Do you remember the oil spill last year in the Gulf?  Apparently one of the companies in charge of the exploded rig doesn’t…the offshore drilling company responsible for running the BP oil rig that blew up last April has given its top executives bonuses…for its, quote, “best year” in safety.  How in the world can they think that is even close to ok!!?  You can read their reasoning here and click the link for the whole story.

“Notwithstanding the tragic loss of life in the Gulf of Mexico, we achieved an exemplary statistical safety record as measured by our total recordable incident rate and total potential severity rate,” the report says.

“As measured by these standards, we recorded the best year in safety performance in our company’s history, which is a reflection on our commitment to achieving an incident free environment, all the time, everywhere,”

Via BBC News – Transocean gives bonuses after Gulf of Mexico BP spill.

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