Risch Questions Oil Executives On Deepwater Horizon Accident – 05/11/10
US Senator Jim Risch questions oil executives about the accident in the Gulf of Mexico involving the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon during a hearing by the US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 11, 2010.
Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon 21 April, 2010. A US Coast Guard MH-65C Dauphin rescue helicopter and crew document the fire aboard the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, while searching for survivors 21 April 2010. Multiple Coast Guard helicopters, planes and cutters responded to rescue the Deepwater Horizon’s 126 person crew.
It is amazingly reckless of companies like this to stand by let this problem to happen. Not only is it an environmental disaster, but also a publicity problem for the business that now calls themselves “Beyond Petroleum.”