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BP cut corners before Deepwater Horizon blowout
New Orleans AP reports internal BP documents released by the House committee detail money saving shortcuts and blunders in the weeks before the April 20 disaster. Engineers warned a riskier design saved 7 to 10 million dollars but raised blowout danger, with delays costing BP at least 500,000 dollars daily.
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Henry A. Waxman
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Brian Morel
Tony Hayward
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