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Oil spill panel finds BP, Halliburton guilty of short cuts on safety

Baton Rouge : LA : USA | Jan 06, 2011 at 10:29 AM PST
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President Obama’s oil spill commission has concluded that BP and Halliburton were both guilty of contributing to the cause of the Deepwater Horizon disaster which resulted in the worst oil spill in US history.

A 48 page final report released Wednesday found that BP failed to test the cement plug Halliburton used to seal the exploratory Macondo well. The flawed cement mix failed, caused the rig to explode on April 20, 2010, and kill eleven crew members, dump nearly 5 million barrels of oil, and 2 million gallons of chemical dispersant into the Gulf of Mexico.

The commission concluded that short-cuts are an industry-wide practice that will result in continuing oil spill disasters, unless new, stiffer regulations are put in place.

The problem with preventing further oil spill disasters lies in the plans of the new republican congress. Incoming chairman of the Government Oversight Committee, Rep. Darrel Issa of California, has stated that he plans to roll back and remove as many government regulations as he can, including those that regulate the oil industry.

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Posted By ethelsmith ethelsmith | over 1 year ago
This was not the first such disaster and I fear it wont be the last. It was the biggest so far though I should think
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Posted By Adebanjos Adebanjos | over 1 year ago
When is these oil disaster come to end. rated!
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Posted By itobin53 itobin53 | over 1 year ago
Not really a surprise. No oil spill is an accident.
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Posted By aymaan30 aymaan30 | over 1 year ago
The damage is done and we are already seeing the consequences. The question is- Will we ever learn?
Thanks for sharing! RATED UP.
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