As I posted yesterday "some" success could mean most anything. When it's coming from BP who has been systematically distorting the truth all along, you have to dissect every last detail to try and get to the real information. BP was boasting yesterday about their fantastic new plan but one scientist is saying this will probably only capture 15-20% of the oil gushing out into the Gulf. It's an improvement but it hardly lives up to the hype promoted by BP.
Meanwhile, the safety history record of BP is taking more hits. To be fair to BP though, they were doing what they (and probably others) knew they could get away with. When regulatory agencies don't regulate and have cozy partnerships with industry in oil or banking or whatever other business, this is what happens.
After several tough weeks, this is shaping up to be another rough one for the company. A U.S. Labor Department official told the Financial Times that BP has a "systematic safety problem" at its refineries.
"BP executives, they talk a good line. They say they want to improve safety," Jordan Barab, a senior official at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, told the paper.
"But it doesn't always translate down to the refineries themselves. They still have a systematic safety problem."
Last year U.S. regulators slapped a record $87.4 million fine on BP for failing to fix safety violations at its Texas City refinery after a deadly 2005 explosion.
