JAPANESE STEEL

BP Horizon, Macondo Field

Hull built in S. Korea in 1998-2000

10 years before US banned Japanese steel.

Cameron Blowout Preventor

Built in 2002

Japanese Steel

LMRP

Lower Marine Riser Package

Subsea element above Blowout Preventer

Built in S. Korea and Italy 2000

Substandard steel cracks like a dry leaf under 2100psi (pressure at 5000ft). This drilling unit was 8000ft down and 20000 ft into the hole (sub-seabed)

Pipe rattle, as communicated by the Administration and media, was wrong. The pipe split inside the LMRP, therefore the blowout preventer could not close properly.