05-04-2010, 01:28 PM
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GFY HALL OF FAME DAMMIT!!!
Join Date: Jan 2002
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Its been confirmed.
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Early investigations have revealed that BP did not bother to install -- and that U.S. regulations do not require -- a backup device to provide another layer of protection in case the "fail-safe" shutoff valve failed (which is exactly what happened). Brazil requires such a device, and oil companies like Shell install it routinely even in the U.S. BP didn't because, at $500,000, it was "too expensive."
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