Permit plans prove that BP lied about its disaster preparedness

[ProSense]

BP Prepared for Spill 10 Times Gulf Disaster, Permit Plans Say

May 31 (Bloomberg) -- BP Plc said in permit applications for drilling in the Gulf of Mexico that it was prepared to handle an oil spill more than ten times larger than the one now spewing crude into the waters off the southern United States.

“Proper execution of the procedures detailed in this manual will help to limit environmental and ecological damage to sensitive areas as well as minimizing loss or damage to BP facilities in the event of a petroleum release,” the company said in its oil-spill response plan, filed with the U.S. Minerals Management Service in 2008.

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On April 20, a blowout there caused the drilling rig, Deepwater Horizon, to explode and then sink, leaving an open wellhead spewing as much as 19,000 barrels of oil a day into the Gulf waters. The company has failed so far to stop the gusher.

“Clearly we do have an oil-spill response plan in place, it was an integral part of our permitting with the MMS and it was specifically agreed with and approved by the MMS,” BP spokesman David Nicholas said in an e-mailed statement. “It sets out the actions, considerations, plans and steps that will be used in the case of an oil spill, and it is this plan that has been in action in response.”

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[ProSense]

1. No comment? n/t

[Jennicut]

2. Yeah, they sure were prepared....

IS anyone prepared for a leak 5000 feet below the ocean? If not, then we need to rethink allowing deep sea drilling at all.

[ProSense]

3. Now, let's see if

this lie is exposed by the media.

[Cha]

4. The corporatemediawhores are too busy

trying to blame the President and keep it Away from BP and jindal.