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If this story in WSJ is proves accurate, BP has a lot of culpability. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704717004575268302434395796.html?mod=WSJ_hp
by jackfoxy 16y ago
If this story in WSJ is proves accurate, BP has a lot of culpability.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704717004575268302434395796.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_news http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870471700457526...
- joezydeco 16y agoThere's some other unsubstantiated stories that Schlumberger pulled their guys off the rig just before it blew up: http://adropofrain.net/2010/05/rumor-schlumberger-exits-deep-horizon-hours-before-blowout/ http://adropofrain.net/2010/05/rumor-schlumberger-exits-deep...
- bradgessler 16y agoYeah, I haven't seen reports of this from any major news outlets. I'm not sure how much I'd trust that source.
- joezydeco 16y agoI'm sure this is a sensitive topic among ALL of BP's contractors. Nobody is going to be verifying any of this until Congress in investigating.
- jackfoxy 16y agoLet us hope it is a responsible investigatory body, say the FBI, not Congress that does the investigating. Politicizing this can be another way of burying it.
- gruseom 16y agoThat's interesting. I worked for Schlumberger for a couple of years. They are a good company in their core business of oil services (their software division is horrible, but that's another story). They particularly emphasize safety. I have no idea whether the story you linked to is true, but if the chief SLB person on site made a decision that his people were at risk, it would be consistent with the company's culture to get them out of there at their own expense.
- joezydeco 16y agoI've been looking, but there has to be a list of who was on the platform (survivors and deceased) when it exploded. EDIT: There are links that confirm SLB folk were off the rig, but SLB isn't saying it was any kind of emergency evacuation at this point. It was a "scheduled flight".