The U.S. Chemical Safety Board has said it will launch a full investigation into the Oklahoma rig explosion that killed five people this week as Oklahoma authorities suggested that an equipment failure might have contributed to the tragedy.
US GOVERNMENT regulators have cited oil giant BP and two other companies - Transocean and Halliburton - for alleged safety and environmental breaches stemming from last year's Gulf of Mexico rig explosion and massive oil spill.
The fact that more than 100 people escaped the Gulf of Mexico rig explosion alive is a sign the evacuation effort went fairly well, a US Coast Guard official said yesterday.
