I’ve talked at length in past blog posts about the utter disaster that the BP crisis plan following the Deepwater Horizon disaster has been. First there was mistruths about the accident (and that’s putting it mildly). Then there was a loose cannon CEO, complaining about the inconvenience of the spill and acting – as the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Gulf’
And the BP Beat Goes On
Posted by BPMangus on August 25th, 2010
Posted in Business Basics, Crisis Management 
Tags: BP, Business, Crisis Plan, Gulf, Oil, PR 
No Comments »The CEO Said What??
Posted by BPMangus on June 4th, 2010
OK, so we’ve been picking apart the BP Gulf Oil Spill in the last several posts, but for good reason. The disaster in the Gulf has been a text book case study about what to do – and NOT do – in a crisis situation. While BP has handled some things correctly – near full [...]
What Marcellus Shale Operators can learn from BP and the Gulf Spill
Posted by BPMangus on May 18th, 2010
On 4/20 the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and thousands of barrels of oil began gushing uncontrollably into the Gulf of Mexico from its damaged pipeline. Almost one month later, little has been done to stem the flow and damages to Transocean (the operator) and BP will likely run into the billions. Accidents happen and [...]
Posted in Crisis Management Tags: BP, Crisis Situation, Environment, Green, Gulf, Marcellus Shale, Oil No Comments »
