Bill Campbell, former HSE Group Auditor of Shell International, answers questions put to him concerning the BP Report published on 8 September 2010.
(Extracts from Bill’s response)
I was asked by both BBC TV and Channel 4 to comment on the BP report in last night news features but couldn’t manage due to other constraints.
What do you think of the timing of BP’s report into Deepwater Horizon?
Given the limitations put on them I think it looks reasonable. Cannot understand the open hostility to BP with comments like BP share the blame. The fact is ref my article A Can of Worms there is a lot of blame to be shared around. In the ambulance chasing Society that is the U.S. you seek out the guys with the deepest pockets. The report is at least an opportunity away from the face to face confrontation for BP to state their case and I think they do that well. Whether they are right or not remains to be seen.