Congress, engineers and oil industry executives have identified a list of flawed decisions made by BP and others-made under pressure to speed up work and reduce cost-that may be behind the April 20 fatal explosion that sank the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig.rnThe explosion killed 11 workers and led to the eruption of oil from BP's Ma-condo well in the Gulf of Mexico.rn"Time after time, BP had warning signs that this was, as one employee put it, a 'nightmare well,'" said Rep. Bart Stu-pak (D-Mich) in opening statements during a June 17 hearing with BP CEO Tony Hayward. "BP made choices that set safety aside in exchange for cost-cutting and time-saving decisions," he said.
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