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ADMINS AND JOURNALISTS PLEASE INVESTIGATE: ATTEMPTS TO BURY & HIDE GULF OF MEXICO OIL DISASTER SECTION IN THIS ARTICLE

1) It was put way at the bottom, underneath of previous, less serious, accidents.

2) Name was changed to "Deepwater Horizon Incident" (instead of "Gulf of Mexico Oil Disaster"), obvious attempt to bury and smokescreen the connection between BP and the oil disaster?

ADMINS and JOURNALISTS please investigate whether any editors are being paid to 'spin' (manipulate) this Wikipedia article on behalf of BP (either directly or indirectly).

69.171.160.118 (talk) 19:25, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Deepwater Horizon incident

I read elsewhere that BP didn't own or operate the rig or owned it but didn't operate it and it was the responsibility of transocean or BP just owned the well, yet the wikipedia article states that BP owned AND operated the well? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.12.226.37 (talk) 19:56, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The source on Note 49 confirms the rig was owned and operated by Transocean, and leased by BP Aja2010 (talk) 13:47, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The US Government is holding BP responsible for it, and it is not an 'incident' it's a disaster.

Sean7phil (talk) 06:22, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"BP" is British Petroleum

It will be useful to know their name when the call goes out to dismantle the company and sell it's assets to help with restoration of the Gulf.

75.71.192.54 (talk) 02:33, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dream on.Twobells (talk) 11:31, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but the main entry confirms that British Petroleum was the old name of the company - after the merger with Amoco it became BP Amoco and then just BP. Aja2010 (talk) 13:49, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Citations Needed for Calls to Dismantle the Company

Any citations on calls to dismantle BP? If properly cited that should of course go into the article.

Rather than BP I suggest that Obama is 'dismantled' from office as it was him who okayed offshore drilling. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh32n-kwnqM Twobells (talk) 11:33, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

75.71.192.54 (talk) 02:38, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And importantly as well if it does not violate WP:NPOV and also that those sources are reliable from third-party references. --JForget 02:41, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If it's quoting a source that has an opinion, but reporting that as a part of the story, then no, it's not a NPOV issue at all.

Calling 'round at #10

"This was the era of the Thatcher government's privatisation strategy. The British government sold its entire holding in BP in several tranches between 1979 and 1987." So when was BP invested in by HMG...? TREKphiler ^{hit me ♠} 14:43, 28 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

All the answers are on WP :-) - here <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britoil#cite_note-4>

HMG didn't invest in BP. HMG owned the original organisation extracting North Sea oil (BNOC), which then became Britoil. BP was a separate company (then British Petroleum) which initially just bought shares in Britoil, and then bought the Golden Share from HMG in 1988, taking over what had been a state-run business. Aja2010 (talk) 14:13, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Activity in Sudan

http://www.corporatewatch.org.uk/?lid=290 states that oil exploration has led to horrific human rights violations. Sarcelles (talk) 19:55, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Name?

Does their ugly ass logo have a name? I'm sure it does.70.88.213.74 (talk) 20:09, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

when it was introduced the logo was said to be a stylised Chrysanthemum but I dont remember them they giving it a specific name Gnan garra 02:56, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Its called the Helios

"Official" explanation from BP is here. <http://www.bp.com/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=9028307&contentId=7019193> Aja2010 (talk) 13:58, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Globalise

The section BP#recent is US centric, while I have no problems about coverage of incidents, or national rebranding as the result of aquisitions but the sale of a few retail sites in Colorado just isnt notable, even worse is speculation like In 2007, according to some private BP-branded gasoline center operators in the Metro Atlanta area, BP planned to leave the Southern market in the next few years. All corporate-owned BP stations, typically known as "BP Connect", will be sold to local jobbers.[32] . Maybe theres a possibility to consider the developement of regional articles for BP to allow for a regional focus where such issues are more significant. Gnan garra 01:47, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]