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Calls on these allegations but in a letter written to congress in january their attorney said quote the company is compliant with all federal requirements and atlantis has been operating so safely it received an mms award. they went on to say bp has reviewed the allegations and found them to be unsubstantiated. these are all pretty damming allegations if true a disaster on the atlantis could be 10 times worse than what happened on the horizon. plus keep in mind the atlantis platform was built the same way deep water horizon was. in two-days it could be the exxon valdez all over again. >> a lot...

>> his name is ken abbott and he came forward or he was hired in august, 2008. he was hired to manage the document for the atlantis platform. when he discovered there were such great document deficiencies he went to management, he worked with them to try to correct the problem, and he was faced with consultant resistance. in early 2009 his contract was ended and he went forward to the department of the interior minute merle management the agency charged with regulating offshore platforms. he also brought forward these allegations to bp's independent om budsman's office. at that point in time t...

The serious catastrophe unfolding right now in the gulf of mexico with the deep water horizon the explosion and sinki sinking, but the atlantis platform is in far deeper water almost 1 and a half times deeper water and currently producing 200 thousand barrels of oil per day. in just two-days there could be an oil spill. this is from bp's own documents that would be greater than the exxon val disease. an explosion or a leak that would be many times larger than what we are seeing right now in the gulf of mexico. >> tell us about the whistleblower how did he come forward and how was he treated wh...

The serious catastrophe unfolding right now in the gulf of mexico with the deep water horizon the explosion and sinki sinking, but the atlantis platform is in far deeper water almost 1 and a half times deeper water and currently producing 200 thousand barrels of oil per day. in just two-days there could be an oil spill. this is from bp's own documents that would be greater than the exxon val disease. an explosion or a leak that would be many times larger than what we are seeing right now in the gulf of mexico. >> tell us about the whistleblower how did he come forward and how was he treated wh...

>> his name is ken abbott and he came forward or he was hired in august, 2008. he was hired to manage the document for the atlantis platform. when he discovered there were such great document deficiencies he went to management, he worked with them to try to correct the problem, and he was faced with consultant resistance. in early 2009 his contract was ended and he went forward to the department of the interior minute merle management the agency charged with regulating offshore platforms. he also brought forward these allegations to bp's independent om budsman's office. at that point in time t...