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BP was more concerned with financial consequences rather than fixing the leak. It did NOT take the leak consequently very seriously.

It was a catastrophic engineering blunder.

caravon,
the financial consequences are obviously linked to the leak so your 1st statement is obviously wrong. There were probably things that BP could have done better but to say they didn't take the leak 'very seriously' is also ridiculous. That you've concluded that the accident is a 'catastropic engineering blunder' suggests that your knowledge of the matter is as superficial as your knowledge of history. There may have been engineering blunders but they almost certainly were not the sole cause of this accident.
cso