Pattern of Violations at Mariner Energy Emerging « The Washington Independent
Mariner Energy, the company that owns the oil rig that exploded today in the Gulf of Mexico, has been linked to seven violations and was involved in a number of accidents, The Houston Chronicle reports. At the same time, Lindsay Beyerstein at Big Think reports that Mariner Energy and Apache Energy, the company that just bought Mariner, paid $745,000 in fines this year.