The causes of the massive Gulf oil spill are out for the first time Monday by investigators's work for President Barack Obama independent Commission potentially shifting blame be laid and settle disputes between the companies on the largest offshore oil spill, in U.S. history.
Representatives of the three companies that most in the April accident involved - are Halliburton, Transocean and BP - on the one hand to answer the allegations and respond to questions.
"It's helped the first public look at the events and actions that believe our researchers the blowout", said David Cohen, a spokesman for the seven-member Commission has 11 period a report outlining a Jan., what caused the catastrophe and what must be done to prevent that to provide a different Obama.
The Panel of chief investigator, Fred H. Bartlit Jr., reveals a preview of what was likely to come in a letter last month, the test for cement mixes, which similar to those used in the good showed that the formula it uses sowieso.Bartlit, Blowout unstable, but BP and Halliburton said the company before the type of cement used in sollte.Zement have a significant barrier is well covered to prevent blowouts.
Hours after the letter's release, Halliburton co., the contractor hired by BP to mix and pump cement in a statement said that it never stability on the final mix tests, and that the previous failed checks were used on a different formulation than that.
After months of hearings, studies and finger-pointing still disagreement is about what their error triggered the explosion, and 11 workers killed more than 200 million gallons of crude oil from BP's Gulf of Mexico well released.
The President of the Commission of the necessary clarity to weigh as the first independent body bring. other investigations of undertakings in the area of explosion, hot on has been done on big oil, democratic legislature and boards with members from the Government agency that BP's drilling plan approved.
BP PLC had his say - its internal investigation found error with the contractor Halliburton cement job and the maintenance of rig owner Transocean Ltd. on critical pieces of equipment durchgeführt.Das company asked how their employees a critical pressure test before the blowout incorrectly.
Democrats in Congress have focused on BP's well design, say the company made decisions that the security for profits sacrificed.
The Panel has been shown that it is not shy about matching criticism is.
Under the leadership of President George h.w of Bush's former environmental protection agency Administrator and a Republican Senator from Florida, criticized the Panel Obama administration's response to the spill, including decisions suspending, deep water exploration and whether the Interior Department has enough his dueling obligations which gather money from oil companies and business activities to separate police work on federal lands.
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