Originally Posted by roly

"BP said rig owners Transocean were responsible for the operation and maintenance of that piece of equipment.

Transocean said it tested the device successfully before the accident."

so transocean haven't denied it was their responsibilty, and that they tested it succesfully before the accident. sounds like this wasn't bp's fault, whether it had relevance to not being able to stop the spill i don't know.

bp's rightfully coming in for a lot of critism, but there's other companies who had a hand in this mess as well.