Bud's Offshore Energy (BOE)

Chutzpah Thursday:

1. First Prize: Mexico may sue over the Macondo spill.  I guess they forgot about Ixtoc I, the largest spill in history, and the damages to the Texas coastline.  When can we expect a suit by Hugo Chavez?  Ironically, while the US has repeatedly cited the environmental threat of Cuban drilling, the Cubans don’t seem to have made any public comments about the spill.
2. Second Prize: May 1, 2010 quote (scientist speaking about the slick): “It will be on the East Coast of Florida in almost no time. I don’t think we can prevent that. It’s more of a question of when rather than if.”  Has the scientist ever heard of weathering, evaporation, dispersion, and other natural processes that act on spills?
3. Third Prize: During a Today Show interview, a former oil company executive disparaged a spill response option (dispersants) that was an integral part of his company’s response plans, made condescending comments about the expertise of regulators, wondered why a tanker-skimmer response option that he had “heard about” wasn’t being tried, and repeatedly mentioned blowout “protectors” (most people get a pass when they make this mistake, but not retired oil industry executives).