Despite winning the praise of movie critics, the new blockbuster movie Deepwater Horizon starring Mark Wahlberg has not received the best of reviews from oil and gas major BP.
Responding to the release of the movie Geoff Morrell, SVP of US communications & external affairs at BP, said in a statement: “The Deepwater Horizon movie is Hollywood’s take on a tragic and complex accident. It is not an accurate portrayal of the events that led to the accident, our people, or the character of our company.”
Morrell also said that the movie “ignores the conclusions reached by every official investigation: that the accident was the result of multiple errors made by a number of companies.”
The statement also went on to say that the movie does not reflect BP today and the lengths the company has gone to restore the Gulf.
The April 2010 disaster saw the BP-operated Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explode with the loss of 11 people’s lives followed by an almost three-month-long flow of crude into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
BP recently estimated the final pre-tax cost of the Deepwater Horizon disaster will be $61.6bn, or $44bn after tax.
