re: #293 Obdicut

I hope they don’t fight it in court forever like Exxon did after the Valdez. Would be great to see a corporation just straightforwardly take responsibility.

Because of the way these rigs operate, it may be awhile before final blame can be assessed. The rig is owned and operated by one company; the oil company leases it for whatever period they need it for, and they have their OWN employees out there; and then there are contractors for various other things (for instance, the company my husband works for provides fluid engineering services; it is its own company, doesn’t work for the rig OR the oil company, but contracts with the oil company).

That’s one of the problems in trying to determine fault in these things.

It will be months before it’s all figured out.