. ENVIRONMENT: POLLUTION : WATER POLLUTION : OIL SPILLS : INDUSTRIES: PETROLEUM: Transocean Employees Become Focus of BP Oil-Spill Investigators Transocean Employees Become Focus of BP Oil-Spill Investigators July 21, 2010, 12:02 AM EDT Bloomberg Business Week <http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-07-21/transocean- employees-become-focus-of-bp-oil-spill-investigators.html> A shorter URL for the above link: <http://tinyurl.com/27xjq6m>July 21 (Bloomberg) -- Transocean Ltd. employees onboard the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig when it exploded in the Gulf of Mexico have become the focus of a U.S. government probe into the cause of the fatal disaster.
Stephen Bertone, chief engineer on the rig, and Mike Williams, chief engineer technician, were designated as parties of interest yesterday by a joint U.S. Coast Guard-Interior Department investigative panel. That boosted to five the number of Transocean workers who could face criminal charges stemming from the accident that killed 11 people.
No one from BP Plc, which leased the Deepwater Horizon to drill the Macondo well, or from other companies involved in the work has been named a party of interest, according to the panels website. Transocean, the largest offshore oil driller, may be held liable because under maritime law the vessel owner has ultimate responsibility for the safety of those onboard, said Paul Sterbcow, an attorney representing Williams.
Transocean cannot delegate that duty to anybody else, Sterbcow said in a telephone interview before his client was named. The law prevents it and the facts prevent it.
If the joint panel finds that BP advocated unsafe drilling practices or a questionable well design, Transocean employees may be faulted for acquiescing, Sterbcow said.
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