BP Report Shifts Gulf Spill Blame to Transocean, Halliburton – BusinessWeek
Sept. 9 (Bloomberg) — BP Plc, facing billions of dollars in damages and penalties for causing the largest U.S. oil spill, says its investigation shows other companies made mistakes that led to the Gulf of Mexico oil rig explosion. BP managers had direct involvement in just one of the eight judgment …
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Report by BP Finds Several Companies at Fault in Spill
The internal report tries to undermine the notion that BP acted negligently, focusing on decisions by contractors like Transocean and Halliburton.
BP oil spill costs hit $8 billion as ends rig probe (Reuters)
Reuters – BP Plc said the cost of dealing with its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had risen to billion as the oil giant prepared to release the findings of an internal probe into the causes of the disaster.
Gulf residents struggle in aftermath of oil spill (AP)
AP – The oil has stopped flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, and that should be a relief. But with fewer cleanup jobs to be had, many of the people hit hardest by the huge spill are struggling as badly as ever.
AP Enterprise: Spill bound BP, feds together – Forbes
NEW ORLEANS — For months, the U.S. government talked with a boot-on-the-neck toughness about BP , with the president wondering aloud about whose butt to kick. But privately, it worked hand-in-hand with the oil giant to cap the runaway Gulf well and chose to effectively be the company’s banker …
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