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In April, Chesapeake suspended work on a clutch of natural gas wells in Pennsylvania temporarily after a wellblowout sent thousands of gallons of drilling fluid into local waterways.
BP, which had been leasing the rig from Transocean, says the safety device that was supposed to cut oil flow on the ocean floor in the event of a wellblowout did not perform its function.
Transocean ( RIG - news - people ), says the safety device that was supposed to cut oil flow on the ocean floor in the event of a wellblowout did not perform its function.