This is a blog covering various events of the BP oil spill. Scroll through the website and you will find many accounts and news articles on this disaster.
"Oil giant BP and Halliburton knew of potential flaws in the cement slurry used to reinforce the oil well below the Deepwater Horizon rig before it exploded in April, according to a letter Thursday from the lead investigator for a federal probe of the Gulf oil disaster." Hearing this, How does this make you feel about BP? -Do you think they should still be in business and making money? -Is the entire BP company to blame? -They were charged 15M to pay to the clean air act? Is this punishment enough?
-Should Obama be involved more in this issue than he already is? -It took people over 6 months to stop the leaking, does this make you question if other oil wells are prepared for a leak?
I think the media fire on BP for this is needed. The fact that they let this happen with the knowing risks shows how they're all about making money. There are other companies that would be the same way but who knows what the next disaster may be. A lot of companies will most likely take precautions because of what happened with BP, but in the future, what kind of problems may develop? It's scary to not know what may happen but that it could be worst than the BP incident.
If it wasn't BP, it would've been another company.
Although BP has to take most of blame for the spill, the federal agency that is supposed to make sure they are following the rules should take a lot of it. BP is out to make money, spending little money compared to what they are bringing in, and if they can take a shortcut somewhere that has worked up until now, why wouldn't they?
The standards for drilling were either not modified enough or the rules were not strict enough. I am sure now that this has happened, the federal agency will be firmer with their regulations.
I agree that the media needed to let people know exactly what happened. If someone in the BP company knew the possible risks and choose to overlook them or pretend that they were not a big deal then they deserve to get rip apart. However, I do not think that the entire company should be blamed. I'm sure that there were people that work for BP that had no idea of how disastrous the oil rig could potentially be and I feel like they should not be the ones being blamed. I think that other companies can learn from BP's mistakes and take extra precautions if they intended to drill for oil. The fact that it took six months for the leaking to stop shows that other companies should be making more of an effort, especially now, to make sure that all of their oil rigs are being properly taken care of and another disaster like the BP still doesn't happen again, and that if it does they are much more prepared.
The BP oil spill was a tragic accident that could have happened to any other oil company. BP is not solely to blame for this incident, but instead all oil companies. The thing about this incident that concerns me the most is the fact that there could easily be a repeat. This accident had a major impact on the gulf coast and its economy. Something like this could happen anywhere to any other oil company. BP is not solely to blame for this incident but they should have taken care of the problem much quicker, and BP along with all other oil companies should be wary of this type of incident happening again.
15 Million dollar fine, if 15 million dollars is what the clean air act fined the company, and if the american goverement/ and world leaders have established, that this is the standard of which we (as a world in whole) hold these companies accountable then whom are we to agree or disagree.
It seems that most believe that BP is not all to blame for the spill. If so, it was a select group and not the entire company as a whole. Does anyone have any personal experiences that relate to the oil spill?
Also, has the featured blog been informational/helpful? What have you learned about this disaster that you may have not known before? Do you think that the writer is trying to persuade the reader or simply just give facts? (use examples)
Not only do most people seem to not only blame BP, but is the government and law regulation is to be blamed also? Should they have been checking up on them more to make sure all rules and regulations at their facilities were up to par? This is something to consider to make sure this never happens again!
I think it is true that many other companies and hundreds of drilling sites have "cut corners" in ways that may compromise safety in order to reap a greater profit. Sure, it could happen to any of those companies, but the fact of the matter is that it happened to BP, and thus, they should take responsibility for it. When allowing inadequate equipment to be run at these stations in order to save the money it would cost to replace or upgrade it, there is an inherent risk that the operators take, that there could potentially be a dysfunction. Those willing to take the risk must be ready to act if there is a problem and should be held responsible if that be the case. The freedom to risk millions of dollars and the well being of the ecosystem, perhaps, should not be at their hands to gamble, and that fault lies with the board that regulates their standards. BP should be held responsible for what they have done and to prevent future disasters, there should be stricter requirements to follow and preemptive backup systems. What I also find interesting is the way that people reacted to the tragedy. I find myself reading dozens of bumper stickers boasting that they choose not to buy BP gas. An attempt to stifle their business is not only insignificant to the corporation, but is also misdirected.There are 580 BP fueling stations in Ohio and not a single one is owned by the BP corporation. It only hurts the small business owners who run the locally owned station who do not receive financial support from the gas giant. The U.S. Energy Information Administration stated that gas from a company's filling station does not mean that it has been produced in their refineries. Also, other stations can buy BPs gas as 'unbranded' as long as BP hasn't injected their additives into it. Does it seem like the media has skewed the event in a way to cast blame on the wrong source and call to action a protest that is unjustified?
