AP: Another major oil spill could 'absolutely' happen again

The Associated Press reported Thursday, citing experts and its own analysis of the state of U.S. offshore drilling, that another major oil spill could “absolutely” happen again.

Here’s more from the AP story:

“With everything Big Oil and the government have learned in the year since the Gulf of Mexico disaster, could it happen again? Absolutely, according to an Associated Press examination of the industry and interviews with experts on the perils of deep-sea drilling.”

“The government has given the OK for oil exploration in treacherously deep waters to resume, saying it is confident such drilling can be done safely. The industry has given similar assurances. But there are still serious questions in some quarters about whether the lessons of the BP oil spill have been applied.”

The AP story comes just days before the one-year anniversary of the Gulf oil spill, which claimed the lives of 11 rig workers and dumped 4.9 million barrels of oil into the ocean.