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        Transocean report blames BP for Gulf of Mexico oil disaster
        Internal investigation by rig owner blames oil giant for decisions that led to the worst offshore oil spill in US history

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        The Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns after exploding on 20 April 2010. Transocean says its evidence indicates that BP failed to properly assess, manage and communicate risk. Photograph: Gerald Herbert/AP
        An internal investigation by the owner of the rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico last year has largely blamed BP for the disaster.

        The Transocean report released on Wednesday said the Deepwater Horizon explosion on 20 April 2010 and resulting oil spill was the result of a succession of well design, construction, and temporary abandonment decisions that compromised the integrity of the well and compounded the risk of its failure. The Swiss firm said many of the decisions were made by well owner BP in the two weeks before the incident.

        Transocean said its evidence indicates that BP failed to properly assess, manage and communicate risk.

        BP's own internal report on the disaster blamed a cascade of failures by multiple companies. Government investigations also have spread around the blame. The findings by all of the various sides will be argued about for months and perhaps years to come as numerous lawsuits make their way through court. The companies involved in the disaster have sued each other seeking to recoup their losses or expected losses from the disaster.

        BP officials did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.










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