In this Saturday, June 26, 2010 file picture, an oil-drenched bird struggles to climb onto a boom from the waters of Barataria Bay, La., which are filled with oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Updated: Wednesday, 08 Jun 2011, 5:51 PM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 08 Jun 2011, 5:51 PM EDT
UNDATED (AP) - The owner of the oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico last year says a Coast Guard report that faults the company for a poor safety culture and other shortcomings that preceded the disaster is full of errors.
Transocean said in a 112-page response submitted Wednesday to the U.S. government that the April 22 draft report should be corrected.
Switzerland-based Transocean insists the blast did not result from poor upkeep, that the blowout preventer was properly
maintained and that the general alarm on the rig did not fail to operate automatically.
Multiple investigations have blamed a cascade of failures by several companies, including Transocean.
The April 2010 rig explosion killed 11 workers and sparked the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.
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