From reading some of the comments on the blog itself and looking more into what went on, I think that the media is skewing it so that the wrong source is being blamed. Yes, BP did mess up and should take full responsibility for the oil spill and should take action to help correct it. The government and the feds should be taking more responsibility, though, because they are in the wrong for not regulating and monitoring BP as closely as they should have been.
In response to the BP Oil Spill blog I do not think BP should go out of business. The spill was not entirely BP's fault. According to the online the Oil spill "was almost the inevitable result of years of industry and government complacency and lack of attention to safety" (http://news.blogs.cnn.com/category/gulf-coast-oil-spill/). If anyone has to take the blame for this disaster it is the government. They should be following up on the safety of offshore drilling. In response to the 15 Million BP had to pay up to the Clean Air Act, I believe the government should take some of the responsibility and pay up too. I think Obama needs to be more involved. It is sad that a catastrophic disaster such as this is finally getting attention that climate and energy changes need to happen. Obama is using the "environment" conflict to turn heads away from the governments "lack of attention to safety". Overall, the BP should not be entirely to blame, the government should take better precautions to ensure safety of offshore drilling and Obama should accept the fact that he messed up.
I think BP should be driven out of the business world. Knowing the fact that its action will bring destructive effects if accident ever happens, yet BP still continue with its plan to make money, no sympathy or forgiveness should therefore be given to this corporation. Not only does BP failed to fulfil its social responsibility as a multinational corporation, it also brought about massive damages to the natural habitat of wildlife. It would be tough to restore our ecosystem to its original state once destroyed, and this will certainly pose threats to our ecosystem and further destroy human’s quality living condition. Also, it is rather impossible to replace all the sea creatures that have died, for instance, we are not able to instantly buy a shark at a pet shop. Hence, by paying only 15 mil when the cost of damages is infinite, I would say this punishment is too light to be barred by BP for committing such a big environment crime.
I feel that only those that were involved in the drilling and engineering aspects of extracting the oil should be held responsible for the oil spill. Those that work in other departments of the company have no clue how the extraction of oil occurs as it isn't their job. My aunt for example, works in the external relations department for BP so her job is to address situations that occur to the company such as the oil spill. Even though this is her job I don't feel like she should be held responsible at all for something she had absolutely no control over. With that being said, I feel that BP should be allowed to resume drilling when they are able to properly meet the governments regulations without overlooking or omitting things about information concerning their plans for extraction. I feel this way because BP is such a large company and they bring in so much revenue that they should be able to assist in restoring the areas they damaged as well as making right what obviously was so wrong. This could serve as a harsh lesson for them because this whole oil spill could have been prevented.
I agree with Darius's comment. I believe that only people that worked with the drilling and knew what was going on like stated in the first comment should be held responsible. The company should not be required to stop production or limit production because of the spill. It seems as though it was a freak accident although there was some speculation that it wasn't. BP should be allowed to continue production as long as it meets all it standards and people's decisions should not be influenced by this accident.
I also agree with darius and tsimmons. I dont think that the oil spill was the fault of bp as a whole but of the people that worked for the engineering department or whatever department had actul control of the driling. While bp does need to re estaablish the way they drill i think that if they have fixed the problem that they should be allowed to continue drilling.Im sure that no one at bp wanted this to happen and im not saying that they should not take responsibiity; I just think that as long as they take steps to ensure that this does not happen again and they have paid their fine, they should be allowed to continue drilling. I think that this situation can be a lesson learned for bp and all oil companies because this happened to be bp but it could have happened to any company.
I think Darius hit the nail on the head here. I am not very familiar with anything involving the drilling process but I'm sure that the gulf oil spill was more the fault of a few either bad apples or just dumb people rather than the whole company. I think that a plausible way to eliminate oil spills like this would be to make much stricter laws about drilling that force companies like BP to frequently check their equipment and alter their drilling strategies to ensure that nothing like this happens. Punishments for this would have to be relatively stiff, because for a company like BP they would probably rather just pay their fines for using cheap, dangerous equipment and techniques thank pay to upgrade their stuff. We have already destroyed enough of the world as humans, we cant destroy the ocean.
I also think the Darius is right. The blame should go to the people who originally drilled the well and the people on the platform that oversee the pumping. PB is a huge organization and not everyone knows how they drill in deep water. I think that PB should rebuild the well and start pumping from it again but this time have officials watching over how they rebuild so this does not happen again and they should also pay for the clean up of the water and shore lines that were effected
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/category/gulf-coast-oil-spill/
ReplyDeleteThis is a blog covering various events of the BP oil spill. Scroll through the website and you will find many accounts and news articles on this disaster.
