TEMPORARY SHUT-DOWN ON THE DISCOVERER ENTERPRISE $BP

TEMPORARY SHUT-DOWN ON THE DISCOVERER ENTERPRISE Release Date: 15 June 2010 At approximately 9:30 am CDT, a small fire was observed at the top of the derrick on the Discoverer Enterprise. The fire was quickly extinguished. The preliminary view is that the fire was caused by a lightning strike. There were no injuries. All procedures were followed and, as a precaution, the LMRP containment operation was shut-down. All safety shut-down systems operated as designed. Final safety and operational assurance inspections are underway and operations are expected to recommence this afternoon. Click here to go to Dow Jones NewsPlus, a web front page of today's most important business and market news, analysis and commentary: http://www.djnewsplus.com/nae/al?rnd=uPISDq3EDp4R1cUHwmqBoA%3D%3D. You can use this link on the day this article is published and the following day.