Originally Posted by Sausage

I know its tempting to blame BP for everything but ...

# Only 8 of the 126 people working on the Deepwater Horizon were BP employees.

# BP only held a 65% share in the well, Anadarko held 25%. Anadarko are a Texas based oil production company with 4000 employees.

# The rig itself was owned and operated by an American firm, Transocean. They have been questioned with regards to possible understaffing. On the night of the disaster there were just 18 employees on the rig, lower than any other retained record. None of these were engineers, electricians, subsea supervisors or mechanics.

# The failed 'blow out preventer' was made by another American firm - Cameron.

# The cement work carried out which was supposed to 'seal' the well was carried out by yet another American firm, Halliburton - once run by Dick Cherney.