Obama panel cites ‘failure of management' at Macondo

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Washington-The blowout of BP's Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico last April was due to a "failure of management" on the part of BP , Transocean and Halliburton, as well as a failure by government regulators, and could occur again if significant reforms are not adopted, the National Oil Spill Commission has concluded. "The blowout was not the product of a series of aberrational decisions made by rogue industry or government officials that could not have been anticipated or expecte to occur again," the commission's final report, part of which was released January 5, stated. "Rather, the root causes are sys- temic and, absent significant reform in both industry practices and government policies, might well recur."