In BP’s Record, a History of Boldness and Costly Blunders

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/business/energy-environment/13bprisk.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&th&emc=th

This article gave me great appreciation for the reporters' (I assume there is more than one, as Julia Werdigier is listed as a contributing reporter. )hard work gathering, digesting, and synthesizing this information for me. There are many sources, both inside and outside the company, scientists, engineers, workers, and more. Assuming that I trust the author's take, it's a great relief to have it all compiled for me. I especially appreciate this effort after our discussion yesterday about choosing only the best and most important elements of our interviews and consolidating them to tell one story.

Also, I was both shocked and amused by the contrast between the fastidious personal safety rules inflicted on BP personnel in the workplace and beyond (to save on insurance premiums, in part) and the shoddiness found in their billion-dollar projects.