Leaked BP report reveals serious near-miss accidents

Costly failures show 'urgent attention' needed to improve how oil giant manages crucial engineering data at plants

An internal report into how the oil giant BP monitors its refinery and chemical sites has revealed at least two near-miss accidents that could have caused deaths.

The report, leaked to Greenpeace, concludes that "urgent attention" is required to improve how BP manages crucial engineering data across the world and that the company lags behind its competitors including Shell, Chevron, Petronas and ConocoPhillips.