Yesterday, the U.S. government announced that the epic BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was caused by a faulty underwater blowout preventer and the subsequent failure of the attached cutting device’s ability to shear and seal the leaking oil well. The cutting device was off-kilter and allowed oil to leak out at an alarming rate, a forensic study says.
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