Category: British Petroleum

British Petroleum, Control the Information, Disenfranchised

What’s funnier? BP Parody Video or Bob Dudley’s Reaction to Watching It?

Bob Dudley, new head of British Petroleum’s public relations department gets interviewed for the PBS news hour, and is shown the parody video of BP’s oil spill response: a coffee cup spilled at a board meeting, and after being informed the clip has been watched over 8 million times…is invited to respond. Watch the video, and then watch his response to it: Bob states “People at BP … Continue reading What’s funnier? BP Parody Video or Bob Dudley’s Reaction to Watching It?

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British Petroleum, Coast Guard, Control the Information, Democracy, Disenfranchised, Oil Spill, Thad Allen

Obama, Coast Guard Criminalize Free Access to the Gulf Spill, Reporters Must Now Get Permission

Ed. Note: Since this story broke, the Coast Guard has been trying to deny the evidence, then admitting the rule is in effect, then producing false photographs to show vandalism of boom as reasons why, then saying the photographs were a mistake…many of these corrections done by a woman named Rachel Polish who works PR for a company that has BP as a client, while … Continue reading Obama, Coast Guard Criminalize Free Access to the Gulf Spill, Reporters Must Now Get Permission

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British Petroleum, Coast Guard, Oil Spill, Thad Allen, Uncategorized

Wanna Know How a Relief Well Works?

  Article in the Times Picayune today about the relief wells being drilled…decent description of the pitfalls, concerns and hopes regarding what has ultimately been considered the fail-safe to the whole BP Gulf Oil Catastraphuk…  Favorite two quotes in the article –  1. “We can’t guarantee anything, but i think the technology is there,” said Kent Wells, A BP vice president. “We’ve got the best … Continue reading Wanna Know How a Relief Well Works?

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British Petroleum, Control the Information, NHL, Police

Ohhh the land of B-P…and the home of the…

…place where reporters and photographers keep getting ordered out of public areas. In this happy instance, a reporter was stopped by Homeland Security who took his name, social security number and demanded to see the photos he had taken under threat of being detained if he didn’t comply. The information was then promptly turned over to an official from British Petroleum… Many of you know … Continue reading Ohhh the land of B-P…and the home of the…

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British Petroleum, Oil Spill, Tony Hayward

The Greatest of All Time!

Remember when an oil well was just an oil well? Remember when BP was just known for bad commercials, like their “BP: it’s a start” campaign? Remember when the Gulf of Mexico was a living eco-system? Remember when British Petroleum was simply known for setting record profits? Them were the days… 1.9 to 3.6 million barrels spilled into the gulf and still going strong…beating Mexico’s Ixtoc … Continue reading The Greatest of All Time!

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British Petroleum, Oil Spill, Tony Hayward

BP clean-up, dumping sand on the oil

So it would appear from the video in the first link and the photos in the second that rather than cleaning the beaches where the oil has arrived, it has been easier for BP to just dredge up sand in one location and then dump it on top of the oil in another. I find it especially amusing that in the first link, the very … Continue reading BP clean-up, dumping sand on the oil

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British Petroleum, Coast Guard, Democracy, Disenfranchised, Katrina, New Orleans, Oil Spill, Thad Allen, Tony Hayward

Some Headlines of Interest…

A few headlines from around the web…no commentary today…didn’t ya hear? I’m sick and no amount of cold pills my co-workers keep throwing at me seem to be doing the trick…though now I do feel like I’m on speed…a whole lotta speed… Enjoy:  Not so Crazy? Reuters probes the idea of nuking the oil well Us Lawmaker: Oil spill costs may run trillions of dollars … Continue reading Some Headlines of Interest…

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British Petroleum, Coast Guard, Oil Spill, Tony Hayward, Uncategorized

As promised, a happier story…BP’s Press Release for June 28th

Okay…so I promised a happier story… I don’t want to sound biased, but I read this entire press release, and apparently, things simply aren’t that bad and the response of British Petroleum has been both massive and thorough. In fact, it would appear it has been an unprecedented response for an unprecedented spill with their estimates of 39,000 workers, almost 5000 ships and over a … Continue reading As promised, a happier story…BP’s Press Release for June 28th

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British Petroleum, Coast Guard, Disenfranchised, Oil Spill, Thad Allen

Yes, thank you…Dispersants are about BP liability, not Gulf protection

So it finally gets to the mainstream news…well about time. Check out this conversation between Anderson Cooper and Fred McCallister, where Fred discusses trying to get skimmers to the Gulf for over a month. BP isn’t helping, they don’t want skimmers, why? Dispersants submerge the oil, limit liability by hiding the size and spreading the costs of cleanup over time. The safest way to remove … Continue reading Yes, thank you…Dispersants are about BP liability, not Gulf protection

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British Petroleum, Democracy, Disenfranchised, Oil Spill, Police

So Yeah…Louisiana Cops are Working for BP…

Apparently, the police in Louisiana can wear their uniforms off duty…so when they work security for British Petroleum and order photographers and other people off the beaches, and they are in uniform it sure makes for some crazy conflicts and also a whole lotta misleadin’… Long story short, those sons of bitches at BP are still keeping the press out, still interfering in the information … Continue reading So Yeah…Louisiana Cops are Working for BP…

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