BP testimony: Officials knew of key safety problem on rig

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 22:21 in Mathematics & Economics

The company's well manager says he reported a leak atop a well safety device months before the April 20 disaster. Investigators said BP should have suspended operations until it was fixed. BP officials knew about a problem on a critical well safety device at least three months before the catastrophic April 20 explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, but failed to repair it,...

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