JIT found possible operating lapses on Macondo rig, panel told

The joint investigation by the two federal entities responsible for offshore safety enforcement and environmental protection found that numerous system deficiencies and acts of omission by Transocean Ltd. and the Deepwater Horizon semisubmersible rig’s crew reduced opportunities to limit the April 20, 2010, Macondo well incident’s damage, a US Coast Guard official told a congressional committee.

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