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BP Executives Sought to Blame ‘Blue Collar Rig Workers’ for Gulf Oil Spill: U.S.

BP executives wanted to concentrate blame for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster on “blue collar rig workers” in order to save themselves, U.S. government lawyers wrote in a court document that until Thursday was partially redacted. According to the …

Oil Firms, Regulators Miss Major Accident Indicators: Gulf Spill Report

Transocean and BP, trade associations, and U.S. regulators largely judged the safety of offshore facilities by focusing on routine personal injury and fatality data such as dropped objects and trips and falls when they should have been more focused on …