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Transocean oil rig safety questioned

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This programme has found evidence that a North Sea oil rig narrowly avoided the same fate as the rig which caused the Gulf of Mexico spill.

Reporter Tom Feilden explains how the accident raises important questions about Transocean's operating procedures.


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