BP: Multiple companies, teams played role in oil disaster

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http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/08/us.gulf.oil.disaster/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1

"Multiple companies and work teams" contributed to the April 20 explosion aboard the offshore Deepwater Horizon oil rig, unleashing the worst oil spill in U.S. history, BP's internal investigation of the disaster concluded Wednesday.

While BP said its team "incorrectly accepted" results of a negative pressure test aboard the rig before the blast, the internal report assigns much of the blame to rig owner Transocean.

"Over a 40-minute period, the Transocean rig crew failed to recognize and act on the influx of hydrocarbons into the well until the hydrocarbons were in the riser and rapidly flowing to the surface," the report states.

The explosion left 11 men dead and spewed millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico over an 87-day period.

BP investigators found signs of "potential weaknesses in the testing regime and maintenance management system" for the blowout preventer that failed to shut down the well at the heart of the underwater oil gusher, the report said.

"The team did not identify any single action or inaction that caused this accident," according to the report. "Rather, a complex and interlinked series of mechanical failure, human judgments, engineering design, operational implementation and team interfaces came together to allow the initiation and escalation of the accident."

[BeFree]

1. One other 'team' not mentioned

The management team onshore.

Why would BP forget them?

Seems management team onshore is supposed to keep all the other teams working correctly.

Yep, a failure of the head honchos who were counting beans instead of properly overseeing the operation is the main cause of this disaster.

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2. Why would anyone beleive anything they have to say?

You'd have to be some sort of maroon.