I am not sure of your question. At the time of the accident, BP had finished drilling, and had cemented in the production casing in preparation for temporary abandonment.
The purpose of an integrates petroleum company requires it to find, drill for, extract and refine oil and gas. BP (British Petroleum) followed this mandate. They were confident that they could do so in a environmentally safe manner and obtained all required permits.
fail to drill oil in the gulf of Mexico
fail to drill oil in the Gulf of Mexico
After several mergers and acquisitions with companies such as Castrol, ARCO and latterly Amaco, British Petroleum changed it's name to BP Amaco, by this time the majority of its shares were in European and US ownership, in 2000 it re branded to the current name BP with the new slogan "Beyond Petroleum"
it happened in the gulf of Mexico
The people who did not test the failure devices.
Yes, there are several oil drilling sites currently in the Artic Circle. Several belong to BP.
bp. Representatives from Bp claimed that this could have been preventable.
It costed a lot of money and killed many animals.
Because up until now, and probably still, they've been putting money above safety.
the Exxon Valdez spill happened before the BP oil spill. and the they are the same because they are both an oil spill
It stands for British Petroleum. The correct name is BP P.L.C. The company is an amalgamation of BP, Amoco, Arco and Sohio. The latter three companies American Companies. In 1998 it was called the British Petroleum Company P.L.C and on buying Amoco changed the name to BP Amoco P.L.C in 2001. The name was subsequently changed to BP P.L.C. All British Companies must by law provide Company details to Company House. The name shown on these documents must be the trading name. British Petroleum ceased to exist in 1998.