Federal investigators to grill BP executives

A panel is set to hold a hearing on oil well design failures and disabled safety systems, which might have contributed to the deadly explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig.Federal investigators on Monday are expected to confront executives and managers of BP and rig owner Transocean Ltd. about catastrophic failures in oil well design and disabled safety systems that may have played a role in the deaths of 11 crewmen on the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon.

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