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Court order dismisses Dril-Quip from claims in Deepwater Horizon litigation

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HOUSTON – Dril-Quip has announced that Judge Carl J. Barbier, the federal court judge in the Eastern District of Louisiana presiding over the multi-district proceeding In Re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico, issued an order on Jan. 20, 2012 granting Dril-Quip's motion for summary judgment and dismissing all claims asserted against Dril-Quip. 

In issuing the order, the court stated that it found no evidence showing that any equipment manufactured by Dril-Quip Inc. played any role in causing or contributing to the blowout.

01/25/2012

 

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