The shy & retiring BP are at it again

A very wet and brisk run this morning, as the poor weather in Scotland continues. Not that the weather is stopping BP from preparing to drill a 1,290m deep oil well off the stormy coast of Shetland. Apparently this time their disaster-contingency plan allows for a record-breaking leak of 75,000 barrels of oil per day for 140 days – twice that which they managed to spill last year at the Deepwater Horizon well (ref).

BP allegedly held a public consultation about the project, although their definition of “public” seems to be such that there has not been a single response. Perhaps nobody in Scotland cares about potential damage to one of the most sensitive parts of its coastline or, just maybe, BP didn't try very hard to tell people about it. Let’s  hope that their safety team is more effective than their consultation team !