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Bp used it voluntarily on its british rigs, it was not included here. in addition to that, bp didn't put a deep well valve, a shutoff valve that would be 200 feet below the level of the sand. it's standard operating procedure. they didn't put it there because it would have cost a few more bucks for them. there's also some indication that bp was drilling way beyond its permit limitations. the permit limitations allowed bp to go down to 18,000 feet. apparently they were already at 20 -- between 22 and 25,000 feet when the explosion occurred. there was clearly deliberate and willful negligence th...

North sea and it is used by bp on all of its north sea rigs. it is called an accostic regulator device and it can remotely turn or shut off the pipe in the event of a blowout. they did not have one on this pipe. they were excused from having that in a 2003 meeting with dick cheney in which he said -- he absolved the oil industry from installing the safety devices in its offshore rigs. they also didn't have a dope-well valve, apparently, which is another valve that is 200 feet below the surface of the sand, another fail safe device they could have used to shut off the pipe. apparently, bp was a...