Nightly News | September 08, 2010
BP report prompts blame game
Transocean today called a recently released BP report "self-serving," and Halliburton said it contains "substantial omissions and inaccuracies." NBC's Brian Williams reports.
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BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor: BP released its internal investigation into what caused the Deepwater Horizon disaster. You may not be surprised to learn the 193-page report spreads the blame around, pointing the finger at Haliburton for a bad cement job, and rig owner Transocean for not reacting fast enough when oil and gas came up out of that pipe and for using a faulty blowout preventer. BP only took responsibility for one mistake, misinterpreting a pressure test, a big pressure test, as it turned out. Transocean today called the report self-serving. Haliburton said it contains substantial omissions and inaccuracies. The federal investigation is another matter entirely. When NIGHTLY NEWS