BP released an internal report on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that acknowledged some missteps by its engineers.

英国石油公司近日透露了一份有关墨西哥湾漏油事件的内部报告，承认其工程师有一定过失。

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BP and Halliburton knew weeks before an explosion tore through a BP rig in the Gulf of Mexico that the cement mix they planned to pump into an undersea BP well was faulty, a probe found.

一项调查表明，BP和哈里·伯顿在墨西哥湾的一处BP钻井发生爆炸的几周前就知悉它们向海底的BP钻井泵入的水泥配料存在缺陷。

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He also continued to strike an adversarial tone toward BP.

他同时也延续了对英国石油公司的不满的语气。

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In an e-mail, BP engineer Brian Morel told a fellow employee that the company is likely to make last-minute changes in the well.

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