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article recommendations for linking BP oilspill,financial crisis and Enron/accounting scandals? List of recommendations

1. article recommendations for linking BP oilspill,financial crisis and Enron/accounting scandals? List of recommendations

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Corinne Bendersky
Posted 07-14-2010 12:32
Hi folks, thanks for the many good suggestions for articles about BP. Here's the accumulated list.

Best,

Corinne

The best one that gets at the decision making and cost cutting at BP is:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/business/energy-environment/13bprisk.html?_r=1&emc=eta1

In particular, one link in the article points to a 2007 report that outlines organizational issues related to a deadly 2005 BP refinery explosion: http://www.csb.gov/assets/document/CSBFinalReportBP.pdf

Articles comparing the safety cultures of Exxon and BP

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/19/business/19nocera.html?src=busln

http://www.exxonmobil.com/Europe-English/community_roadsafety_culture.aspx

Interview with surviving employee from drilling platform, details of pressure placed on Transocean by onsite BP managers:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/16/60minutes/main6490197.shtml

Systematic cost cutting by BP increases risk of accidents:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/7870301/BP-admits-failing-to-use-industry-risk-test-at-any-of-its-deepwater-wells-in-the-US.html

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704289504575313010283981200.html

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703964104575335154126721876.html

Lack of modern risk-management techniques:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704312104575298820977456114.html

Fighting on platform over the proper course of action between BP and Transocean:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704717004575268302434395796.html

Arguments about who is at fault:

http://blogs.wsj.com/source/2010/05/26/errors-in-judgement-probably-triggered-bp-disaster-but-whose

Technical analysis on the problems at the well leading up to the blowout with information as of May 21:

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6493

Corruption, sex and drugs at Minerals Management Service:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704026204575266112115488640.html

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/17390/112016

There was a piece on NPR's Planet Money podcast about this topic a couple weeks ago. It highlighted the lack of regulation that was common across these situations. Here's the link to download the audio file:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2010/06/11/127772998/the-friday-podcast-sex-drugs-and-regulation

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