BP and Transocean’s “phantom” test

Before he became Muhammed Ali, Cassius Clay knocked out Sonny Liston with a “phantom” punch that skeptics claimed proved the fight to be thrown by the “Bear.”

Because of the conveniently missing log that supposedly was destroyed in the Deepwater Horizon platform explosion, we may never know if BP and Transocean really did conduct a safety pressure test both companies claim showed it was safe to drill.

This supposed test was to have taken place sometime after the daily drilling report provided to Congress with a cut off time of 3 p.m., seven hours before the explosion which killed 11 workers.

Earlier that day, three tests showed explosive gas leaking into the well. But no records exist of the fourth test that both companies claim demonstrated that it was safe to proceed.

Indeed, some are questioning whether this phantom test even took place.

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