U.S. blames BP for Gulf spill

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By Ayesha Rascoe and Anna Driver
September 14, 2011

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/1...KV20110914

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In a report that may be pivotal in the multibillion-dollar legal battles to come and could set the stage for criminal charges, the Coast Guard and the offshore oil regulator said BP was solely to blame for 21 of 35 contributing causes to the Macondo well blow-out that led to the leak, and shared blame for eight more.

After the most definitive look yet at the disaster, investigators said BP focused excessively on containing costs and speeding up operations, and made a series of decisions that complicated cementing operations, which they said were the central cause of the disaster.

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"BP's cost or time saving decisions without considering contingencies and mitigation were contributing causes of the Macondo blowout," the report said.

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In June 2010, U.S. attorney-general Eric Holder announced that the Justice Department had opened criminal and civil investigations into the causes of the disaster.

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[jaxx]

That verifies what was said when the well blew....they were hurried on the cementing. I followed this closely last year and am glad to see BP get some blame. Also the people who did the cementing....Halliburton....they could have stood up and said no, we won't hurry. It was said that at any time workers could make the call to hold up the process. Money talks.

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(09-15-2011 09:31 AM)jaxx Wrote:  That verifies what was said when the well blew....they were hurried on the cementing. I followed this closely last year and am glad to see BP get some blame. Also the people who did the cementing....Halliburton....they could have stood up and said no, we won't hurry. It was said that at any time workers could make the call to hold up the process. Money talks.

very important points, jaxx.

and this, YES: "Money talks."


thank you!

[Cha]

Where it should be. Watch Texas rep, Louie Gohmert, start blubbering.

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(09-15-2011 12:24 PM)Cha Wrote:  Where it should be. Watch Texas rep, Louie Gohmert, start blubbering.

yes, "Where it should be"!

oh yeah, he's a repug, he'll blubber ... then do something vengeful.

thank you, Cha!