BP Oil Spill Highlights Poor Safety Record, the Worst of Any Oil Company in America
"BP is a London-based oil company with one of the worst safety records of any oil company operating in America," says Tyson Slocum of Public Citizen. "In just the last few years, BP has paid $485 million in fines and settlements to the US government for environmental crimes, willful neglect of worker safety rules, and penalties for manipulating energy markets." We speak with Slocum and with an attorney representing several workers who survived the blast that sank BP's Deepwater Horizon rig. He's also representing the wife of one of the 11 workers now presumed dead who is filing a lawsuit accusing BP of negligence. Ref. Source 8
It is my belief that BP hung Wayward out to dry. They knew what they were doing from the get go and Mr. Hayward went along with it in hopes that this will help blow the whole mess out the door with him. I believe that BP thinks we all are stupid.