Though everyone all over the world realizes that BP made a huge mistake with the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a recent report came out that BP and it contractors missed and ignored warning signs before the oil-well blowout. "Among the hazards highlighted in the panel's report were several tests that indicated the cement at the bottom of the hole wouldn't be an effective barrier to an influx of oil and gas." (Wall Street Journal) There were also reports about month before the oil spill that BP had lost drilling materials deep down in a hole. This was a sign that BP was not paying attention to any of their risks when bad things were occurring.
It is hard to say what actually caused the oil spill still after 11 workers had died from this tragic incident but what the media does know is that there are little incidents that did occur to maybe involve the oil spill. "Interior Secretary Ken Salazar asked in May for the investigation by the academy, saying he wanted "an independent, science-based understanding of what happened." (Wall Street Journal)
-Michael Sheinfeld
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704648604575620511160070900.html?mod=WSJ_Energy_leftHeadlines
In addition to BP ignoring the warning signs, BP also had 760 willful safety violations, compared to companies like Sunoco with 8 willful safety violations, ConocoPhillips with 8 willful safety violations, Citgo with only 2 willful safety violations, and Exxon with only 1 safety violation. To put that in to the words of Jon Stewart, "Exxon could get 70 times the egregious willful safety violations and still be 90% safer than BP."
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http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/06/jon-stewart-blasts-bp-760-safety-violations.php
This makes the oil spill even more unfortunate for BP and potentially hurts the credibility of the company. It will be interesting to see what BP says about this statement
ReplyDelete-nicole lombardo
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