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Well Control Equipment Failure Events Decreased in 2019

Well control equipment (WCE) failure events during well operations in the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf decreased by 16.9 percent in 2019, according to Well Control Equipment Systems Safety – 2019 Annual Report  released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of...

U.S. Airlines April 2021 Fuel Use Up 3.7% from March

The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ April Fuel Cost and Consumption numbers.  U.S. airlines used 3.7% more fuel in April 2021 than in March 2021 to reach the highest monthly consumption level since March 2020. In April 2021,...