The three ram capping stack was installed on the Deep Water Horizon LMRP at 7 p.m. CDT (July 12). The stack completes the installation of the new sealing cap. Following installation of the capping ...

Wild Well Control has stationed a second emergency subsea capping stack for stopping or diverting deep-water oil well blowouts at its facility near the Kim Heng Quayside near Loyang in Singapore. The ...

BP’s Global Deepwater Well Cap and Tooling Package consists of about 250 separate pieces, including kit for dispersing oil and removing debris. The capping stack is available for call-out any day, ...

HOUSTON, Texas, July 16, 2010 (ENS) – For the first time since BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil well blew out on April 20, oil has stopped spewing into the Gulf of Mexico. But the crisis is not over yet.

While deepwater operators take numerous precautions to maintain the safety and control of their well sites, they must also be prepared to contain an incident or subsea “blowout” if one should occur.

NEW ORLEANS – BP could have ended its massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico sooner if it had built a capping stack before the 2010 blowout of its well off the coast of Louisiana, a company executive ...