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‘BP: IN DEEP WATER’ on CNBC @ 9 tonight - This report examines the scope of consequences of the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. It also looks at the war of words between the Obama administration and BP, and asks what went wrong and why. - NYTimes 

This special originally aired on the BBC’s Panorama and it’s up on Youtube. Above is part one. Here are parts two and three. 

BP Well Test Results Not as Good as Hoped

Pressure Readings from Cap Not Proving No Other Leaks in Well, Federal Pointman Says

The federal pointman for the BP oil spill says results are short of ideal in the new cap but the oil will stay shut in for another 6 hours at least. 

Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said on a Friday afternoon conference that pressure readings from the cap have not reached the level that would show there are no other leaks in the well. 

He said the test will go ahead for another 6-hour period before being reassessed to see if BP needs to reopen the cap and let oil spill out again. 

…in the 1970s, there was a BP-endorsed board game called “Offshore Oil Strike” on the “thrills of drilling.” The game wasn’t very popular, but it now bears a “spooky” resemblance to what is happening in the Gulf of Mexico. Here are the rules, according to BoardGameGeek: Two to four players compete at exploring for oil, building platforms, and laying pipelines to bring the offshore oil back to the player’s home company. Players take on the roles of either BP (Hull), Amoco (Bergen), Chevron (Rotterdam) or Mobil (Dieppe) in their quest for oil. As with other games focusing on offshore oil exploitation (e.g., Omnia’s North Sea Oil), there is also the risk that storms will reduce production on, or eliminate, one’s oil platforms. The first player to make $120,000,000 in cash is the winner. Players must also avoid “hazard cards,” which read, “Blow-out! Rig damaged. Oil slick clean-up costs. Pay $1million.” continue reading… thinkprogress 

…in the 1970s, there was a BP-endorsed board game called “Offshore Oil Strike” on the “thrills of drilling.” The game wasn’t very popular, but it now bears a “spooky” resemblance to what is happening in the Gulf of Mexico.

Here are the rules, according to BoardGameGeek:

Two to four players compete at exploring for oil, building platforms, and laying pipelines to bring the offshore oil back to the player’s home company. Players take on the roles of either BP (Hull), Amoco (Bergen), Chevron (Rotterdam) or Mobil (Dieppe) in their quest for oil. As with other games focusing on offshore oil exploitation (e.g., Omnia’s North Sea Oil), there is also the risk that storms will reduce production on, or eliminate, one’s oil platforms. The first player to make $120,000,000 in cash is the winner.

Players must also avoid “hazard cards,” which read, “Blow-out! Rig damaged. Oil slick clean-up costs. Pay $1million.”

continue reading… thinkprogress 

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“…BP will not give them the names of the chemicals that are in the dispersants. […] The average life span of a person who did clean-up on the Exxon Valdez is 51 […]

Almost all those people who did work on the Exxon Valdez are dead.”

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CNN - Video here

“I don’t know if Kindra Arnesan is running for anything, but if she is, I’m voting for her.” - Rachel Maddow

Hear the horrors of the front lines and behind scenes workings of the BP Gulf Oil Spill Catastrophe. This Venice LA local has been granted security clearance to see it all.

High-res “[Republicans blasted the Obama administration’s BP] escrow fund as ‘Chicago style shakedown politics’. As you know, Chicago style shakedown politics is like regular shakedown politics, except just as you are about to get your money Steve Bartman fucks it up for you.” - Jon Stewart

“[Republicans blasted the Obama administration’s BP] escrow fund as ‘Chicago style shakedown politics’. As you know, Chicago style shakedown politics is like regular shakedown politics, except just as you are about to get your money Steve Bartman fucks it up for you.” - Jon Stewart

“If Tony Hayward wants to put a skimmer on his yacht and bring it down to the Gulf, we’re happy to have his help.”

WH deputy press secretary Bill Burton, today, on BP CEO Tony Hayward’s attendance at a yacht race in Great Britain this weekend. 

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