Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Akanga apiwa basa, muna May 2010, somutevedzeri womutungamiriri webhizimisi rokuvaka remhuri yake. Pashure pokudonha kwemafuta kweBP muna 2010
, akapiwa basa rokutanga kambani yababa vake, yainzi Coastal Environmental, iyo yakawana zvibvumirano zvokubvisa mafuta muGulf of Mexico. Murphy akashanda semutevedzeri wemutungamiri weCoastal Environmental, uye aive mumwe wevatungamiriri vayo vatatu kubva 2010 kusvika 2012 (mushure mekusarudzwa kuCongress, Murphy akasiya basa semutungamiriri asi akaramba ari muridzi). Somutevedzeri wapurezidhendi, akatungamirira mabasa ezuva nezuva ekambani yacho kwemwedzi mitanhatu, kusvikira muna October 2010, apo Coast Guard yakamisa mabasa okuchera mafuta muGulf. PolitiFact.com yakawana kuti "kurondedzera kwaMurphy basa rake rapfuura kwakavakirwa pamigariro chaiyoiyo, asi padzimwe nguva anosiya tsananguro yakazara".