Air pollution: Uncovering the dirty secret behind BP’s bumper profits
How the BBC uncovered gas flaring in an Iraqi oil field, where locals are showing a high rate of cancer. …
One BP Rumaila ex-employee, Robert (not his real name), told us: “As the lead contractor, BP’s obligation [to the Iraqi government] was to implement best international practices in the operation and maintenance of Rumaila.” But, he went on to say, gas flaring “is just the start” of what he describes as “appalling practices in Rumaila that would not be acceptable in any of BP’s operations nor uphold the international standard that BP is contracted to implement”.
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