<p>The fact remains that BP postponed testing the blowout prevention system. Had they tested it when they were originally supposed to, they would have known it was faulty and replaced/repaired it. BP also was the driving force in all of the corner-cutting going on, so while Transocean deserves some blame, they really didn’t have nearly as much control as BP did. Sure someone could have (should have) been a whistle-blower and alerted somebody to the stuff BP was ordering, but as many of us know, whistle-blowers are often punished more severely than the people who are getting the whistle blown on.</p>
<p>It is really just a tragic accident, but far and away the lion’s share of the blame falls on BP. They didn’t do things by the book, and this time, it came back to bite them in the butt.</p>