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Report Blames BP's Shortcuts for Gulf Oil Spill
The New York Times
September 14, 2011
A joint task force comprised of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, as well as the United States Coast Guard has released a report finding BP responsible for the Deepwater Horizon tragedy.
The report cites BP cost-cutting and time-shaving practices in its attempt to complete the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico among the reasons for the accident, saying that "poor risk management, last-minute changes to plans, failure to observe and respond to critical indicators, inadequate well control response and insufficient emergency bridge response training," all contributed to the explosion and to poor emergency response after the explosion.
According to The New York Times, while the report finds BP to be "ultimately responsible," it also said that, "BP’s chief contractors, Transocean, which owned the mobile drilling rig, and Halliburton, which was responsible for the cementing operations, shared blame for many of the fatal mistakes."