UK’s ageing oil rigs are close to collapse, video footage shows
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Sep 13, 2011
This is the frightening reality of oil extraction in the UK North Sea. Video footage and documents leaked to the the Scottish Sunday Express shows that Shell’s oil rigs are ready to collapse. RUSTING RIGS SPARK FEARS OF OIL TRAGEDY By Paula Murray SHOCKING footage has emerged showing the dire state of Britain’s rust- ing oil...
BP putting workers at risk in US
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Sep 30, 2009
Even after BP’s refinery in Texas City exploded in 2005 killing 15 workers and injuring hundreds, the company continues to break the safety standards it promised to meet as part of a settlement agreement. Four workers have died in separate occasions since. Yet documents obtained by the FT’s Sheila McNulty show that the company continues to cut...
