The lease gxranted to BP by the U.S. Department of the Interior, which permits BP to drill for oil at the Deepwater Horizon site in the Gulf of Mexico, provides that the Department of the Interior has the right to make inspections at the site throughout the term of the lease.
Were safety inspections made? If unsafe conitions were found, what did The Department find in the way of safety violations? If no safety violations were found, why were BP and Transocean fined?
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The lease gxranted to BP by the U.S. Department of the Interior, which permits BP to drill for oil at the Deepwater Horizon site in the Gulf of Mexico, provides that the Department of the Interior has the right to make inspections at the site throughout the term of the lease.
Were safety inspections made? If unsafe conitions were found, what did The Department find in the way of safety violations? If no safety violations were found, why were BP and Transocean fined?