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U.S. gets set to sanction BP, contractors for spill

U.S. gets set to sanction BP, contractors for spill

The U.S. offshore drilling regulator could issue sanctions as early as next week against BP and the major contractors involved in last year's Gulf oil spill, an agency official said on Thursday.

 

Gulf Drilling Regulators Let Oil Companies Fill Out Their Own Inspection Reports

Federal regulators responsible for oversight of drilling in the Gulf of Mexico allowed industry officials several years ago to fill in their own inspection reports in pencil -- and then turned them over to the regulators, who traced over them in pen before submitting the reports to the agency, according to an inspector general's report to be released this week.

 

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