Thursday, December 22, 2011
The difference between the United States and Brazil
In the United States, if your oil well blows up and you kill 11 people. If the oil leaked from the blow out fucks up the environment for hundreds of miles and trashes the livelihood of thousands. If you lie to the government to avoid penalties and end up delaying the solution. Well, you will get a stern talking to and be made to take a time out before all will be forgiven.
If you try that crap in Brazil.
If you try that crap in Brazil.
Chevron Corp. (CVX), the operator of the Brazilian offshore well that triggered oil leaks, and rig owner Transocean Ltd. (RIG) will defend executives threatened with criminal indictments in the South American nation.And they didn't have to kill anyone.
Chevron learned that Brazil’s federal police intend to indict employees involved in the drilling that led to the Nov. 7 leaks from seafloor fissures near the $3.6 billion Frade development, Kurt Glaubitz, a spokesman for the San Ramon, California-based company, said in a statement late yesterday. Transocean, in a separate statement late yesterday, said it will “vigorously defend the company and its collaborators.”
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