BP employees may face criminal charges

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OilOnline - BP employees may face criminal charges

12/29/2011

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The Wall Street Journal has reported that the U.S. Justice Department officials are preparing criminal charges against several Houston-based BP engineers and at least one supervisor for their role in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The WSJ report said that prosecutors believe the BP employees may have provided regulators with false information about possible risks during the Macondo well's drilling program.

BP America press officer Daren Beaudo said in a statement to OilOnline.com that the company had no comment on the matter.

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Referenced WSJ article: Criminal Charges Are Prepared in BP Spill - WSJ.com

Related: BP employees could face criminal spill charges - Houston Chronicle
 
The people who made the faulty decisions, bottom to top, should be held accountable on that FUBAR. People died, and people suffered major economic losses for their negligence.
 

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