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A complex responsibility

Complicating the inquiry into the Deepwater


Horizon oil rig explosion is the vessels
complex, international history of regulations.
The sometimes conflicting regulatory directives C
could prove to be an obstacle in determining B
who is responsible for the disaster.
A
E
B
F
D D

Fire boat crews battle


the blaze on the
Deepwater Horizon,
April 21, 2010

A Deepwater B Transocean, owner C Deepwater D The rig was B The Marshall F As a foreign vessel, the rig
Horizon was of Deepwater Horizon was registered with the Islands ship was inspected by the
built in 2001 at Horizon, moved leased by BP, Marshall Islands at the registry is run through American Bureau of Shipping,
Hyundai Heavy headquarters two years based in the time of the explosion; a joint venture with an internationally recognized
Industries ago from the Cayman United Kingdom it had previously been International private company known as a
Shipyard in Ulsan, Islands to Switzerland registered in Panama Registries Inc., based classification society, based
South Korea in Reston, Va. in Houston
Source: Chicago Tribune, MCT Photo Service
Graphic: Chicago Tribune 2010 MCT

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