Report spreads blame for BP oil spill
- Published: 14/09/2011 at 11:04 PM
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A key US government report spreads the blame for the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday, citing a bad cement job and poor management decisions by BP and its subcontractors.
The finding by the agency that regulates offshore drilling could strengthen BP's legal case for recovering some of the massive costs of the spill from Halliburton, which performed the cement job, rig owner Transocean and parts manufacturer Cameron, which supplied the faulty blowout preventer.
The report concluded that a ``central cause of the blowout was failure of a cement barrier.''
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- Writer: AFP News agency
- Position: Agence France-Presse
