4.30.2010

BP feels sorry for itself

For Tony Hayward, who has led BP for the last three years, the [Gulf Coast oil well] accident threatens to overshadow all of the efforts he has made to burnish the tattered reputation of the company after a refinery explosion in Texas in 2005 and a pipeline leak in Alaska in 2006.

As Mr. Hayward said to fellow executives in his London office recently, “What the hell did we do to deserve this?”

link: Oil Spill’s Blow to BP’s Image May Eclipse Its Cost - NYTimes.com

Poor guys.

Oh wait. Also:

LONDON — BP, the British oil company, said Tuesday that its profit more than doubled in the first quarter, helped by higher oil prices.

link: NYTimes.com


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