i still remember vividly how stunned i was found the print 20th 2010 to training rick deep water horizon exploded in the gulf of mexico and 11 people died. every day more than 3000000 gallons of crude oil gushed out into the ocean for 87 days straight the oil slick was equal in size to the us state of new cine and. in cases like this it is routine from a lot initials to shift the blame on to test some contractors and subsea trees. c.e.o. at a time tony hayward dentists rejection this was an error accident this was a drilling rig operated by another company it was their people versus tems their processes we are responsible not for the accident but we are responsible for the oil and for dealing with it and cleaning the situation up. after the contest for free to c.e.o. off b.p. tony hayward. resigned with a severance package worth millions and i'm glad to see it all things continue as usual b.p.'s response efforts in the gulf of mexico were unprecedented in scale we took responsibility for the cleanup immediately b.p. can help by applying its distinctive skills capabilities and technologie