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能源舆情编译作业8 新闻一： BP executive defends report on Gulf oil spill BP executive defends companys report on causes of deadly rig explosion, Gulf oil spill By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press March 4, 2013 7:31 PM 1. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The BP executive who led the companys probe of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion denied Monday that his investigators narrowly focused on rig workers actions to spare onshore engineers and managers from blame for the disaster. 2. At the start of the second week of a trial over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a lawyer for rig owner Transocean Ltd. asked the BP executive, Mark Bly, why his teams report doesnt mention a call from BP rig supervisor Donald Vidrine to an onshore engineer less than an hour before the blast. 3. Notes from interviews by BP investigators show they knew about a telephone call in which the engineer, Mark Hafle, and Vidrine discussed the results of a crucial safety test that Vidrine allegedly misinterpreted. Hafle told the BP investigators he had warned Vidrine that the results indicated the test may not have been properly lined up. 4. But BPs September 2010 report says its investigators found no evidence that the Transocean rig crew or BP rig supervisors consulted anyone “outside their team” about the test results. 5. Transocean attorney Brad Brian pressed Bly to explain that apparent discrepancy. Bly described the call as an “after-the-fact conversation” and said the details of their discussion werent completely clear. Bly also insisted his teams report covered the test results “pretty comprehensively.” 6. Brian asked Bly why none of his handwritten notes include any mention of his teams interviews with Hafle.?Did you just decide not to write it down, sir?” Brian asked.?I dont recall,” said Bly, whose testimony started last Wednesday. 7. Vidrine and fellow BP well site leader Robert Kaluza were indicted last year on manslaughter charges and await a separate trial. Their indictment accus