractor and ... 

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  Transocean CEO: Rig workers should have done more

  Transocean employees should have done more to detect signs of trouble before the company's drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, ... 

• Companies begin defense in Gulf oil spill trial

  Workers on the drilling rig that exploded at the outset of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill catastrophe were "trying to get it right" as they ...