Backflow preventer installation costs between $105 and $1,400, with the average property owner spending $325 per backflow preventer. Backflow preventers are essential in many commercial and some ...

Few technical devices in oil and gas drilling may be as famous — or infamous — as the “blowout preventer.” As the name suggests, a blowout preventer is designed to seal off a well in an emergency so ...

HOUSTON -- After bringing order to rampant confusion in BP's command center in the days after the Gulf of Mexico well blowout, a BP vice president said Wednesday he then wasted critical time trying to ...

There was more testimony this week into the catastrophic chain of events set off when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded nearly a year ago, killing 11 rig workers and unleashing the largest ...

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NEW ORLEANS -- The federal government said it will start work Monday to remove the temporary cap that stopped oil from gushing out of BP's blown-out Gulf well so that engineers can raise a key piece ...

A federal investigation into the 2010 BP oil spill concludes that a last-resort safety device on the underwater well had multiple failures, wasn't tested properly and still poses a risk for many rigs ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DENVER (KDVR) — Longmont Public Safety is trying to stop people from taking backflow preventers but with incidents of the thefts ...

The blowout preventer that failed to contain a blast of oil and gas in BP's Macondo well four years ago could become a focal point in the ongoing legal battle over how much BP owes in pollution fines ...