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| BP vs Transocean - Blame Game | |
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| Topic Started: May 11 2010, 04:12 PM (1,760 Views) | |
| Dstevens | May 11 2010, 04:12 PM Post #1 |
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British Petroleum, owner of the leaking oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico and Transocean, the rig operator, seemed to have found a new form of crisis communications. Just blame the other guy! BP now says the probable worst oil spill in US history is not its fault, but Transocean. Transocean, meanwhile, blames BP, along with Halliburton who they say didn't plug up the hole right. Halliburton blames BP, saying it was just following orders. "I hear one message — don't blame me," said Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., a member of the Senate committee hearing testimony on the offshore oil spill. "Shifting the blame game doesn't get us very far." BP says the fail-safe device in case of an accident, as well as the rig itself, was owned by Transocean, so therefore it was Transocean's fault. But Transocean CEO Steven Newman, in prepared remarks, says offshore oil and gas production projects begin and end with the operator, in this case BP. |
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| Steve Wilson | May 27 2010, 08:13 PM Post #2 |
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There has certainly been more than enough pointing fingers as to who is to blame in the Louisiana gulf oil spill, but in his lengthy news conference today (May 27) President Obama took responsibility for handling the response - good or bad. I'm not sure what others might think, but the fact that he is accepting responsibility for what is happening is something companies - particularly BP - need to do more often, rather than pointing at someone else. Ultimately, when something bad happens, someone - or some organization - needs to step up to the plate and say "The buck stops here." Another observation of the news conference was the word crisis was used more times than anyone can probably remember. |
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