6th Jan 11
US panel damns BP for 2010 oil spill
by Adam Richards
The companies involved in last year’s Gulf of Mexico spill decided to cut costs, which contributed to the disaster, it has been concluded by a US panel.
In one of the chapters of its final report, set to be published soon, the presidential commission suggests the failures were “systemic” while also being likely to recur with BP not having adequate controls set in place to guarantee safety, it found.
2010′s April blast on the Deepwater Horizon rig spelled the deaths of 11 people and triggered one of the worst spills in the history of the oil industry. The Macondo-based well, around a mile under the surface of the sea, leaked several million of gallons of oil in the areas surrounding Gulf of Mexico, which damaged hundreds of miles of American coastline before it was eventually capped in July.
In its own statement, BP suggested that, like its own investigation, the report found that the accident was a result of multiple causes, with multiple companies involved and not just itself. However, it said that its own firm is working with regulators now to guarantee that every lesson learned from Macondo has lead to improvements in its operations and deepwater drilling services.
Transocean, the owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig, told that that the procedures currently being conducted in the last hours before it was destroyed were crafted and then directed by BP engineers before being approved in advance by US federal regulators.
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