BP spreads blame in oil spill report

The company has released its report on the massive Gulf oil spill. It turns out it wasn’t their fault.

British Petroleum posted a 193-page report on its website today, the culmination of an internal investigation into the oil rig explosion that killed 11 people and released millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico in April. The report rejects the idea that BP was solely responsible and blames “a complex and interlinked series of mechanical failures, human judgments, engineering design, operational implementation and team interfaces.” BP has previously attempted to lay some culpability with the company that owned the rig and cement contractor Haliburton, and it is no surprise that it is refusing to take all the blame as the report will lay the foundation for BP’s defense in the multiple legal battles the company is facing.