This is very untrue. Former CEO John Browne launched a very successful advertising campaign branding BP as 'Beyond Petroleum' in the late 90's. As a result, it enjoyed a popular perception as a green, progressive energy company. Underneath the surface, however, he sought to aggressively cut costs by shrinking his workforce and spending as little on safety measures as possible. In 2005, they had an explosion at a refinery in Texas killing like 15 workers and injuring hundreds. He was warned repeatedly by the plant supervisor that an accident of some kind was inevitable. In 2006, BP's unwillingness to treat the Trans Alaska Pipeline which it built with anti-corrosive chemicals caused the largest land spill in Alaska history (not to be confused with the Valdez ocean spill.) The money not spent on employee safety or installations that would safeguard the environment was put toward aggressive expansion in Russia, Canada, and the US. The present oil spill in the Gulf is merely a culmination of the company's shoddy operations procedure. This is a developing story you will be reading all about. BP is a bad, bad company.
