Documents show Early Worries about Safety of Rig ..New York Times

[Stuart G]

By IAN URBINA
Published: May 29, 2010


WASHINGTON - Internal documents from BP show that there were serious problems and safety concerns with the Deepwater Horizon rig far earlier than those the company described to Congress last week.

The problems involved the well casing and the blowout preventer, which are considered critical pieces in the chain of events that led to the disaster on the rig.

The documents show that in March, after several weeks of problems on the rig, BP was struggling with a loss of “well control.” And as far back as 11 months ago, it was concerned about the well casing and the blowout preventer.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/us/30rig.html?hp
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And what did BP do???....

[Ruby the Liberal]

1. How many other rigs out there have a similar paper trail?

[charlesg]

2. It's the BP corporate culture: Cutting corners and jeopardizing safety for profit