"Oil giant BP and Halliburton knew of potential flaws in the cement slurry used to reinforce the oil well below the Deepwater Horizon rig before it exploded in April, according to a letter Thursday from the lead investigator for a federal probe of the Gulf oil disaster." Hearing this, How does this make you feel about BP?
-Do you think they should still be in business and making money?
-Is the entire BP company to blame?
-They were charged 15M to pay to the clean air act? Is this punishment enough?
-Should Obama be involved more in this issue than he already is?
-It took people over 6 months to stop the leaking, does this make you question if other oil wells are prepared for a leak?
(for some reason the linked blog might not be working but just copy and paste the URL and it should work)
ReplyDeleteI think the media fire on BP for this is needed. The fact that they let this happen with the knowing risks shows how they're all about making money. There are other companies that would be the same way but who knows what the next disaster may be. A lot of companies will most likely take precautions because of what happened with BP, but in the future, what kind of problems may develop? It's scary to not know what may happen but that it could be worst than the BP incident.
ReplyDeleteIf it wasn't BP, it would've been another company.
ReplyDeleteAlthough BP has to take most of blame for the spill, the federal agency that is supposed to make sure they are following the rules should take a lot of it. BP is out to make money, spending little money compared to what they are bringing in, and if they can take a shortcut somewhere that has worked up until now, why wouldn't they?
The standards for drilling were either not modified enough or the rules were not strict enough. I am sure now that this has happened, the federal agency will be firmer with their regulations.
I agree that the media needed to let people know exactly what happened. If someone in the BP company knew the possible risks and choose to overlook them or pretend that they were not a big deal then they deserve to get rip apart. However, I do not think that the entire company should be blamed. I'm sure that there were people that work for BP that had no idea of how disastrous the oil rig could potentially be and I feel like they should not be the ones being blamed. I think that other companies can learn from BP's mistakes and take extra precautions if they intended to drill for oil. The fact that it took six months for the leaking to stop shows that other companies should be making more of an effort, especially now, to make sure that all of their oil rigs are being properly taken care of and another disaster like the BP still doesn't happen again, and that if it does they are much more prepared.
ReplyDeleteThe BP oil spill was a tragic accident that could have happened to any other oil company. BP is not solely to blame for this incident, but instead all oil companies. The thing about this incident that concerns me the most is the fact that there could easily be a repeat. This accident had a major impact on the gulf coast and its economy. Something like this could happen anywhere to any other oil company. BP is not solely to blame for this incident but they should have taken care of the problem much quicker, and BP along with all other oil companies should be wary of this type of incident happening again.
ReplyDelete15 Million dollar fine, if 15 million dollars is what the clean air act fined the company, and if the american goverement/ and world leaders have established, that this is the standard of which we (as a world in whole) hold these companies accountable then whom are we to agree or disagree.
ReplyDeleteIt seems that most believe that BP is not all to blame for the spill. If so, it was a select group and not the entire company as a whole. Does anyone have any personal experiences that relate to the oil spill?
ReplyDeleteAlso, has the featured blog been informational/helpful? What have you learned about this disaster that you may have not known before? Do you think that the writer is trying to persuade the reader or simply just give facts? (use examples)
Not only do most people seem to not only blame BP, but is the government and law regulation is to be blamed also? Should they have been checking up on them more to make sure all rules and regulations at their facilities were up to par? This is something to consider to make sure this never happens again!
ReplyDeleteI think it is true that many other companies and hundreds of drilling sites have "cut corners" in ways that may compromise safety in order to reap a greater profit. Sure, it could happen to any of those companies, but the fact of the matter is that it happened to BP, and thus, they should take responsibility for it. When allowing inadequate equipment to be run at these stations in order to save the money it would cost to replace or upgrade it, there is an inherent risk that the operators take, that there could potentially be a dysfunction. Those willing to take the risk must be ready to act if there is a problem and should be held responsible if that be the case. The freedom to risk millions of dollars and the well being of the ecosystem, perhaps, should not be at their hands to gamble, and that fault lies with the board that regulates their standards. BP should be held responsible for what they have done and to prevent future disasters, there should be stricter requirements to follow and preemptive backup systems.
ReplyDeleteWhat I also find interesting is the way that people reacted to the tragedy. I find myself reading dozens of bumper stickers boasting that they choose not to buy BP gas. An attempt to stifle their business is not only insignificant to the corporation, but is also misdirected.There are 580 BP fueling stations in Ohio and not a single one is owned by the BP corporation. It only hurts the small business owners who run the locally owned station who do not receive financial support from the gas giant. The U.S. Energy Information Administration stated that gas from a company's filling station does not mean that it has been produced in their refineries. Also, other stations can buy BPs gas as 'unbranded' as long as BP hasn't injected their additives into it. Does it seem like the media has skewed the event in a way to cast blame on the wrong source and call to action a protest that is unjustified?
