‘Fundamental Mistake’ Made Before BP Oil Spill, Lawmakers Say
“BP’s investigator indicated that a ‘fundamental mistake’ may have been made here because this was an ‘indicator of a very large abnormality,’” the lawmakers wrote in the summary prepared for members of the panel, which will hold a hearing on the spill tomorrow. Read more on Bloomberg
BP in ’04 made Gulf rig riskier
BP agreed in 2004 to the installation of a test valve and replacement of another key part on the Deepwater Horizon’s blowout preventer, although it acknowledged that doing so would reduce redundancies and increase risks on the drilling rig. The agreement was the subject of a letter, obtained by… Read more on New York Post
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