Deepwater Horizon-oliestorting: Verskil tussen weergawes

[[BP]] (voorheen British Petroleum) is die operateur en hoofontwikkelaar van die Macondo Prospect olieveld, wat na raming sowat 50&nbsp;miljoen vate ru-olie bevat.<ref name=size>{{cite news | first=Edward | last=Klump | title=Spill May Hit Anadarko Hardest as BP's Silent Partner | date=2010-05-13 | publisher= | url =http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601072&sid=aawwCXDN1UsM | work =[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]] | accessdate = 2010-05-19}}</ref> BP met 'n 65% aandeel is die hoof aandeelhouer. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation en 'n filiaal van Mitsui is ook noemenswaardige aandeelhouers. BP het die Deepwater Horizon boorplatform gehuur van die maatskappy Transocean.<ref name=lease>{{cite news |first=Braden |last=Reddall |title=Transocean rig loss's financial impact mulled |date=22 April 2010 |publisher= |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2211325420100422 |work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=1 Mei 2010 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120150756/http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2211325420100422 |archive-date=20 Januarie 2011 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Die V.S.A regering het BP as die verantwoordelike party vir die insident uitgewys en amptenare het aangedui dat hulle die maatskappy verantwoordelik gaan hou vir al die skoonmaakkostes wat spruit uit die oliestorting.<ref name=massive>{{cite news |title=Salazar: Oil spill 'massive' and a potential catastrophe |date=2 Mei 2010 |work=CNN |url=http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/02/salazar-oil-spill-massive-and-a-potential-catastrophe/ |access-date=1 Mei 2010 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009112324/http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/02/salazar-oil-spill-massive-and-a-potential-catastrophe/ |archive-date=9 Oktober 2019 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0410/cabinetlevel_oil_spill_meet_bcb87e48-b21e-4b72-8716-3d3a87ac7ffa.html |title=Guard mobilized, BP will foot bill |date=1 Mei 2010 |work=[[Politico (newspaper)|Politico]] |publisher=Capitol News Company LLC |access-date=1 Mei 2010 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913115743/http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0410/cabinetlevel_oil_spill_meet_bcb87e48-b21e-4b72-8716-3d3a87ac7ffa.html |archive-date=13 September 2018 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref> BP het verantwoordelikheid aanvaar vir die oliestorting en skoonmaakkostes maar het aangedui dat hulle nie blaam dra vir die ongeluk nie aangesien die platform deur Transocean personeel bedryf is.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36912754/ns/us_news-environment/ |title=Fire booms neglected in oil cleanup? |date=3 Mei 2010 |work=[[MSNBC]] |access-date=3 Mei 2010 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104065438/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36912754/ns/us_news-environment/ |archive-date=4 November 2011 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Hierdie insident is die derde ernstige ongeluk by 'n BP-bestuurde aanleg in die V.S.A die afgelope vyf jaar. Dit volg op die [[Texas City Raffinadery-ontploffing]] in 2005 en die [[Prudhoe Bay-oliestorting]] in 2006. Hierdie vorige insidente is toegeskryf aan swak veiligheids- en bestuursmaatreëls en het daartoe bygedra dat BP se aansien en markwaarde aansienlike skade gely het.<ref>{{cite news |last=Krauss |first=Clifford |title=Oil Spill’s Blow to BP’s Image May Eclipse Costs |pages= |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |location=New York |date=29 April 2010 |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/30/business/30bp.html |access-date=26 Mei 2010 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200315004816/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/30/business/30bp.html |archive-date=15 Maart 2020 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode | title = Previous BP Accidents Blamed On Safety Lapses | episodelink = | url = http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126564739 | series = All Things Considered | serieslink = | credits = Wade Goodwyn | network = [[National Public Radio]] | station = | city = | airdate = 2010-05-06 | minutes = 5:06}}</ref>