“The rig was sabotaged pure and simple.”
Yeah right. And 9/11 was a government plot.
I worked for BP for 25 years. Disasters like this are standard operating procedure for them. This one just happened to be bigger than most.
There was no sabotage. There was an abundance of incompetance caused by trying to hold costs down by sacrificing safety and good engineering practices.
Exactly, just the same old BP M.O.
I am really fed up with BP, trying to play the fascist partner game with the Democrats. Even after the Horizon spill and the other accidents at BP refineries, after having parts fall off their oil tankers in Alaska and the delayed maintenance on the Alaska pipeline, BP is still trying to position themselves as the crony partner of the Obama administration.
Knowingly disabling the safety systems is the same as sabotage.
Gas detectors, fire alarms, safety valves, and numerous other systems were either turned off or bypassed.
The definition of sabotage is:
— n
1. the deliberate destruction, disruption, or damage of equipment, a public service, etc, as by enemy agents, dissatisfied employees, etc
2. any similar action or behaviour