TransOcean LTD.

Rig Survivors Can't Have Claims Heard Until They Go To The Doctor, Says Transocean

Zoe Schlanger | July 8, 2011, 3:50PM

The Deepwater Horizon oil rig sinks; the Transocean form presented to survivors (inset)

Faced with mounting personal injury claims, Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc. is pushing hard for survivors of the Deepwater Horizon disaster to submit to physical and mental exams before their cases can be heard in court. The drilling giant, who owned the rig, has preselected doctors and scheduled appointments for 15 of its former employees who say they sustained psychological and physical injuries from the April 20, 2010 explosion that killed 11 members of the 126-person crew.

The motion takes a brusque tone with the employees' refusal thus far to comply with previous urgings from Transocean.

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Oil Spill Commission

Commish: Poor Management That Caused BP Oil Spill Is Industry-Wide

Rachel Slajda | January 6, 2011, 9:43AM

Transocean Deepwater Horizon drilling platform sinks during Gulf Oil Spill Disaster

The Deepwater Horizon blowout that lead to the worst oil spill in U.S. history was caused by poor management -- poor management that, according to the presidential Oil Spill Commission, is industry-wide.

The commission, which has released some of its findings on the causes of the blowout, says the blowout could have been prevented by better management by BP and its partners, Halliburton and Transocean.

"The blowout was not the product of a series of aberrational decisions made by rogue industry or government officials that could not have been anticipated or expected to occur again," the report reads. "Rather, the root causes are systemic and, absent significant reform in both industry practices and government policies, might well recur."

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