Newly released WikiLeaks cables show BP covered up another drilling blowout

As if BP needed more bad news following the Justice Department lawsuit filed against them yesterday, they now are under attack by WikiLeaks as well.  Yesterday WikiLeaks released more secret cables which revealed BP narrowly escaped another tragedy involving a drilling blowout.  Even worst, the cables show that BP actively tried to cover up the accident after the fact. The drilling site in question was in the country of Azerbaijan in Asia.  A blowout on BP’s gas platform occurred there 18 months before the blowout on the Deepwater Horizon site in the Gulf of Mexico.  The blowout in Azerbaijan resulted in two fields being shut down and production being decreased for months.  The cable claims that the company was lucky to get all 212 workers at the site away safely.  Despite the enormous danger with the blowout, the story really never made it to the media and the cables show this was not an accident. One cable alleges a great amount of secrecy from BP regarding the incident.  Even some of BP’s business partners, who were involved in the Azerbaijan endeavor, were not informed of the blowout after it occurred. More…

News selected by Covalence | Country: Azerbaijan | Company: BP | Source: examiner.com