WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. board examining the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has subpoenaed Transocean Ltd for equipment recovered from the sunken vessel and other records, setting up a potential clash with investigators conducting a separate criminal probe.
In early May, a special U.S. Marine Board of Investigation and the Justice Department separately ordered Transocean to preserve and retain material that could be needed for their probes of the well drilling and subsequent explosion that set off the oil leak.
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