The Official Unlimited Oil Spill Thread!

[AFK]

I heard he was being banished, er reassigned, to Siberia. 

[Bruno]

It still bothers me that the politics behind the oil spill are harder to clean up than the oil spill itself.

It just takes a long time to pin the blame on someone, is all.

Hayward is going to be the scapegoat if/when it finally gets capped. He'll get a huge golden parachute and they'll bring in some young executive to apologize profusely. And no, we don't need to do anything about the regulation system. We really learned our lesson this time, now let's get back to drilling a mile below the ocean. There's no way this could happen twice. Trust us.

Good call. Iason wins an internets.

[AFK]

Meanwhile the Vice President, in charge of workplace safety, still has his job. 

[Zyzyx]

BP's safety policies are a shining example of bureaucratic obfuscation and redundant safety policies for the express purpose of masking oversight and corner-cutting. Many oil companies with significant offshore investments have a system where filling out accident or near-miss reports nets one a bonus at the end of the time on the rig. It's a bribe to keep up appearances while the guys in the office sit back and figure out how much work they can avoid.

Let's also not forget that some of the dumbest, most ineffective people I've ever met personally were white-collar management-types all throughout the offshore business. But maybe that's just naivete and I just haven't met that many people in my life yet. 

[Cramulus]

Hayward is officially out

Meet the new boss, Bob Dudley. He's an American. Starts his job on Oct 1.

[Cain]

Does this mean idiots will stop bitching about Britain's role in the oil spill?

Also, BP stocks are currently near worthless, so Hayward will have to rely on whatever he has stashed away over the years.  Still a pretty sum, but not as good as a guaranteed income from a major oil companies' stocks.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

Does this mean idiots will stop bitching about Britain's role in the oil spill?

Knowing Americans, no.
They will just write to the new guy and ask why the Brit DID IT ALL WRONG

[Zyzyx]

Does this mean idiots will stop bitching about Britain's role in the oil spill?

Knowing Americans, no.
They will just write to the new guy and ask why the Brit DID IT ALL WRONG

Yep, every other phrase out of your average bayou-dweller these days is "fuck da BP!"

[Elder Iptuous]

Also, BP stocks are currently near worthless, so Hayward will have to rely on whatever he has stashed away over the years.  Still a pretty sum, but not as good as a guaranteed income from a major oil companies' stocks.

they said on NPR that his pension will be three quarter million a year....
i don't think he'll have to scrimp by on his stashed away pennies...

[Jasper]

Does this mean idiots will stop bitching about Britain's role in the oil spill?

Also, BP stocks are currently near worthless, so Hayward will have to rely on whatever he has stashed away over the years.  Still a pretty sum, but not as good as a guaranteed income from a major oil companies' stocks.

He'd be a retard not to have stock in other companies as well, knowing that BP's long term success wasn't a sure thing.

[Adios]

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – Federal officials now estimate that more than 1 million gallons of oil may have spilled into a major river in southern Michigan, and the governor is sharply criticizing clean-up efforts as "wholly inadequate."

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released the update Wednesday night, shortly after Gov. Jennifer Granholm lambasted attempts to contain the oil flowing down the Kalamazoo River. She warned of a "tragedy of historic proportions" if the oil reaches Lake Michigan, which is still at least 80 miles downstream from where oil has been seen.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100729/ap_on_bi_ge/us_michigan_river_oil_spill

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

christ

ok, something's going on here cause there's just too much oil spilling at once all over for these to be a coincidence

[AFK]

Isn't Battle Creek where they make all of the Kellogg's cereals? 

[Adios]

christ

ok, something's going on here cause there's just too much oil spilling at once all over for these to be a coincidence

Don't forget about Alyeska Pump Station 9, controlled by BP.  http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2010/07/26/video-the-next-oil-spill/?iref=allsearch

And the rest of the Alaska pipeline. Of which BP owns 46%.  http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/07/25/alaska.pipeline.safety/index.html?iref=allsearch

Aren't I just a big bowl of fun?

[Zyzyx]

It can be one of two things, Turdley. Either

1) All of a sudden pipelines and rigs are blowing up and gushing oil,
2) The media is trying to bring what are everyday occurrences (which is ) to our attention since our collective attention span is on leaky oil, or something ridiculous and unlikely such as
3) There's an elaborate conspiracy to destroy the oil business from within, or everything is falling apart.