Bp at fault for oil spill
Gulf Oil Spill Is BP's Fault, Not Offshore Drilling's Rushing to ban offshore drilling after the Gulf spill only pushes oil companies to move to countries with lax environmental laws. BP bears the majority of responsibility among the companies involved in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, a federal judge ruled Thursday, citing the energy giant’s reckless conduct over the disaster in a ruling that exposes it to billions of dollars in penalties. As Congress prepares to hold hearings into the April 20 explosion that sank the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, a billion-dollar question is bobbing on the oil-slicked waves: Whose fault is it? So far, Under the US Clean Water Act, a ruling of negligence would have meant BP was liable to pay $1,100 per barrel of oil spilled; gross negligence increases the penalty to $4,300 per barrel. The public relations strategy for dealing with a disaster such as the Gulf of Mexico spill, now officially the worst in US history, was always going to be about damage limitation. With each failure to stem the flow, BP's credibility has taken another blow. But at times, BP's response has made the situation worse.
Gulf Oil Spill Is BP's Fault, Not Offshore Drilling's Rushing to ban offshore drilling after the Gulf spill only pushes oil companies to move to countries with lax environmental laws.
8 Sep 2010 A BP report says "a series of failures" by BP and its contractors were to blame for the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill. 5 Jun 2014 BP's oil spill from its Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 was in part caused by the failure of a vital piece of safety equipment that the In a May 3, 2010, interview, BP CEO Tony Hayward places blame for the accident on the owner of the drilling platform, although he promises that BP will clean up 5 Jun 2014 The blowout preventer stack, right, and lower marine riser stack, left, from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the subject of federal 4 Sep 2014 BP bears the majority of responsibility among the companies involved in the worst U.S. offshore oil spill, a federal judge decides, citing the 9 Sep 2014 When BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in 2010, Fox News pundits rushed to the corporation's defense with excuses ranging from pitiful
5 Jun 2014 BP's oil spill from its Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 was in part caused by the failure of a vital piece of safety equipment that the
4 Sep 2014 The judge essentially divided blame among the three companies involved in the spill, ruling that BP bears 67% of the blame; Swiss-based 30 Sep 2016 The explosion killed 11 crew members and set off the worst oil spill in U.S. history . In fact, the Deepwater rig had gone an extraordinary seven 4 Sep 2014 A US federal judge ruled on Thursday that oil giant BP's gross negligence was to primarily blame for the largest oil spill in US history. "The Court 4 Sep 2014 Judge Barbier said BP should shoulder 67% of the blame for the 2010 spill, with drilling rig owner Transocean responsible for 30% and cement 14 Sep 2011 The Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig burning at a well in the Gulf of A Halliburton spokeswoman said that BP was to blame for poor well
8 Sep 2010 Human and mechanical failures led to the Deepwater Horizon blast and the subsequent Gulf oil spill, finds a BP report released Wednesday.
5 Jun 2014 BP's oil spill from its Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 was in part caused by the failure of a vital piece of safety equipment that the In a May 3, 2010, interview, BP CEO Tony Hayward places blame for the accident on the owner of the drilling platform, although he promises that BP will clean up
1 Jun 2010 BP's oil spill response has a been a disappointment, but the real Although the Department of the Interior is also to blame for handing out the
The Deepwater Horizon investigation included several investigations and commissions, among others reports by National Incident Commander Thad Allen, United States Coast Guard, National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore The conclusion was that BP was partly to blame, as was Transocean, which 4 Sep 2014 Barbier attributed 67% of the fault to BP, 30% to Transocean, which owned the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, and 3% to Halliburton, the cement
4 Sep 2014 Judge Barbier said BP should shoulder 67% of the blame for the 2010 spill, with drilling rig owner Transocean responsible for 30% and cement 14 Sep 2011 The Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig burning at a well in the Gulf of A Halliburton spokeswoman said that BP was to blame for poor well 8 Sep 2010 A long-awaited BP report lists eight reasons for the accident that caused its catastrophic Deepwater Horizon oil spill. 8 Sep 2010 A BP report says "a series of failures" by BP and its contractors were to blame for the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill. 5 Jun 2014 BP's oil spill from its Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 was in part caused by the failure of a vital piece of safety equipment that the In a May 3, 2010, interview, BP CEO Tony Hayward places blame for the accident on the owner of the drilling platform, although he promises that BP will clean up 5 Jun 2014 The blowout preventer stack, right, and lower marine riser stack, left, from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the subject of federal