BP has said repeatedly that it will pay for the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But its actions show that it does not intend to go it alone.
BP admitted that big oil has spoiled the environment for years because the Republican party gave big oil a 'free ride" after the GOP won a presidential election.
George W. Bush owned the Mineral Management Service when was president and filled its ranks with GOP shills and lackeys. A BP sokesman said Big Oil got whatever it wanted when the GOP controlled Washington.
"The Republican Party is as responsible for the Gulf mess as BP is," said one of the BP talking dogs.
Newly released documents show that on June 2, BP sent out demands for nearly $400 million to its partners in the well, Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and Mitsui Oil Exploration Company of Japan, or roughly 40 percent of the $1 billion it had spent in May.
BP also contacted giant oil-services provider Halliburton who is a primary suspect in the investigation into the oil rig explosion that has devastated the Gulf Coast, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Mineral Management Service
BP noted that a dozen officials of the MMS were charged with unethical and criminal conduct in the performance of their duties during the Bush era.
The Inspector General found MMS employees had taken drugs and had sex with energy company representatives.
MMS staff had also accepted gifts and free holidays amid "a culture of ethical failure", according to the investigation.
The New York Times' summary states the investigation revealed "a dysfunctional organization that has been riddled with conflicts of interest, unprofessional behavior and a free-for-all atmosphere for much of the Bush administration’s watch."
Halliburton was in charge of cementing for Deepwater Horizon.
Though the investigation into the explosion that sank the Deepwater Horizon site is still in its early stages, drilling experts agree that blame probably lies with flaws in Haliburton's "cementing" process: plugging holes in the pipeline seal by pumping cement into it from the rig.
BP admits it will probably have to sue Halliburton
The amounts demanded by BP — $272 million from Anadarko and $111 million from Mitsui — reflect the provisions of each company’s joint operating agreement with BP, which gives a share of liability equal to each company’s share of ownership.
BP owns 65 percent of the well, Anadarko owns 25 percent and Mitsui 10 percent.
The total bill includes costs of drilling the relief wells, responding to the spill, and the reimbursements already sent to the federal government, as well as the claims that BP has already paid out in claims for economic loss to people along the Gulf Coast.
BP has handed also out $25 million in checks to several gulf states for various costs, but did not attempt to pass a share of those expenditures on to its partners.
Toby Outdone, a spokesman for BP, said, “We would expect the various parties involved in this to live up to their responsibilities.” He admitted the one exception was Halliburton.Outdone said BP will have to sue those bastards.
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George W. Bush owned the Mineral Management Service when was president and filled its ranks with GOP shills and lackeys. A BP sokesman said Big Oil got whatever it wanted when the GOP controlled Washington.
"The Republican Party is as responsible for the Gulf mess as BP is," said one of the BP talking dogs.
Newly released documents show that on June 2, BP sent out demands for nearly $400 million to its partners in the well, Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and Mitsui Oil Exploration Company of Japan, or roughly 40 percent of the $1 billion it had spent in May.
BP also contacted giant oil-services provider Halliburton who is a primary suspect in the investigation into the oil rig explosion that has devastated the Gulf Coast, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Mineral Management Service
BP noted that a dozen officials of the MMS were charged with unethical and criminal conduct in the performance of their duties during the Bush era.
The Inspector General found MMS employees had taken drugs and had sex with energy company representatives.
MMS staff had also accepted gifts and free holidays amid "a culture of ethical failure", according to the investigation.
The New York Times' summary states the investigation revealed "a dysfunctional organization that has been riddled with conflicts of interest, unprofessional behavior and a free-for-all atmosphere for much of the Bush administration’s watch."
Halliburton was in charge of cementing for Deepwater Horizon.
Though the investigation into the explosion that sank the Deepwater Horizon site is still in its early stages, drilling experts agree that blame probably lies with flaws in Haliburton's "cementing" process: plugging holes in the pipeline seal by pumping cement into it from the rig.
BP admits it will probably have to sue Halliburton
The amounts demanded by BP — $272 million from Anadarko and $111 million from Mitsui — reflect the provisions of each company’s joint operating agreement with BP, which gives a share of liability equal to each company’s share of ownership.
BP owns 65 percent of the well, Anadarko owns 25 percent and Mitsui 10 percent.
The total bill includes costs of drilling the relief wells, responding to the spill, and the reimbursements already sent to the federal government, as well as the claims that BP has already paid out in claims for economic loss to people along the Gulf Coast.
BP has handed also out $25 million in checks to several gulf states for various costs, but did not attempt to pass a share of those expenditures on to its partners.
Toby Outdone, a spokesman for BP, said, “We would expect the various parties involved in this to live up to their responsibilities.” He admitted the one exception was Halliburton.Outdone said BP will have to sue those bastards.
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