"A whistleblower is alleging for the first time in a yearslong lawsuit against BP that its massive Atlantis oil platform operation off the Louisiana coast faces present and imminent danger. Kenneth Abbott first complained in 2009 that BP had failed to keep required records of the design of pressure-relief systems and other safety mechanisms onboard the Atlantis."
"His lawsuit in Houston drew national attention in the aftermath of the April 2010 blowout of BP's Macondo well near the tip of Louisiana.
Subsequently, the U.S. government joined in some of his claims when an independent reviewer justified many of Abbott's complaints. But BP, and later the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, determined that the lack of safety records did not pose any imminent threat."
David Hammer reports for the New Orleans Times-Picayune March 16, 2012.
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