11:11 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nTransocean, the owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig that leaked millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, has largely blamed BP for the disaster.<\/p>\n
In a report into last year’s spill, Swiss-based Transocean said the UK oil giant failed to properly assess and communicate the risks around the well.<\/p>\n
Transocean and BP – which owns the actual well – continue to be locked in legal dispute over who is to blame.<\/p>\n
BP said it was studying Transocean’s report.<\/p>\n
The explosion in April 2010 killed 11 workers and resulted in oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico for three months.<\/p>\n
The Macondo well, about a mile underneath the Deepwater Horizon, was finally sealed in September.<\/p>\n
‘Poor design’<\/span><\/p>\nTransocean’s report comes two months after a study by the US Coast Guard said Transocean contributed to the disaster because of the company’s lax safety culture, and poorly maintained equipment on the Deepwater Horizon.<\/p>\n
BP also says Transocean was partly to blame and is suing the Swiss company – the world’s largest offshore drilling contractor – for $40bn (\u00a325bn).<\/p>\n
Transocean also counters in its report that BP used a poor well design, which it says led to the failure of the cement around the well casing.<\/p>\n
It says it was this which allowed gas to escape and reach the rig, which caused the explosion.<\/p>\n
Transocean also claims that BP and contractor Halliburton did not adequately test the quality of the cement used around the well.<\/p>\n
Last month, one of the other owners of the well agreed to contribute to BP’s compensation fund to settle claims relating to the oil spill.<\/p>\n
Japanese firm Moex Offshore, which owns 10% of the well, said it would put $1.065bn (\u00a3660m) into the fund.<\/p>\n
The final US government report – the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling – found that several companies had been at fault for the disaster, although it said BP had overall responsibility.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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