BP's Tony Hayward: Clueless or Careless?

Tony HaywardBP CEO Tony Hayward has gone from being a little known CEO to a household name made infamous by the Deepwater Horizon disaster that has led to 70,000 to 90,000 barrels of oil, according to a new analysis, pouring into the Gulf daily, for over a month. At 42 gallons per barrel, that's an astonishing 2.94 to 3.78 million gallons of oil pouring into the Gulf every day. Ever since the incident, Hayward has provided the public with a goldmine of quotes and misleading information. Possibly the most famous instance of poor propriety was when Hayward, while apologizing to the people of Louisiana, told them "I would like my life back", a comment that sounded particularly insensitive after the Gulf catastrophe claimed 11 lives in the Deepwater Horizon explosion. Further casualties now include nearly 500 birds, 227 turtles, and 27 mammals, including dolphins. Hayward's poorly-conceived statements do not stop there; he also famously said, "The Gulf of Mexico is a very big ocean. The amount of volume of oil and dispersant we are putting into it is tiny in relation to the total water volume."

Hayward is also expounding scientifically disproved information, denying the existence of underwater oil plumes. When asked about the plumes of oil, Hayward said, "The oil is on the surface ... there aren't any plumes." This comment was made at almost the same time that a New York Times article reported several scientists had found giant plumes of oil underwater. Another oil plume has been discovered recently by the University of South Florida. Neither BP nor Hayward have commented on this finding.

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Tony Hayward, CEO of BP must be highly competent in many areas of business to have got to the top of one of the world's largest companies. Unfortunately, the qualities that he has are by no means apparent to most onlookers and it is certain that the ability to recognise his ineptitude in talking to the world's media is most certainly not an area in which he excels. Maybe bravery is his strong point, but I always subscribe to the view that 'discretion is the better part of valour' - much better in my view for him to put up a competent spokesperson rather than show himself up as badly as he has done. Even if the spokesperson only utters no-committal drivel, the CEO has at least preserved his own position and not put his head on the block like Mr Hayward has. Maybe he's good at accountancy or planning or something but he hasn't got the gravitas of a CEO, nor does he exude any endearing boyishness such as Richard Branson - nor any other redeeming characteristics for that matter!

Maybe bravery is his strong point, but I always subscribe to the view that 'discretion is the better part of valour' - much better in my view for him to put up a competent spokesperson rather than show himself up as badly as he has done. Even if the spokesperson only utters no-committal drivel, the CEO has at least preserved his own position and not put his head on the block like Mr Hayward has

Look into Rex Tilerson and Lee Raymond of Exxon fame. They are all of the same ilk and all disgusting and sociopathic. They don't even realize the damage they do.

Who has found the deepest depths of the Abyss? By Dwight Baker June 9, 2010 Dbaker007@stx.rr.com Out in America today many good sane solid to the rock core citizens want to aid in the BP Blow Out best as they can. But the biggest problem is finding the deepest depths of all the spun up and shouted out media hype type Abyss. The Abyss is coming from across the pond, from upstairs and downstairs and dimly lit corners. Some comes disguised as scientific, prophetic, monolithic, and even some of the deeper depths of the Abyss is found on Fox news. Yet that is just a glance of some of the sources. Others round and about are shouting out “I have the plan!” but when getting through their self imposed dismal Abyss --- one finds out they too did not have a clue. WHY? The truth is not a company policy held in high esteem by those working for the New Green BP. While searching for the truth hidden behind all the lies, some times a junction in the road jumps up. And we want to say OH NO more digging to do. But that my friend is where the road will finally end ---- for us finding the deepest depths of the Abyss. Nothing worth a damn is cheap---- so go study ----get it for yourself.

BP was obviously careless but that carelessness has certainly harmed the environment in a major way. Its also upsetting that their response has been so slow.

These two choices are not mutually exclusive and I don't feel comfortable choosing one or the other because I am quite sure that he is BOTH! Nothing sums it up more than his quote a few days into the disaster when he said, "I just want to get back to my life", as if the only one inconvenienced by this mess is himself. Disgraceful.

Tony hayward is really starting to urk my bones. He just keeps making stupid comments with his mouth and then follows that by throwing money at whatever problems he creates. He needs to keep quite, only answer when asked questions, and most of all keep appologizing becuase "a good mea culpa" goes a long way ( http://wellonscommunications.com/pr-blog/2010/06/08/the-power-of-a-good-mea-culpa/ )