Deepwater Horizon Rig Owner Trying To Blame Victims For Gulf Oil Disaster?

[GoLeft TV]

A new report released by authorities in the Marshall Islands says that the failure of oil rig workers to properly address safety issues led to last year's catastrophic blowout and explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. The Deepwater Horizon was registered in the Marshall Islands by rig owner Transocean. Much like large ships, oil rigs are often registered in overseas territories for tax purposes.

The Marshall Islands report is one of the first to explicitly put the blame for the disaster on workers rather than the companies involved – BP, Transocean, Halliburton, and Cameron International. While the new report is not the first to claim that communications broke down in the moments leading up to the Deepwater Horizon explosion, it is the first to place the blame mostly on the backs of the people who did everything in their power to avert the disaster, while only casually mentioning the fact that BP’s actions and those of the other companies with a stake in the rig might have also helped cause the disaster.

Full story, including Transoceans "too cozy" relationship in the Marshall Islands can be found here - http://desmogblog.com/deepwater-horizon-rig-owner-trying-blame-victims-gulf-oil-disaster

[fascisthunter]

1. Hey, That's why he's paid the Big Bucks... for not being able to care

so the cowards who are invested never have to make the decisions that kill people whether from negligence or mistake...

[dtexdem]

2. And all those Gulf shrimpers probably taught the shrimp to screw up the rig.

And I bet the seafood-restaurant owners were in on it, too.

;-)

[provis99]

3. I was right again!

I predicted this as soon as I heard about the explosion; blame the dead workers, as usual.

[jwirr]

4. Just how many spills around the world is this horrible company had

that someone else is to blame for?