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BP Gulf of Mexico Rig Lacked Alarm Systems

Posted by Soulskill on from the eh-we'll-keep-an-eye-on-it dept.

DMandPenfold writes "BP's monitoring IT systems on the failed Deepwater Horizon oil rig relied too heavily on engineers following complex data for long periods of time, instead of providing automatic warning alerts. That is a key verdict of the Oil Spill Commission, the authority tasked by President Barack Obama to investigate the Gulf of Mexico disaster."

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  1. Re:As opposed to... by countertrolling · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    In the BP spill it didn't.

    Yes it did. Information, leakage of which would have caused much more damage to the company, was contained very effectively. Now, as far as they are concerned the matter is closed.

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