President of BP Exploration (Alaska), Inc., Steve Marshall, recently discussed his company's daunting safety challenges in an interview with the Anchorage Daily News.
After some high-profile tragedies and heavy government fines, Marshall issued a memo in early 2003 saying BP employees had to work to improve workplace safety "as if our lives and our future in Alaska depend on it." In the interview, the BP president was asked what prompted him to choose such strong words.