Monday, July 8, 2013

Top 101 Misdeeds of BP Page 2: Recklessness.



In relation to the Deepwater Horizon disaster



Recklessness


14.  Dumped combustible toxic waste down the well in an untested mixture just prior to the explosion, going around expensive environmental protection laws.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/20/AR2010072002038.html

15.  Maintenance of 390 parts were overdue.

http://www.propublica.org/blog/item/bp-worker-bp-failed-to-stop-operations-when-leaks-were-found-weeks-prior-to

16.  "In a number of cases leading up to the explosion, BP appears to have chosen riskier procedures to save time or money" 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_explosion

17.  Hurrying untested clean-up methods that save money.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/22/oil-spill-gulf-environmen_n_653868.html

18.  Conducted uncontrolled experiments in the open ocean.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/22/oil-spill-gulf-environmen_n_653868.html

19.  Using methods that coastal scientists do not agree with.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/22/oil-spill-gulf-environmen_n_653868.html

20.  Destroying nesting colonies during clean-up.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/22/oil-spill-gulf-environmen_n_653868.html

21.  Disrupting migration lands during clean-up.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/22/oil-spill-gulf-environmen_n_653868.html

22.  Very little control over beach clean-up workers, causing problems with wildlife
.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/22/oil-spill-gulf-environmen_n_653868.html

23.  A worker on the rig asked about a damaged blowout preventer, a backup system was turned on, and it was ignored.  This was two weeks before the spill.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1288242/Gulf-oil-spill-BP-told-faulty-drill-safety-equipment-weeks-disaster.html

24.  Impact study was never done.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/may2010/gulf-m06.shtml

25.  Requested that the Mineral Management Service allow they use a different procedure on the Deepwater Horizon rig than normal, not using cement in the drilling mud, which some experts think is the main cause of the disaster.

http://www.liquidatebp.com/

26.  "97% of Worst Industry Violations Found at BP Refineries"

http://www.liquidatebp.com/

27.  A review found these 20 anomalies in the well in the day before the explosion
.
http://www.propublica.org/documents/item/20-well


Top 101 Misdeeds of BP Page 1: Leading to the disaster.

Top 101 Misdeeds of BP Page 3: Workers.

 

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