From reading some of the comments on the blog itself and looking more into what went on, I think that the media is skewing it so that the wrong source is being blamed. Yes, BP did mess up and should take full responsibility for the oil spill and should take action to help correct it. The government and the feds should be taking more responsibility, though, because they are in the wrong for not regulating and monitoring BP as closely as they should have been.
ReplyDeleteIn response to the BP Oil Spill blog I do not think BP should go out of business. The spill was not entirely BP's fault. According to the online the Oil spill "was almost the inevitable result of years of industry and government complacency and lack of attention to safety" (http://news.blogs.cnn.com/category/gulf-coast-oil-spill/). If anyone has to take the blame for this disaster it is the government. They should be following up on the safety of offshore drilling. In response to the 15 Million BP had to pay up to the Clean Air Act, I believe the government should take some of the responsibility and pay up too. I think Obama needs to be more involved. It is sad that a catastrophic disaster such as this is finally getting attention that climate and energy changes need to happen. Obama is using the "environment" conflict to turn heads away from the governments "lack of attention to safety". Overall, the BP should not be entirely to blame, the government should take better precautions to ensure safety of offshore drilling and Obama should accept the fact that he messed up.
ReplyDeleteI think BP should be driven out of the business world. Knowing the fact that its action will bring destructive effects if accident ever happens, yet BP still continue with its plan to make money, no sympathy or forgiveness should therefore be given to this corporation. Not only does BP failed to fulfil its social responsibility as a multinational corporation, it also brought about massive damages to the natural habitat of wildlife. It would be tough to restore our ecosystem to its original state once destroyed, and this will certainly pose threats to our ecosystem and further destroy human’s quality living condition. Also, it is rather impossible to replace all the sea creatures that have died, for instance, we are not able to instantly buy a shark at a pet shop. Hence, by paying only 15 mil when the cost of damages is infinite, I would say this punishment is too light to be barred by BP for committing such a big environment crime.
ReplyDeleteI feel that only those that were involved in the drilling and engineering aspects of extracting the oil should be held responsible for the oil spill. Those that work in other departments of the company have no clue how the extraction of oil occurs as it isn't their job. My aunt for example, works in the external relations department for BP so her job is to address situations that occur to the company such as the oil spill. Even though this is her job I don't feel like she should be held responsible at all for something she had absolutely no control over. With that being said, I feel that BP should be allowed to resume drilling when they are able to properly meet the governments regulations without overlooking or omitting things about information concerning their plans for extraction. I feel this way because BP is such a large company and they bring in so much revenue that they should be able to assist in restoring the areas they damaged as well as making right what obviously was so wrong. This could serve as a harsh lesson for them because this whole oil spill could have been prevented.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Darius's comment. I believe that only people that worked with the drilling and knew what was going on like stated in the first comment should be held responsible. The company should not be required to stop production or limit production because of the spill. It seems as though it was a freak accident although there was some speculation that it wasn't. BP should be allowed to continue production as long as it meets all it standards and people's decisions should not be influenced by this accident.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with darius and tsimmons. I dont think that the oil spill was the fault of bp as a whole but of the people that worked for the engineering department or whatever department had actul control of the driling. While bp does need to re estaablish the way they drill i think that if they have fixed the problem that they should be allowed to continue drilling.Im sure that no one at bp wanted this to happen and im not saying that they should not take responsibiity; I just think that as long as they take steps to ensure that this does not happen again and they have paid their fine, they should be allowed to continue drilling. I think that this situation can be a lesson learned for bp and all oil companies because this happened to be bp but it could have happened to any company.
ReplyDeleteI think Darius hit the nail on the head here. I am not very familiar with anything involving the drilling process but I'm sure that the gulf oil spill was more the fault of a few either bad apples or just dumb people rather than the whole company. I think that a plausible way to eliminate oil spills like this would be to make much stricter laws about drilling that force companies like BP to frequently check their equipment and alter their drilling strategies to ensure that nothing like this happens. Punishments for this would have to be relatively stiff, because for a company like BP they would probably rather just pay their fines for using cheap, dangerous equipment and techniques thank pay to upgrade their stuff. We have already destroyed enough of the world as humans, we cant destroy the ocean.
ReplyDeleteI also think the Darius is right. The blame should go to the people who originally drilled the well and the people on the platform that oversee the pumping. PB is a huge organization and not everyone knows how they drill in deep water. I think that PB should rebuild the well and start pumping from it again but this time have officials watching over how they rebuild so this does not happen again and they should also pay for the clean up of the water and shore lines that were effected
ReplyDelete