ADVANCE GULF REPORT SLAMS BP

BY KEITH NUTHALL

AN ADVANCE chapter of the US National Oil Spill Commission report into the Gulf of Mexico disaster has attacked safety precautions on the Deepwater Horizon rig as insufficient. The chapter said it was "no longer acceptable to rely on...right person to be looking at the right data at the right time, and... understand its significance" while undertaking other responsibilities.

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