On: The Oil Disaster Is About Human, Not System, Failure

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There is a short bio for Terry Barr at http://www.samsonoilandgas.com/IRM/content/aboutus_boardandm... he seems to have considerable experience in oil and gas. He only uses the name British Petroleum once and refers to it as BP thereafter, seven times in total in the letter.

   Mr Barr was appointed Managing Directors of the Company on 25 January 2005.  
   Mr Barr is a petroleum geologist with over 30 year's experience, including 
   11 years with Santos.  In recent years, Mr Barr has specialised in tight 
   gas exploration, drilling and completion and is considered an expert 
   in this field. Prior to joining Samson, Mr Barr was employed as Managing 
   Director by Ausam Resources from 1999 to 2003 and as was the owner of Barco 
   Exploration from 2003 to 2005.

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In that case it's a propaganda piece.

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What are the counterfactual statements that the article makes? What key facts have been omitted?

I don't understand what in the article leads you to the conclusion that it's propaganda.