Below is a useful range of tools that provide more background information surrounding the BP oil spill. The visuals and supplemental documents serve to demonstrate the deficiencies in BP's approach to safety compared to industry norms. In addition, the Resources section allows America's energy workers to explain the great impact that the BP oil spill has on their everyday lives. Together, these tools demonstrate why it is critical to continue to promote industry safety standards, preserve America's energy jobs, and keep energy prices low for American consumers.
The Corner Cutting Culture
Overview of BP’s Safety Record For years leading up to the spill in the Gulf, BP routinely disregarded standard industry safety protocols and cut operational corners. The result was an environment where the question of major accidents became ‘when’, not ‘if’. Had BP been more focused on quality of work and employee safety, not only could the Deepwater Horizon disaster been avoided,...
Read MoreWhite House Jobs Numbers an Economic Modeling Blunder
A White House report from early September on the economic impacts of the offshore drilling moratorium at first glance appears to confirm job loss predictions made by LSU Professor, Dr. Joseph Mason earlier this year. However, a closer examination reveals that the White House report strays from the government’s own best practices set by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, significantly...
Read MoreThe Second Gulf Disaster?
The Deepwater Horizon was a tragic incident that cost human lives and has lead to significant environmental and economic destruction. But while oil continues to spill into ocean waters, there is another crisis developing in the Gulf—the death of the “energy coast” economy and the jobs the oil and gas industry supports.
Read MoreNew Taxes to Cost 150,000 US Jobs
The call for new taxes on the domestic oil and gas industry is growing louder and louder on Capitol Hill. However, many of these proposals are job killing tax increases that place US companies at a competitive disadvantage to foreign owned companies like BP, undermine US economic recovery, and worst of all, further punish families, communities, and workers in the Gulf region who have safely and responsibly provided America the energy we need to thrive for decades.
Read MoreProposed Energy Taxes Would Kill U.S. Jobs
The call for new taxes on the domestic oil and gas industry is growing louder and louder on Capitol Hill. However, many of these proposals are job killing tax increases that place US companies at a competitive disadvantage to foreign owned companies like BP, undermine US economic recovery, and worst of all, further punish families, communities, and workers in the Gulf region who have safely and...
Read MoreThe Economic Costs of the Moratorium
The Economic Cost of a Moratorium on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration to the Gulf Region Download the Paper Decreased investments in offshore oil and gas production will cause substantial losses in wages and employment, and will have profound effects on communities throughout the Gulf. “The Six-Month Moratorium on Offshore Drilling Activity will Cost More than $2.4 Billion in Economic...
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