Oil Spill a Blow to BP's Image..Current CEO .."Safety First"

[Stuart G]

New York Times...
By CLIFFORD KRAUSS
Published: April 29, 2010

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/30/business/30bp.html?hp

from the middle of the article...

"Mr. Hayward, a geologist who had been in charge of exploration and production, took over and promised to refocus the company and change the culture, emphasizing safety.

"He also expanded the company’s already aggressive exploratory efforts in the deep waters of the gulf. Last year, the same platform that has now sunk to the sea floor drilled the deepest well in history, opening one of the largest new fields in the world."

Despite the accident, BP says it remains committed to its gulf drilling program, which contributes 11 percent of the company’s worldwide production.

Senior executives insist that the explosion that sank the Deepwater Horizon rig and killed 11 workers does not reflect the company’s safety standards or Mr. Hayward’s management.

This accident took place on a rig owned, managed and operated by Transocean,” said Andrew Gowers, a BP spokesman. “It involves the failure of a piece of equipment on that rig. So the unfolding events do not arise from a failure of BP’s safety systems.”

But critics in Congress and elsewhere have questioned BP’s commitment to safety.

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These people are just like the mine owners.
Screw safety..its all about money..That well did not have common safety devises that other deep wells have. Probably costs too much..

See this thread on safety devises.. currently in Latest Breaking News forum, "Leaking Oil Wells Lacked Safety Divises"
thanks to.. seafan.. for posting it:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=4361381&mesg_id=4361381

[cdsilv]

1. the 'acoustic switch' that should have been there to trigger the blowout preventer...

..reportedly costs $500k - this is not even a drop in oil company profits. Cheap bastards!