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Originally Posted by BestXXXPorn
BP just ran into bad luck... They aren't doing any other oil company would/wouldn't do...
Really you should have sympathy for them, they just got FUCKED... Boycotting is exactly the opposite of what you should do... Do you want them to have enough capital to clean this shit up?
First time I've heard about that valve but if that's the case... isn't it always the ONE time you don't add an optional piece that you need it? :P
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certainly you jest. bp recorded $5 billion PROFIT 1st q 2010. while small potatoes amongst the big boys, that's a lot of $ to go towards a clean up.
bad luck? hardly. they lobbied washington and greased a lot of pockets so they would not have to install that valve on all their u.s. offshore rigs.
re: the valve, it's not 1 valve on 1 rig, it's a $500,000 valve for each and every rig. not taking bp's side but it's not accurate to think bp would of guessed right and installed the valve on the 1 rig that exploded.