Michael Kunzelman

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Steve Newman, president and CEO of Swiss-based Trancocean Ltd., leaves Federal Court after testifying in New Orleans, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Transocean was the owner of the rig Deepwater Horizon, which was being operated under contract to BP when BP's Macondo well blew out on April 20, 2010, setting into motion events that led to the nation's worst offshore oil spill. The Deepwater Horizon sank two days after the blow out. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Transocean CEO: Rig workers should have done more

Michael Kunzelman · March 20, 2013 4:00 am

Companies begin defense in Gulf oil spill trial

Companies begin defense in Gulf oil spill trial

Michael Kunzelman · March 18, 2013 9:16 pm

BP seeks to block Gulf spill settlement payments

BP seeks to block Gulf spill settlement payments

Michael Kunzelman · March 15, 2013 11:03 pm

Gulf spill trial: Contractor finds cement samples

Gulf spill trial: Contractor finds cement samples

Michael Kunzelman · March 14, 2013 8:55 pm

Worker: Rig was bustling before BP well blowout

Worker: Rig was bustling before BP well blowout

Michael Kunzelman · March 13, 2013 11:39 pm

Halliburton exec testifies at Gulf spill trial

Halliburton exec testifies at Gulf spill trial

Michael Kunzelman · March 11, 2013 10:13 pm

BP warns of rising costs from spill settlement

BP warns of rising costs from spill settlement

Michael Kunzelman · March 8, 2013 5:53 pm

Ex-BP rig supervisor testifies at Gulf spill trial

Ex-BP rig supervisor testifies at Gulf spill trial

Michael Kunzelman · March 6, 2013 5:00 am

Oil spill judge hears from rig blast survivor

Oil spill judge hears from rig blast survivor

Michael Kunzelman · March 5, 2013 7:19 pm

BP executive defends report on Gulf oil spill

BP executive defends report on Gulf oil spill

Michael Kunzelman · March 5, 2013 12:30 am

BP manager didn’t see ‘high risk’ in drilling

BP manager didn’t see ‘high risk’ in drilling

Michael Kunzelman · March 1, 2013 11:01 pm

Lamar McKay, former president of BP America and current chief executive of BP's Upstream unit, left, leaves Federal Court after testifying in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. McKay, who was president of BP America at the time of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, became the first BP executive to testify at the federal trial intended to identify the causes of BP's Macondo well blowout and assign percentages of blame to the companies involved. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

BP executive testifies at Gulf oil spill trial

Michael Kunzelman · February 26, 2013 5:00 am