Crude shock for BP: US field may be shut months - Business - Business

Crude shock for BP: US field may be shut months - Business - Business: BP SAID it had discovered corrosion so severe at the huge Prudhoe Bay oilfield in Alaska that it would have to replace 26 kilometres of pipeline.

Someone please explain to me why BP went 14 years without cleaning the system in place in Alaska? Did they not think that the Alaskan winters and the simple effects of time and moving fluids might have an effect on their hardware? Who hired the people behind the decision(s) to just let the pipeline sit unattended, and why do they still have jobs? Or do they?

One can only hope they're not just getting a harsh talking-to by their bosses.

Is anyone still convinced that oil might not be such a reliable resource anymore?