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 calling sized to the u.s. state of new cheney and. in cases like this it is routine from all to nationals to shift the blame on to just some contractors and subsea trainees. the piece c.e.o. at the time tony hayward to distraction this was an error accident this was a drilling rig operated by another company it was their people versus them is their processes we are responsible not for the action but we are responsible for the oil and for dealing with it and cleaning the situation up. after the catastrophe to seal off b.p. tony. he would resign with a severance package worth millions and on the day you 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 an