BP Sr VP/Drilling Operation quit 4 mos before explosion

heypartner · Feb 15, 2011

http://fuelfix.com/blog/2011/02/15/lawsuit-says-bp-official-stepped-down-over-safety-issues/

HOUSTON – A former official with BP’s drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico resigned just months before last year’s oil spill because of disagreements with the oil giant over its commitment to safety, according to a class-action federal lawsuit related to the spill.

Documents filed Monday night in Houston claim Kevin Lacy, BP’s former senior vice president for drilling operations for the Gulf of Mexico, reached a mutual agreement with the company to resign in December 2009 because he believed the company was not adequately committed to improving safety protocols in offshore drilling operations to the level of its industry peers. The Deepwater Horizon rig explosion occurred on April 20, 2010, killing 11 workers and causing the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
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I'm going to assume this is true. My brother-in-law is Sr VP of Drilling Operations in the Gulf for Shell. After the explosion drilling companies typically call each other for a debriefing about what went wrong, as a way to share safety information. His call to BP lasted about 5 minutes when he quickly realized how poor BP's protocols were.

Ziggy · Feb 15, 2011

Quit just like that ey. Kind of a badass.

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