"Assumption well blowout reviewed Cleanup, cause considered "
http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/101944018.html
This part sounds like there may be friction between Mantle and partners.
"A major stakeholder in the well, Grand Gulf Energy Ltd., has also announced its own third-party review of the blowout and ongoing operations.
Grand Gulf has said it plans to drill three wells in the area to tap into the Napoleonville Salt Dome."