‘No single factor’ to blame for BP spill

BP has said no single factor was responsible for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, with blame instead attributed to “a sequence of failures involving a number of different parties”.

Some 4.9 million barrels of oil leaked into the Gulf following an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in April this year, which also claimed 11 lives.

The well was capped on July 15th with an operation to permanently seal it due to take place in the next few weeks.

In a report released by BP today, the oil giant argues decisions made by “multiple companies and work teams” contributed to the accident, which it says arose from “a complex and interlinked series of mechanical failures, human judgments, engineering design, operational implementation and team interfaces”.

BP’s incoming chief executive Bob Dudley said: “We have said from the beginning the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon was a shared responsibility among many entities.

Source: BTN 

08.09.10