Perhaps more for those of a technical bent, a fascinating analysis of the many things that can go wrong with a “fail-safe” Blow Out Preventer.
It’s not just BP, though the Company does not seem to have made any great efforts to ensure “belt and braces” in place, and to have exerted significant pressure for haste.
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
The federal agency charged with regulating offshore drilling repeatedly declined to act on advice on how it could minimize the risk of a failure of the device, an examination found.
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