BP (NYSE:BP), Chevron (NYSE:CVX), Conoco (NYSE:COP) and Exxon (NYSE:XOM) met recently with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Michael Bromwich, among others, over creation of new organization to improve safety measures in the industry through the establishment of best practices guidelines and new technologies related to the industry.
The new entity would be called the Ocean Energy Safety Institute, and would include the Coast Guard, regulators and industry representatives. The technological side would include using funds to do research and develop certain technologies to help the industry.
Interior spokeswoman Kendra Barkoff said about the meeting, “Secretary Salazar, Deputy Secretary David Hayes and Director Bromwich met with industry representatives today to discuss strategies for further developing and making available blowout containment capabilities moving forward.”
Some talk about whether or not the government will help fund the initiative has started, and in our view this shouldn't be something taxpayers should have to pay for.
Let the industry pay for things that could help improve operational safety, led by those that understand what's needed and the stakes at risk.
Other than ensuring compliance, the government should have no other role in the matter.
As far as proposed taxes on the industry, that wasn't included in the discussions, but that as well needs to be dropped so American consumers aren't hit with increased energy costs, which is what the outcome of more taxes would be.
When the government taxes any industry, it's the people who end up paying for it with higher costs.
BP’s CEO Robert Dudley has Okayed the use the BPCares websites to continue its online PR campaign.
ReplyDeleteThis decision was unanimously agreed upon in conjunction with the BPAMA at their recently concluded meeting. The BPAMA marketers were assured of a deeper partnership by CEO Bob Dudley during a one-on-one with the marketers. Mr. Dudley pointed out to the members that they will not be abandoned; rather… they will receive the full support from BP’s marketing machine to crush the competitors like Shell and Chevron.
BP will use a bevy of various BPCares websites (said the Marketing V.P) to target specific markets in the US and around the world; “We will crush Shell and Chevron”. The domains that BP will use are as follows:
BPCares.com
BPCares.net
BPCares.org
BPCares.info
BPCares.us
BPCares.biz
BP will collaborate with the BPAMA with regards to the execution of specific websites. The websites will be up soon and some of the websites will target the Southern States that suffered heavily from the oil spill.