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Regulatory Capture

How BP Broke Public Affairs PR

How BP broke public affairs PR — the $65 billion Deepwater Horizon response that turned an industrial catastrophe into the canonical case study in opacity, tone-deaf leadership, and weak stakeholder engagement. Inside EPR's Public Affairs pillar.

EPR Editorial Team · Feb 16, 2025

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The Federal Agency That Died Because Of BP

The Deepwater Horizon disaster did not just damage BP. It killed the Minerals Management Service — and reshaped how federal regulators survive corporate crisis. The story of Ken Salazar's Order 3299, the BOEM/BSEE split, and regulator survival as downstream of comms.

EPR Editorial Team · May 14, 2010