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The circular firing squad locks and loads:
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Transocean’s report comes two months after a study by the US Coast Guard said Transocean contributed to the disaster because of the company’s lax safety culture, and poorly maintained equipment on the Deepwater Horizon.
BP also says Transocean was partly to blame and is suing the Swiss company – the world’s largest offshore drilling contractor – for $40bn (£25bn).
Transocean also counters in its report that BP used a poor well design, which it says led to the failure of the cement around the well casing.
This is like squabbling over who’s more culpable: the perp who loaded the gun, the one who bought the ammo, or the one who pulled the trigger.