英國石油公司拒絕讓科學家測試油溢樣品

英國石油公司拒絕讓科學家測試油溢樣品
BP Refuses to Allow Scientists to Test Oil Spill Samples
Friday, June 11, 2010

Scientists in Florida are concerned that large plumes of oil floating beneath the surface in the Gulf of Mexico originated from the Deepwater Horizon spill, and want to test their samples against oil collected by BP. But the oil corporation is refusing to cooperate.
在佛羅里達州的科學家關注，來自深水地平線洩漏的大石油羽狀物漂浮在墨西哥灣水面以下，並希望測試BP採集的石油樣本，但石油公司拒絕合作。
University of South Florida scientist David Hollander said he was “just taken aback” by BP’s unwillingness to assist in a scientific inquiry into the trouble. “It was a little unsettling.”
南佛羅里達州大學的科學家大衛霍蘭德說，他是“衹吃一驚”被英國石油公司的不願意，去協助科學調查那麻煩， “它是有點使人不安。”
BP has publicly refused to acknowledge responsibility for the large masses of petroleum floating deep in the gulf which could be headed towards Florida. Company CEO Tony Hayward has gone so far as to insist the oil is “on the surface” of the ocean and that “there aren’t any plumes.”

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, however, is now saying oil has been discovered under the surface, although at “very low concentrations.”

In addition to not cooperating with scientists, BP has refused to grant media requests to fly over the gulf to capture images of oil slicks—refusals that also have been backed by federal agencies involved in the response effort.

-Noel Brinkerhoff
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