WTF?! Did BP Use Wikipedia to Estimate the Size of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill?

treehugger.com 16 Nov '12, 4pm

WTF?! Did BP Use Wikipedia to Estimate the Size of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill?

Hmm, Should I Ask Engineers or Look it Up on Wikipedia? It is now alleged in a Louisiana court filing that, after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig, senior BP executive David Rainey, a man who had never worked on estimating oil leaks before, looked up the size of the spill on Wikipedia rather than ask experts for their professional opinions and review scientific reports. And this wasn't even just a moment of panic that was soon corrected. No. The BP representative stuck to his guns!"According to allegations filed in a Louisiana court Thursday, Mr. Rainey used information gleaned from the online encyclopedia to estimate that the Deepwater rig was leaking 5,000 barrels of oil a day. And he stuck to that figure, defending his calculation vigorously in public and before the U.S. Congress despite calls from many others, including some BP engineers, that it was far too ...

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@treehuggeruk » 22 Nov '12, 9pm
RT @GreenSceneTO: #idiot WTF?! Did BP Use Wikipedia to Estimate the Size of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill? : TreeHugger [link] via @TreeHugger
@treehuggeruk » 20 Nov '12, 8pm
RT @EcoKick1: BP allegedly used wikipedia to estimate the size of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Well, there's that. [link]
@EcoKick1 » 20 Nov '12, 8pm
BP allegedly used wikipedia to estimate the size of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Well, there's that. [link]
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@treehuggeruk » 19 Nov '12, 11pm
RT @PMcnaull: BP Estimates Oil Spill at 5,000 barrels of oil a day - EPA fine based on this number [link] via @TahmohPenikett
@treehuggeruk » 19 Nov '12, 11pm
RT @TamraBowen: BP should turn holdings over to US// BP Use Wikipedia to Est the Size of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill : TreeHugger [link]
@PMcnaull » 19 Nov '12, 11pm
BP Estimates Oil Spill at 5,000 barrels of oil a day - EPA fine based on this number [link] via @TahmohPenikett
@TamraBowen » 19 Nov '12, 11pm
BP should turn holdings over to US// BP Use Wikipedia to Est the Size of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill : TreeHugger [link]
@TreyMcCain » 19 Nov '12, 10pm
What do you mean a senior executive shouldn't have used #wikipedia to measure the size of the #BP #oilspill ? [link]
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RT @ireland: Taking reliance on the internet waaaaaay too far [link] #wikipedia
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RT @mkpaa: Wikipedia as the original source. What could go wrong? :-) [link]
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Wikipedia as the original source. What could go wrong? :-) [link]
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RT @AlexBlackburne: BP is alleged to have looked up the size of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Wikipedia. FACEPALM [link] /via @Michael_GR
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RT @GMOjournal: MT @michael_gr: WTF?! Did BP really use Wikipedia to est size of Deepwater Horizon spill? And then lied to congress? [link]
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MT @michael_gr: WTF?! Did BP really use Wikipedia to est size of Deepwater Horizon spill? And then lied to congress? [link]
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Wikipedia used 2 estimate size of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill? And then lied to congress? [link]
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@AlexBlackburne » 16 Nov '12, 4pm
BP is alleged to have looked up the size of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Wikipedia. FACEPALM [link] /via @Michael_GR
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RT @Michael_GR: Did BP really use Wikipedia to estimate the size of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill? & Lie to Congress? [link]
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WTF?! Did BP really use Wikipedia to estimate the size of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill? And then lied to congress? [link]