Transocean, the company that owned the rig behind the Gulf of Mexico disaster, has accused oil giant BP of hiding key data needed for a probe in a recently published strongly worded letter. Transocean accused BP of trying to stop any other entity from probing the April 20 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig, leased by BP, which killed 11 workers and unleashed the worst oil spill in history. BP quickly denounced the letter, which was sent to three members of President Barack Obama's cabinet and leading members of Congress, calling it a "publicity stunt" to deflect Transocean's responsibility. Transocean said BP had stopped even acknowledging requests for documents that "only BP has and that are critical to an honest assessment of the incident and the identification of possible improvements for the entire industry." "BP has continued to demonstrate its unwillingness, if not outright refusal, to deliver even the most basic information to Transocean,...
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