BP, Transocean faulted over preventive efforts in gulf spill
Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - 23:30
in Earth & Climate
A federal report finds that although both companies had near-misses before the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, safety efforts did not focus on preventing catastrophic well blowouts. WASHINGTON — Before the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, BP and drilling rig owner Transocean focused their safety efforts on curtailing worker injury rather than preventing catastrophic well blowouts, all but ignoring critical lessons from two near-misses just before the Deepwater Horizon explosion, according to a new federal investigation of the disaster.