‘Flawed decisions’ cited in Gulf blowoutLatest report on Deepwater Horizon disaster details causes, makes safety recommendations; BP, Cameron reach $250M settlement Wesley Loy For Petroleum News
Multiple “flawed decisions,” including an ill-advised procedure to displace drilling mud with seawater, led to the disastrous blowout at BP’s Macondo exploratory well, says a major new report.
“Neither industry nor U.S. regulators appear to have foreseen the risks of a Macondo-scale event,” the 134-....
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