problems before the deepwater explosion. nothing happened.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gree...-problems.html
then a few days before things blew up, command of the rig was transferred. there's no conspiracy in this, btw. i just find it kinda interesting. were it not for the maintenance problems, the transfer woulda been unremarkable, and were it not for the explosion and subsequent disaster, all of this woulda been unremarkable.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gree...8Greenspace%29
but of course it's all very interesting because of what did happen.
there's more to the story of the waning days and what happened with the explosion came:
Deepwater Horizon engineer testifies about power failures before oil spill - latimes.com
on the up side, there are 5 leaks identified around the geyser site now. but the cap is still operating.
5 small leaks have been identified in Gulf well, Thad Allen says | NOLA.com
so the concern now is weather.