[B]BP Oil Spill Blowout Preventer Investigation May Be Compromised-MARITIME LAWYER NEWS[/B]
An investigation into the failure of the blowout preventer (BOP) from the Gulf Oil Spill in 2010 may have been compromised due to a conflict of interest involving a relationship between the investigating firm and employees of companies involved in the incident. Doubt is being raised because a Transocean Ltd. employee was allowed to manipulate some of the equipment on the BOP during the investigation. Transocean is the owner of the [I]Deepwater Horizon[/I], the oil rig involved in the disastrous Gulf coast oil spill which is under investigation. …[B] Read Full Story[/B]