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Did you work with Cameron Iron Works Wellhead Equipment, Blowout Preventers, Christmas Trees, Subsea Equipment? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. Cameron Iron Works Wellhead Equipment, Blowout Preventers, Christmas Trees, Subsea Equipment, sold from 1920 until 1989 (Cameron Iron Works); successor Cameron International / Schlumberger; asbestos era through the 1980s. Cameron Iron Works (founded Houston TX) was a dominant U.S. manufacturer of wellhead equipment, blowout preventers, and petroleum-production equipment through the asbestos era. Plaintiffs allege Cameron equipment was specified with asbestos gaskets and packing throughout the documented era. According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, this product allegedly contained the following: asbestos gaskets and packing on wellhead and blowout-preventer assemblies; asbestos electrical insulation on control systems. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Oilfield drilling crews, Oilfield mechanics, and Oilfield wellhead technicians. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around Cameron Iron Works Wellhead Equipment, Blowout Preventers, Christmas Trees, Subsea Equipment and were later diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestosis, or another asbestos-related disease, you may have a legal claim against the manufacturer. This is educational information from an independent publisher — not a law firm — and is not legal advice.
Product Description
Cameron Iron Works (founded 1920, headquartered Houston Texas; acquired by Cooper Industries 1989 forming Cooper Cameron Corporation; later Cameron International; today part of Schlumberger / SLB) was through the 20th century one of the dominant U.S. manufacturers of wellhead equipment, blowout preventers (BOPs), Christmas trees, choke and kill manifolds, and petroleum-production equipment for oilfield drilling and production operations. Cameron’s blowout preventer product line — particularly the Cameron Type U ram-type BOP — was an industry standard on U.S. and global drilling rigs through the documented asbestos era.
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Cameron Iron Works wellhead equipment, blowout preventers, and petroleum-production equipment were specified through the asbestos era with:
- Asbestos gaskets and packing at BOP ram seals, wellhead flange connections, and Christmas tree assemblies
- Asbestos packing on choke and kill manifold valves
- Asbestos electrical insulation on BOP control systems and subsea equipment electrical components
Cameron Iron Works / Cameron International / Schlumberger has been named as a Manufacturer Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.
Workers Exposed
- Oilfield drilling crews working Cameron BOPs on land and offshore rigs
- Oilfield mechanics servicing Cameron wellhead equipment
- Oilfield wellhead technicians servicing Cameron Christmas trees and production equipment
- Offshore drilling crews working Cameron subsea equipment
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