BP's greed leads to new legislation

The US House of Representatives passed legislation
1... to improve oil exploration techniques and oil spill cleanup

2....creates a federal research commission that would focus on preventing oil spills and ways to respond to any future oil leaks.

Sooooo.....????

Where is this mysterious BP greed...? Exactly ? .....that led to legislation to improve oil exploration techniques and oil spill cleanup ....WTF are you talking about?

Or are you just a left wing pinhead troll spewing the buzz words and talking points of the liberals....????
 
British Polluter said:
Are you saying BP's profits are more important than American lives?
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Interesting that you don't point out that those American lives were caused by the actions of themselves and fellow Americans, as the Transocean rig was manned and operated by an all American crew. Why don't you point that out, you cretin. It was also considered to be one of the safest rigs in the world.

In 2009 the Minerals Management Service "herald[ed] the Deepwater Horizon as an industry model for safety".[43] According to AP's investigation "its record was so exemplary, according to MMS officials, that the rig was never on inspectors' informal 'watch list' for problem rigs".[43]

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1287226/GULF-OIL-SPILL-Whys-BP-taking-blame.html
 
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British Polluter said:
Are you saying BP's profits are more important than American lives?
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So, it was America's fault that British Polluters drilled in the Gulf because some Americans drive large vehicles.

It wasn't British Polluter's fault that they lied to the world about the safety of deep water drilling, it was the world's fault for believing them.

The dead American workers are to blame, not British Polluters.

Your true feelings for America and Americans are showing.

Thanks for bringing the real issues to the fore.

1. How will your pensioners survive without those BP dividends?

2. Has Tony Hayward gotten his life back yet?
 
British Polluter said:
So, it was America's fault that British Polluters drilled in the Gulf because some Americans drive large vehicles.

It wasn't British Polluter's fault that they lied to the world about the safety of deep water drilling, it was the world's fault for believing them.

The dead American workers are to blame, not British Polluters.

Your true feelings for America and Americans are showing.

Thanks for bringing the real issues to the fore.

1. How will your pensioners survive without those BP dividends?

2. Has Tony Hayward gotten his life back yet?
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So no doubt you want Occidental Petroleum to pay for the deaths of 169 people aboard Piper Alpha.
 
British Polluter said:
Remind us of BPs blowout prevention plan.
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Why do you never mention Transocean who leased the rig to BP for $300.000 a day.

BP and Transocean safety record

 Following the incident, BP was criticised in the media as having a flawed culture which did not attend to safety issues as it might,[45] and corporate ratings group RiskMetrics."[45] The head of energy research at RiskMetrics agreed that "the company has made improvements during that time".[45]
The rig owner, Transocean, also had a "strong overall" safety record with no major incidents for 7 years.[47] However an analysts' review "painted a more equivocal picture"[47] with Transocean rigs being disproportionately responsible for safety related incidents in the Gulf[47] and industry surveys reporting concerns over falling quality and performance.[47] In the 3 years 2005 to 2007 Transocean was the owner of 30% of oilrigs active in the Gulf and 33% of incidents that triggered an MMS investigation were on Transocean rigs, but in the 3 years from 2008 to 15 February 2010 it owned 42% of rigs but was the owner for nearly 3/4 (73%) of incidents.[47] Industry surveys saw this as an effect of its November 2007 Merger and Acquistions[/I]:

"In 2008 and 2009, the surveys ranked Transocean last among deep-water drillers for "job quality" and second to last in 'overall satisfaction'. For three years before the merger, Transocean was the leader or near the top in both measures. Transocean ranked first in 2008 and 2009 in a category that gauges its in-house safety and environmental policies"[47] "There were few indications of any trouble with the Deepwater Horizon before the explosion. The rig won an award from the MMS for its 2008 safety record, and on the day of the disaster, BP and Transocean managers were on board to celebrate seven years without a lost-time accident. Toby Odone, a BP spokesman, said rigs hired by BP have had better safety records than the industry average for six years running, according to MMS statistics that measure the number of citations per inspection. BP has been a finalist for a national safety award from the MMS for the past two years. Mr. Odone wouldn't comment on BP's relationship with Transocean after the Gulf disaster but said BP continues to use Transocean rigs."

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http://edition.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/06/10/oil.spill.transocean.lawsuits/index.html
 
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