A story in the Houston Chronicle starts out:

“BP officials insist safety was a top priority on the Macondo drilling project more than 40 miles off the coast of Louisiana, but there were plenty of reasons for the oil giant to want to cut corners to save time and money.“

It’s a good discussion of the shortcuts taken and how perhaps safety was compromised. Read it at:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/7027665.html